The Jetty - Elway

The Jetty

View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
Submitted by: jeremyunderground412gmail.com
 
Key: D
 
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
 
Chords used:
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
G - 320033
Em - 022000
F#m - 244222
 
[Intro] Spoken
In the future we'll
all be laughing
ha! In the future
we'll never die...
 
then
 
[Instrumental] A F#m Em are Bass Chords Only
D A F#m Em x4
 
[Verse 1]
D
The sun never sets it just
Bm
sinks slowly out of sight
D
With the thump in your chest
Bm
forever anchored to the light
Em
The prairie crack and dries
A
but you had wider eyes
D
To head west
 
[Verse 2]
D
The baggage of place the
Bm
frigid water in your veins
D
And the stone in your face
Bm
carved to relief by interstates
Em
The colors in this town are
A
buried in the ground
D
So head west
 
[Chorus 1]
G
Lay it forever down to rest
The curse that kept you from
D
your dreaming Let the
Em
insistent die their deaths
A
With no forwarding address
Live forever heading west
 
[Guitar Solo]
D Bm D Bm
 
[Bridge]
Em
How the highway lines stretch
A D
their open arms around the
A G Em
lowland soil How the satellites
A D
dart across the sky and fall
A G D
to miss the earth
 
[Verse 3]
D
The bloom from the rose rots
Bm D
away on the roadside The signals
to noise gets thrown off balance
Bm Em
over time Don’t linger in the
A
sound of the ghosts that
D
stuck around Just head west
 
[Chorus 2]
G
Lay it forever down to rest
The curse that kept you from
D
your dreaming Let the
Em
insistent die their deaths
A
With no forwarding address
Live forever heading west
 
[Outro]
D
I'll live forever
Bm
headed west
D
I'll live forever
Bm Em A
headed west

How to play The Jetty

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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.

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