Narrow Margins
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Capo 4
Intro: C (8 bars)
C
I can't live this way
Am
Breaking all my rules again
Em
Choking on my gin
B
You push 'til I give in
C
'Til the loser always wins
Am
Somehow with his beckoning
Em
Bruising with his threads
B
Confusing what he says
C
But I won't live that way (ay-ee-ay)
Am
Though I kind of want to anyway
Em
Kind of want to play
B
With all the pretty and the pure
C
Well I return to the earth
Am
I return to the dust
Em
No more beauty by the pound
B
And this I do not... trust
Am C
'Cause nothing forgives
F Em
Rules and narrow margins
G Am
(ehhh, ehhh, ehhhhhh)
C
In our lives
F Em
It's rules and narrow margins
G C
But I will slip by (-yyyyy)
C
I can't find the time
Em
I don't know the future
Am
I couldn't bring that past back
G
I waste what little time I have
C
But I swear I almost touched it
Em
Yet it slipped between my fingers
Am
Sent shivers down my spine
G
Cut a splinter in my mind
Am C
But it wasn't nothing, again
F Em
This rules and narrow margins
G Am
(ehhh, ehhh, ehhhhhh)
C
But our life
F Em
Is rules and narrow margins
G C
But I will slip by
F Em
Rules and narrow margins
G
(eeeh, ehhh)
F Em
Rules and narrow margins
G C
But I will slip by (-yyyy)
How to play Narrow Margins
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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.