Beauty in a car crash
for best sound, tune to Drop D, down 1/2 step.
low to high: C# G# C# F# A# D#
Intro: G#m E2 C#m
G#m E2 C#m E2 F#
G#m F#
So we've become so cinematic
C#m E F#
With every word you come unglued
G#m F#
So we'll let this settle, ferment and grow
E F#
'Till we're both completely out of control
G#m
How was I supposed to know?
E F#
Retrace my steps find my way home
G#m
How was I supposed to know?
E F#
Retrace these steps find our way home
G#m
So i'll push my seat back as far as it will go
C#m F#
Hold on tight as your lungs collapse
G#m
I can't wait 'till the impact hits you in the face
E F#
You can finally see we were made to be
G#m
How was I supposed to know?
E F#
Retrace my steps find my way home
G#m
How was I supposed to know?
E F#
Retrace these steps find our way home
Small interlude: G#m E C#m Emaj7? (Not sure about this one,
just go with what I have here.)
G#m
With my lungs collapsing I'm drowning in the backseat
C#m Emaj7
Holding on to nothing
C#m Emaj7 G#m B F# E F#
That's all that's left of me
G#m
These brakes are going out
B F#
I'm looking straight ahead
E
Before we both go out
F#
I loved you half to death (3x)
G#m
How was I supposed to know?
E F#
Retrace my steps find my way home
G#m
How was I supposed to know?
E F#
Retrace these steps find our way home
G#m
There's beauty in a car crash
E F#
There's beauty in the payback
G#m
This is my big city shakedown
E F#
When there's beauty in the breakdown
Outro: G#m B F# E C#m G#m (that C#m could be wrong)