The Mouth The Foot Keeps Stepping In
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
B C# B
Forward moving pictures in your ear
B C# B
Easy to forget 'til they appear
B C#
Checking in and checking out
F# B
Hey, what’s this one for?, what’s that one about?
[Verse 2]
B C# B
Well, isn’t it the way it is, I guess?
B C# B
Just trying to split the difference, more or less
B C#
Egg inside the fallen nest
F# B
Who asked for the worst and hoped for the best
[Chorus]
B F# C#
Nip the dream right in the bud
B F# C#
Water on a paper gown
B F# C#
Good rain wasted on the flood
F# B
And still coming down, still coming down
[Verse 3]
B C# B
Taping all the pages to the book
B C# B
Waking with your mouth over the hook
B C#
The mouth the foot keeps stepping in
F# B
And who knows where that’s been, who knows where that’s been
[Verse 4]
B C# B
Love is threading needles in the dark
B C# B
But something always happens to your heart
B C#
Bath of supernatural sludge
F# B
Arise in the budge, arise in the budge
[Chorus]
B F# C#
Under drones and overtones
B F# C#
Hits are always on side B
B F# C#
The looping of the wordless rhyme
F# B
Will levitate you, levitate me
[Interlude]
B F# C# C#
B C# B C# B C#
F# B
[Outro]
B F# C#
Under drones and overtones
B F# C#
Hits are always on side B
B F# C#
The looping of the wordless rhyme
F# B
Will levitate you, levitate me
F# B
How to play The Mouth The Foot Keeps Stepping In
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. 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.