"Anxiety"
By Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
Written by Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires
Album: The Nashville Sound (2017)
Based on Jason's solo acoustic version on q on cbs
Em7 Em7* Dadd11
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Riff 1 Riff 2 (played twice)
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[Chorus]
D C D G (riff 1)
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
C D Em D C
I'm out here living in a fantasy
C D Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D Cadd9 D Em (riff 1)
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
Cadd9 D Em D Cadd9
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
Cadd9 D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
Cadd9 D Em Em7
Watching the sunrise slash through the blinds
Cadd9 D Em
Dust in the room hovers over mine
Cadd9 D Em7*
Lying here in silence, Wife and child still sleeping deep enough to dream
C Dadd11 Em
And oh, I'm a lucky man today but so afraid that time will take it all from me
[Chorus]
D Cadd9 D G (riff 1)
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
Cadd9 D Em D Cadd9
I'm out here living in a fantasy
Cadd9 D Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D Cadd9 D Em (riff 1)
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
Cadd9 D Em Em7
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
Cadd9 D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
Cadd9 D Em7*
It's the weight of the world but it's nothing at all
Cadd9 D Em7*
Light as a prayer, and then I feel myself fall
Cadd9 D Em7*
You got to give me a minute because I'm way down in it and I can't breathe so I can't speak
Cadd9 D Em7
I want to be strong and steady, always ready, now, I feel so small, I feel so weak
[Chorus]
D Cadd9 D G (riff 1)
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
Cadd9 D Em D Cadd9
I'm out here living in a fantasy
Cadd9 D Em7*
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D Cadd9 D Em (riff 1)
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
Cadd9 D Em D Cadd9
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
Cadd9 D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
[Bridge]
F Am G (riff 2)
A crowded room is a burning battlefield
F Am G (riff 2)
If I don't move, I'll come undone
F Am G (riff 2)
My heart beats harder, a hammer striking steel
F Am Em
Will I walk now or be a "Wait and Run"
[Chorus]
D Cadd9 D G (riff 1)
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
Cadd9 D Em D Cadd9
I'm out here living in a fantasy
Cadd9 D Em7*
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D Cadd9 D Em (riff 1)
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
Cadd9 D Em D Cadd9
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
Cadd9 D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
Cadd9 D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
Cadd9 D Em7*
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain