The most difficult thing about this song is performing it at Astro's speed, but if you slow it down a bit,
it's nice too.
These three chords repeated through the song:
Em
G
C
Em
Dreamed up the maps,
G C
give me charcoal and the paper now.
We invent paths they cannot see,
and they're to scared walk.
Em G C
Between my hands rests 52 plain old playing cards,
And I trapped God somewhere between
the trump and the king of hearts.
Em
Joni Mitchell said "we are stardust,
G C
we are golden", we are all the same.
Blood paints the story of our love,
across the bathroom floor towards the drain.
Em G
Funny how everything just piles up, till one day,
C
you can't believe how far you came.
I'm made of mountains, made of metal,
made of whiskey, and waves.
Em
Won't believe your own breath,
G
when the bold words finally escape your mouth.
C
Keep your secrets hidden,
till we're certain of just what we've found.
Em
Yeah, they bleed just like us,
G
but our calling is what shapes us now.
C
Won't be held back, won't be tied up,
won't be pinned down.
Em G
Won't be held back, won't be tied up,
won't be pinned down.
C
Won't be held back, won't be tied up,
won't be pinned down.
Em G
Won't be held back, won't be tied up,
won't be pinned down.
C
Won't be held back, won't be...
Not now.
Em
Dreamed up the maps,
G C
give me charcoal and the paper now.
We invent paths they cannot see,
and they're to scared walk.
Em G C
Between my hands rests 52 plain old playing cards,
And I trapped God somewhere between
the trump and the king of hearts.
Em
Trump and the king of hearts.
G
Trump and the king of hearts.
C
Trump and the king of...trump and the king of...trump and the king of hearts.
Em
Trump and the king of hearts.
G
Trump and the king of hearts.
C
Trump and the king of...trump and the king of...trump and the king of hearts.
Em
It came to me, as strange as it seems,
G
From a simple deck of cards laid ace to kings.
C
With my fingernail slipped under King Charlemagne,
I flipped the edge and traced the grain,
and watched it fall like a breaking wave.
Em
The ace of spades was last to splash.
G
Trump to suicide kings, they all turned Bicycle backs.
C
I stared in the pattern, a pair of seraphim flashed,
And it just fit, elegant, "aww shit!". That's that.
Em
Strange how you can waste away pained with one thing,
G
The watchmaker breaks sweat, he can't tame a dumb spring.
C
Then one day its as plain as the nose above your smug grin,
like, "look what the cat dragged in!"
Em
Woke from a dream, hands heavy in cold sweat,
G
Jumped from the bed, snatched up charcoal quick.
C
Sketching frantically upon the bedroom brick,
It came together and it fit like this:
Em G
Give me a lever and a place to stand, I'll move the world.
C
You think you're clever, but you never, seen how it really works.
Em
Really works.
G C
Really works.
Really works. Really works.
Em
Really works.
G C
Really works.
Really works. Really works. Oh no...
Em
Dreamed up the maps,
G C
give me charcoal and the paper now.
We invent paths they cannot see,
and they're to scared walk.
Em G
Between my hands rests 52 plain old playing cards,
And I trapped God somewhere between
C
the trump and the king of hearts.
Em
Trump and the king of hearts.
G
Trump and the king of hearts.
C
Trump and the king of...trump and the king of...trump and the king of hearts.
Em
Trump and the king of hearts.
G
Trump and the king of hearts.
C
Trump and the king of...trump and the king of...trump and the king of hearts.