Flashlight
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Intro: F#m E D A (x3)
F#m E D A
Please fall asleep so I can take pictures of you and hang them in my room
F#m E A
So when I'll wake up I'll be like "Yeah, everything's all right"
F#m E
You are still here, you are still happy.
D A
You are still smiling and laughing.
F#m E A
You are still the only thing and everything I need in my life
A E
And it goes in, in, out through the mouth
F#m E
Breathing exercises I will never figure out
A
So I am running in circles or
E
Walking in circles or
F#m
Crawling in circles or
E D
Lying on the ground.
Bm
And I
E A
Can hear your dog whistle from my bedroom.
D
Yeah, yeah
Bm
And I
E
Can see a flashlight cuttin'
A
Up the trees behind my house.
D
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
F#m E D A
F#m E A A
(X2)
F#m E
She says a lot of the kids we graduated with are now homeless
D A
Which puts them in mad shady situations with mad shady people
F#m E A
If not everyday, then on an every other day basis
F#m E
And she's probably with a few of them right now
D A
And they are probably just drinking and talking about
F#m E A
How she misses gettin' fucked up and hangin' around
F#m E D
And he says "Hey, you're good at that" and she says "Thanks. It's kind of
A F#m E A
All I got, " and then she looks away and says, "It's also all I need"
A E
And I can smell plastic burning,
F#m E
I can smell chemicals breaking down
A E
I got your last three emails,
F#m
The ones where you said,
E D
"I was sorting some things out"
Bm E A
And he will be able to hear her dog whistle from his bedroom
D
Yeah yeah.
Bm
And I
E
Can see a flashlight cuttin'
A
Up the trees behind my house.
D
Yeah yeah.
Bm
And I will read the flashing
D
Like a Morse code explanation
A
Though it'll mean nothing
But take all night to figure out, out, out
F#m E D A
F#m E A A
F#m E D A
I am sad, I am sad. And I am happy, oh God, I'm happy
(Please fall asleep so I can take pictures of you and hang them in my room)
F#m E A
There's just no place in between for us to meet
(So when I'll wake up I'll be like yeah everything's all right.)
F#m E D A
But I am sad, I am sad, but when I am happy, oh God, I'm happy
(You are still here, you are still happy. You are still smiling and
Laughing)
F#m E A
There's just no place in between for us to meet
(You are still the only thing and everything I need in my life.)
F#m E D A
When I am sad, oh God, I'm sad, but when I'm happy, I am happy
(Please fall asleep so I can take pictures of you and hang them in my room)
F#m E A
And there's just no place in between for us to meet
(So when I'll wake up I'll be like, "Yeah, everything's all right")
F#m E D A
When I am sad, oh God, I'm sad, but when I'm happy, I am happy
(You are still here, you are still happy. You are still smiling and
Laughing.)
F#m E A
And there's just no place in between for us to meet
How to play Flashlight
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F#m. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.