Lullaby
View chords used in this chart
Capo 2
D Em Bm
Like a marionette hanging from its strings
D Em Bm
You live you love you dance but it's not real
D
So take a bow
Em Bm
Emaciated little thing
D Em Bm
Cos you finally have the audience you need
Instrumental: D, Em, Bm, G x2
D Em Bm
Thinking back to your mother's lullabies
D Em Bm
How you dreamed of drifting free across the sky
D
Now you drag
Em Bm
Your approximated cut-out wings
D Em Bm
Show the fractures in your perfect porcelain
D Em Bm
Don't waste your life away
(A)
A black heart's a noose
D Em Bm
So cut your strings and come down
(A) D
I feel a different way
Em Bm
You see bruise I see bloom
D Em Bm G
In everything you hear sound
Instrumental: D, Em, Bm, G x2
D Em Bm
Like a Roman candle flickering
D Em Bm
Oh how easily our dreams are extinguished
D
And I know
Em Bm
That you can't forget if you can't forgive
D Em Bm
All the pain I see you burden yourself with
D Em Bm
Don't waste your life away
(A)
A black heart's a noose
D Em Bm
So cut your strings and come down
(A) D
I feel a different way
Em Bm
You see bruise I see bloom
D Em Bm G
In everything you hear sound
Instrumental: D, Em, Bm, G x4
D Em Bm
We waste our lives away
With these laments to youth
D Em Bm
We're all lost anyway
So cut your strings and come down
D Em Bm
We waste our lives away
Looking for things to lose
D Em Bm
We're all lost anyway
In everything you hear sound
D Em Bm
We waste our lives away
Cos the black heart in you
D Em Bm
We're all lost anyway
Is the only thing that I've found
D Em Bm
We waste our lives away
That matters at all
D Em Bm
We're all lost anyway
Outro: D, Em, Bm, G then end on D
How to play Lullaby
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 D. 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.