• Song:

    Beginners Mind

  • Artist:

    Bright Eyes

This is the correct version of Beginner's Mind that Conor uses live.

Track 8 of The People's Key, Bright Eyes' final album.

Capo 4

D (xx0232@1)             F#Hold (244322@1)on tight beginners mind,
   Bm (x24432@1)               AThe (x02220@1)wheel is spinning too
Em (022000@1)                  AFast (x02220@1)to make your move
    F# (244322@1)            BmThe (x24432@1)worst must be assumed
   D (xx0232@1)                F# (244322@1)
Oh how they'll try to pull and pry 
Bm (x24432@1)               AAway (x02220@1)what you know now
Em (022000@1)                 ABeat (x02220@1)and beat it out 
        F# (244322@1)                      BmLeave (x24432@1)a drum that makes no sound
  G (320003@1)            F# (244322@1)           Em (022000@1)                  AA (x02220@1)snuff film on a Jumbo-tron for all the world to see

Em (022000@1)            AA (x02220@1)cocktail napkin epitaph
     D (xx0232@1)          Bm (x24432@1)        
Some psychobabble telegram
 Em (022000@1)                  AMessage (x02220@1)written in the sand
   D (xx0232@1)           BmThe (x24432@1)tide rolls in
Em (022000@1)                ASwear (x02220@1)you'll do the opposite
   D (xx0232@1)               BmOf (x24432@1)all those tangled hypocrites
    Em (022000@1)           A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)                
Who say that the experiment has failed
BmDon't (x24432@1)go there
GYou're (320003@1)getting nowhere
AYou're (x02220@1)getting nowhere

D (xx0232@1)              F#Stay (244322@1)a while my inner child
    Bm (x24432@1)               AI'd (x02220@1)like to learn your trick
Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)     
Know what makes you tick

F# (244322@1)                   BmNurse (x24432@1)you when you're sick
   D (xx0232@1)                 F#Oh (244322@1)how you've grown so cynical
     Bm (x24432@1)                     AHard (x02220@1)lines carved in your face
    Em (022000@1)              AThe (x02220@1)sunshine so clich? 
          F# (244322@1)     Bm (x24432@1)Just like love and pain
    G (320003@1)                   F# (244322@1)                        Em (022000@1)               A (x02220@1)                 
You tried your best on the Rorschach test but there's just nothing to see

Em (022000@1)          A (x02220@1) 
Heard terabytes of perfect pitch
     D (xx0232@1)               BmSome (x24432@1)universal elegance
Em (022000@1)                      A (x02220@1)Stack the seventh and the fifth
 D (xx0232@1)          BmAlong (x24432@1)the grid
Em (022000@1)                    ASwear (x02220@1)you'll be the opposite
   D (xx0232@1)             BmOf (x24432@1)all the stilted hypocrites
    Em (022000@1)               A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)   Bm (x24432@1)                  
You know what made you infamous to them, don't you?
G (320003@1)You keep starting over
AYou (x02220@1)keep starting over
F#You (244322@1)keep starting over
BmYou (x24432@1)keep starting over
GKeep (320003@1)starting over
AKeep (x02220@1)starting over

D (xx0232@1)             F#Hold (244322@1)on tight beginners mind
      Bm (x24432@1)            A (x02220@1)The currents far too strong
        Em (022000@1)            AIt (x02220@1)will carry you along
            F# (244322@1)               BmTill (x24432@1)you're just like everyone

D (xx0232@1)             F#Stay (244322@1)a while my inner child
    Bm (x24432@1)              AI'd (x02220@1)like to learn your trick
Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)     
Know what makes you tick
F# (244322@1)                   BmNurse (x24432@1)you when you're sick

G F# Em A

The other Capo 1 version of this song has the right tonality, but in the wrong 
Capo position. I use Barre chords on the F#, Bm, G and the A chord for the 
"getting nowhere" and "starting over" lines to give it a fuller sound. 
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