Chords for Carry On Kid - If You Read These Words
Tempo:
97.7 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
A
D
E
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[A]
[D]
[D]
[A]
[A]
[D] I'm
[G#]
[F#m]
[D]
[D]
[A]
[F#m] [A]
[D]
not [F#m] sure if I'm going to be able to do this.
[A] [F#m]
[D]
[F#m]
[A]
[F#m] [F#]
[D]
[F#m] I'm
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
[F#m]
[E] going [A]
[F#m] [E]
[A] to be [F#] able to do this.
There might be a single path to you.
[A] Was I just another voice for you to be heard?
But the envy I see, [E] is of the [F#] truth.
Spraying me with a book over my head.
Staring pointly while the [E] time gets so [F#] blue.
When there's nothing to help myself with in my throat.
Slowly freezing while you're [E] born through [F#m] me.
There comes a finite moment in time,
when the meter and rhyme become inadequate to express the pain that I'm feeling inside.
When these metaphors and analogies [D] cease to communicate what perpetuates at the deepest [C#] facets of my being.
We open up the most sacred and formidable part of our lives,
and place it in the hands of another.
Our most pure devotion and affection,
[D] proclaimed only by ever being the same.
[F#m] So it [A] shows to all your [F#m] daughters,
who feel so at [E] any weight.
[F#m] Because their [A] brain still [D] flows,
throughout the deepest [E] part of our [F#m] sins.
But maybe we're in the wrong.
Maybe our [C#m] efforts were [F#m] mean.
What if love means more?
Or we have to [A] lose our dignity?
[F#m] Or our past may be something more [C#m] precious than
[F#m] remains.
Our love will shine,
and we're still losing [E] doubt upon its [F#m] shame.
When life's so tense,
and [C#m] tears [F#m] take hold.
We change [D] the story.
We [E] change the [D] world.
It's so [F#m] time-worn, because you know I'll never walk away.
Nothing I wouldn't have done, [A] nothing I wouldn't [F#m] say.
Every single [A] word that was spoken [F#m] to you,
was to show [E] you how much I [F#m] cared.
Kept tearing me down, but I'll keep building you up,
because I'm here for you, [A] so don't [F#m] look away.
I will let you [F#] know how much I love you.
[A]
[F#m]
[A]
[F#m]
[D] [A]
[F#m]
[B]
[F#]
[A] [F#m]
[F#m]
[F#]
[A] [F#m]
[A]
[F#m]
[F#]
[A] [F#m]
[A]
[F#m]
[F#]
[A] [F#m]
[A]
[D]
[D]
[D]
[A]
[A]
[D] I'm
[G#]
[F#m]
[D]
[D]
[A]
[F#m] [A]
[D]
not [F#m] sure if I'm going to be able to do this.
[A] [F#m]
[D]
[F#m]
[A]
[F#m] [F#]
[D]
[F#m] I'm
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
[F#m]
[E] going [A]
[F#m] [E]
[A] to be [F#] able to do this.
There might be a single path to you.
[A] Was I just another voice for you to be heard?
But the envy I see, [E] is of the [F#] truth.
Spraying me with a book over my head.
Staring pointly while the [E] time gets so [F#] blue.
When there's nothing to help myself with in my throat.
Slowly freezing while you're [E] born through [F#m] me.
There comes a finite moment in time,
when the meter and rhyme become inadequate to express the pain that I'm feeling inside.
When these metaphors and analogies [D] cease to communicate what perpetuates at the deepest [C#] facets of my being.
We open up the most sacred and formidable part of our lives,
and place it in the hands of another.
Our most pure devotion and affection,
[D] proclaimed only by ever being the same.
[F#m] So it [A] shows to all your [F#m] daughters,
who feel so at [E] any weight.
[F#m] Because their [A] brain still [D] flows,
throughout the deepest [E] part of our [F#m] sins.
But maybe we're in the wrong.
Maybe our [C#m] efforts were [F#m] mean.
What if love means more?
Or we have to [A] lose our dignity?
[F#m] Or our past may be something more [C#m] precious than
[F#m] remains.
Our love will shine,
and we're still losing [E] doubt upon its [F#m] shame.
When life's so tense,
and [C#m] tears [F#m] take hold.
We change [D] the story.
We [E] change the [D] world.
It's so [F#m] time-worn, because you know I'll never walk away.
Nothing I wouldn't have done, [A] nothing I wouldn't [F#m] say.
Every single [A] word that was spoken [F#m] to you,
was to show [E] you how much I [F#m] cared.
Kept tearing me down, but I'll keep building you up,
because I'm here for you, [A] so don't [F#m] look away.
I will let you [F#] know how much I love you.
[A]
[F#m]
[A]
[F#m]
[D] [A]
[F#m]
[B]
[F#]
[A] [F#m]
[F#m]
[F#]
[A] [F#m]
[A]
[F#m]
[F#]
[A] [F#m]
[A]
[F#m]
[F#]
[A] [F#m]
[A]
[D]
Key:
F#m
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E
F#
F#m
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ I'm
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[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
not _ [F#m] sure if I'm going to be able to do this. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ I'm
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[E] _ going [A] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ to be [F#] _ able to do this.
There might be a single path to you.
[A] Was I just another voice for you to be heard?
But the envy I see, [E] is of the [F#] truth.
Spraying me with a book over my head.
Staring pointly while the [E] time gets so [F#] blue.
When there's nothing to help myself with in my throat.
Slowly freezing while you're [E] born through [F#m] me.
There comes a finite moment in time,
when the meter and rhyme become inadequate to express the pain that I'm feeling inside.
When these metaphors and analogies [D] cease to communicate what perpetuates at the deepest [C#] facets of my being.
We open up the most sacred and formidable part of our lives,
and place it in the hands of another.
Our most pure devotion and affection,
[D] proclaimed only by ever being the same.
[F#m] _ _ So it [A] shows to all your [F#m] daughters,
who feel so at [E] any weight.
[F#m] _ _ Because their [A] brain still [D] flows,
throughout the deepest [E] part of our [F#m] sins.
But maybe we're in the wrong.
_ Maybe our [C#m] efforts were [F#m] mean.
What if love means more?
Or we have to [A] lose our dignity?
[F#m] _ _ Or our past may be _ something more [C#m] precious than _
[F#m] remains.
Our love will shine,
and we're still losing [E] doubt upon its [F#m] _ shame.
When life's so _ tense,
and [C#m] tears [F#m] take hold.
We change [D] the _ story.
We [E] change the [D] world.
It's so [F#m] time-worn, because you know I'll never walk away.
Nothing I wouldn't have done, [A] nothing I wouldn't [F#m] say.
Every single [A] word that was spoken [F#m] to you,
was to show [E] you how much I [F#m] cared.
Kept tearing me down, but I'll keep building you up,
because I'm here for you, [A] so don't [F#m] look away. _ _ _ _
I will let you [F#] know how much I love _ you. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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not _ [F#m] sure if I'm going to be able to do this. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F#m] _ I'm
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[E] _ going [A] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ to be [F#] _ able to do this.
There might be a single path to you.
[A] Was I just another voice for you to be heard?
But the envy I see, [E] is of the [F#] truth.
Spraying me with a book over my head.
Staring pointly while the [E] time gets so [F#] blue.
When there's nothing to help myself with in my throat.
Slowly freezing while you're [E] born through [F#m] me.
There comes a finite moment in time,
when the meter and rhyme become inadequate to express the pain that I'm feeling inside.
When these metaphors and analogies [D] cease to communicate what perpetuates at the deepest [C#] facets of my being.
We open up the most sacred and formidable part of our lives,
and place it in the hands of another.
Our most pure devotion and affection,
[D] proclaimed only by ever being the same.
[F#m] _ _ So it [A] shows to all your [F#m] daughters,
who feel so at [E] any weight.
[F#m] _ _ Because their [A] brain still [D] flows,
throughout the deepest [E] part of our [F#m] sins.
But maybe we're in the wrong.
_ Maybe our [C#m] efforts were [F#m] mean.
What if love means more?
Or we have to [A] lose our dignity?
[F#m] _ _ Or our past may be _ something more [C#m] precious than _
[F#m] remains.
Our love will shine,
and we're still losing [E] doubt upon its [F#m] _ shame.
When life's so _ tense,
and [C#m] tears [F#m] take hold.
We change [D] the _ story.
We [E] change the [D] world.
It's so [F#m] time-worn, because you know I'll never walk away.
Nothing I wouldn't have done, [A] nothing I wouldn't [F#m] say.
Every single [A] word that was spoken [F#m] to you,
was to show [E] you how much I [F#m] cared.
Kept tearing me down, but I'll keep building you up,
because I'm here for you, [A] so don't [F#m] look away. _ _ _ _
I will let you [F#] know how much I love _ you. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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