Artist: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Song: "Parachute Heart"
Album: The Lion The Beast The Beat
Transcribed by Sam Stone
Chord shapes
Em7 * : 022030
Em7 **: 022033
D: x00232
A: x02220
G: 320033
G6: 320030
Bm *: xx4432
D aug: xx4332
D *: x04232
E variants: xx2130 (E7)
xx4130 (E7/F#) Any of these variants is acceptable
xx2132 (E9)
F: 133211
G **: 355433
INTRO: Em7 * -> D (with riff A) [Repeat]
VERSE 1:
Em7 ** D (w/ riff A, see note)
There's trouble in the friendly skies tonight
Em7 ** D (w/ riff A)
Love can never last when you're flying up this high
Em7 ** D
You took the lead, but I'm not ready to come down
Em7 *
So so long baby, I'll see you someday
A (with riff B, see note)
When we're both on the ground
CHORUS:
Em7 * D (w/ riff A)
And yeah you're gone like the wind and it don't even matter --
Em7 * D (w/ riff A)
I'd fly above it all and watch the world shatter
G D (w/ riff A)
We had a sky-dive love affair, doomed from the very start
Em7 * A (with riff B)
So you can throw my love to the wind I'll just flo--oat back to the ground
D G6 D
With my Parachute Hea--rt
VERSE 2:
Bm * Daug
There's trouble in my lonely, old balloon
D * E7 (see variants to use)
I let you jump, but maybe you jumped too soon
G D (w/ riff A)
It's too late for me to turn back now
Em Em7 *
So goodbye baby, 'cause I'm not ready
A (w/ riff B)
To follow you down
CHORUS
MIDDLE:
F G ** D (w/ riff A)
Parachute Heart
F G ** D
Parachute Heart
F G ** Bm ** G
Parachute Hea---art
Bm ** G
Hea--art
A (w/ riff B)
Heart---
CHORUS
Riff A:
E ---2------------------|
B ---3------------------|
G ---2------2-4-2-0-----|
D ---0-0-2-4--------4-0-|
A -0-0------------------|
E ----------------------|
Riff B:
E ------0--------------|
B -2--3/5--------------|
G -2--2/0--------------|
D -2--4/5--------------|
A -0----0--------------|
E ---------------------|