Bright Eyes - Ladder Song, off of The People's Key
It's a great song on the piano, but goes well on an acoustic guitar
Make sure you play the G chord
and the B - Bb/Bm transition as follows;
G: 320003
Bm: x24432
Bb/Bm: x14432
Dmaj7: xx0222
D7: xx0212
A/D: x00323
Bm Bb/Bm
No one knows where the ladder goes
Bm Bb/Bm
You're going to lose what you love the most
Em G
You're not alone in anything
Em G
You're not unique in dying
Bm Bb/Bm
I feel estranged every now and then
Bm Bb/Bm
Fall asleep reading science fiction
Em G
I want to fly in your silver ship
Em G A
Let Jesus hang and Buddha sit
D
It's on now
A
The days are long now
G
The ups and the sundowns
A
In a twisting mind
D
If I've got to go first
A
I'll do it on my terms
G A
I'm tired of traitors always changing sides
B A G
They were friends of mine
Bm Bb/Bm
Don't hang around once the promise breaks
Bm Bb/Bm
Or you'll be there when the next one's made
Em G
Kiss the feet of a charlatan
Em G
Some imagined freedom
Bm Bb/Bm
All the rest is predictable
Bm Bb/Bm
You can say you're the first to know
Em G
Bought a mantra to concentrate
Em G A
Car alarm or hissing snake
D
I know now
A
How it's going to turn now
G
You got to calm down
A
Or I'll lose my place
D
Got to get to the center
A
Got to get to the concert
G
Run off with a dancer
E
Going to celebrate
Em A
We'll welcome to new age
D G G/F# Em
Covered in warrior paint
A D Dmaj7 D7
Lights from the jungle to the sky
Em A
I've seen how a star's born
D G G/F# Em
Looks just like a blood orange
A D
Don't it just make you want to cry
B A G
Precious friend of mine?
Bm Bb/Bm
Will I know when it's finally done
Bm Bb/Bm
This whole life's a hallucination
Em G
You're not alone in anything
Em G
You're not alone in trying
A/D
To be