Iago
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Intro
|: C Em | Csus4 :|
Verse
C Em Csus4
You know that I'm my own worst enemy
C Em Csus4
Always trying to wreck what's right in front of me
Am Em C Csus4
Doesn't mean that I don't understand
G Am
That everytime I force your gentle hand
Em C Csus4
To come and comfort me
Am Em C Csus4
I make myself your enemy
Bridge
G Am Csus4
So lay me down my darling
C G Am
In your beh-eh-eh-ed
G Csus4
You lay my demons all toooo rest
Pre-Chorus
C G
But there's Iago sitting on my shoulder
Am
Everytime I hold her
Csus4 G C
Telling me I'm never gonna make the grade
G
Telling me I'm stupid
Am
Kinda self deluded
Csus4 G Am
If I think I've got my happy ending made
[Refrão]
G Csus4
And everytime he calls it ends up in a fall
G Am
He stands there and he doesn't help me at all
G
Sometimes I think that I'm
Csus4
Just running out of time
Just heading for the crime
G Am D7
When I let myself break my heart with my own two hands
F9 G Am
Put a bullet in the head of the great romance of my life
D7 F9
And I know that Ia-ago
|:C Em Csus4:|
Will be the only one left alive
Verse
C Em Csus4
Sometimes I just don't have the energy
C Em Csus4
To be the things I'm meant to be
Am Em C Csus4
But everytime you take me in your arms
G Am
It's like you drown out the alarms
Em C Csus4
Going off inside of me
Am Em C Csus4
Nothing but serenity, yeah
Bridge
G Am Csus4
So lay me down my darling
C G Am
In your beh-eh-eh-ed
G Csus4
You lay my demons all toooo rest
Pre-Chorus
G C G
But there's Iago sitting on my shoulder
Am
Everytime I hold her
Csus4 G C
Telling me I'm never gonna make the grade
G
Telling me I'm stupid
Am
Kinda self deluded
Csus4 G Am
If I think I've got my happy ending made
[Refrão]
G Csus4
And everytime he calls it ends up in a fall
G Am
He stands there and he doesn't help me at all
G
Sometimes I think that I'm
Csus4
Just running out of time
Just heading for the crime
G Am D7
When I let myself break my heart with my own two hands
F9 G Am
Put a bullet in the head of the great romance of my life
D7 F9
And I know that Ia-ago
C Em Csus4
Will be the only one left alive
C Em Csus4
He'll be the only one left alive
C Em Csus4
He'll be the only one left alive
C G Csus4
You know that I'm my own worst enemy
How to play Iago
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. 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.