Passing Through A Screen Door
View chords used in this chart
G Em9
Cigarette smoke dances back in the window
Cadd9 Em7 D
And I can see the haze on the dome light.
G Em9
I`m conjuring ghosts on a forty-hour ride home.
Cadd9 Em7 D
And they keep asking me what I`m doing with my life,
Cadd9 D Em7
While my cousins go to bed with their wives.
Cadd9 D A7sus4
I'm feeling like I've fallen behind.
G
Well the highway won.
Em9
I`m listening to traffic reports,
Cadd9 Em7 D
One on one, coming quietly undone.
G Em9
I was born to run away from anything good
Cadd9
An escape artist`s son
Em7 D
With sun-drenched pavement in my blood.
Cadd9 D Em7
The first thing that I do when I walk in
Cadd9 D A7sus4
Is plan a way out for when shit gets bad
E D' C G` E
And I`ve been looking for tears in the screen door.
D` C
(tears in the screen door)
E D` C G` E
I`ve been waiting for another disaster.
D` C
(another disaster)
G - Em9 - Cadd9 - Em7 - D
G Em9
I`m terrified like a kid in the sixties,
Cadd9 Em7 D
Staring at the sky waiting for the bomb to fall.
G Em9
It`s all a lie, what they say about stability.
Cadd9
It scares me sometimes,
Em7 D A7sus4
The emptiness I see in my eyes.
Em9 Cadd9 D
All the kid`s names I?ve ever liked are tied to tragedy
A7sus4 Em9 Cadd9 D
And I don?t want my children growing up to be anything like me.
Em7 D Cadd9
I`ve been looking for
G Em7
Tears in the screen door.
D Cadd9
(tears in the screen door)
Em7 D Cadd9
I`ve been waiting for
G Em7
Another disaster
D Cadd9
(another disaster)
Em7 Cadd9 D
But I was kind of hoping you`d stay.
Em7 Cadd9 G
I was kind of hoping you`d stay.
Cadd9 - G - D
Em7
I keep a flashlight
Cadd9 G D
And a small knife in the corner of my bed stand.
Em7 Cadd9
I keep a flashlight and the train times,
G
But you wouldn?t understand.
D
How could you understand?
Em7 Cadd9
Jesus Christ. I`m twentysix.
G Cadd9
All the people I graduated with
Em7 Cadd9
All have kids, all have wives,
G Cadd9
All have people who care if they come home at night.
Em7 D
Jesus Christ, did I fuck up?
Em7 D Cadd9
I`ve been looking for
G Em7
Tears in the screen door.
D Cadd9
(tears in the screen door)
Em7 D Cadd9
I`ve been waiting for
G Em7
Another disaster
D Cadd9
(another disaster)
Em7 Cadd9 D
But I was kind of hoping you`d stay.
Em7 Cadd9 G
I was kind of hoping you`d stay.
Em7 D G
I was kind of hoping you`d stay.
How to play Passing Through A Screen Door
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 G. 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.