Chords for Conor Oberst - Zigzagging Toward the Light
Tempo:
90.45 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
G
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] [C] [G]
[Dm] [N]
Happy birthday Connor
Thank you.
If you do not mind we would like to start the interview.
Yeah
Feel like talking
Where's the where's the camera?
The camera is everywhere
How did it feel to not have electricity?
I don't know [F] if at the time it felt kind of good like
the night it was happening, you know, cuz
we had candles going and there was still enough battery to like listen to music [Dm] and
[G] drink wine and
It [N] was nice, but after the first
couple days, you know all the restaurants gave all their food away and
You know, there's only a few places stayed open that had generators
You find habits comforting.
Oh
Some of them does this also include bad habits
Good and bad
It's sort of up to the
individual but a lot of people Also value
Spontaneity, [E] you [Cm] know, but I'm a little [C] creature to [F] have it myself
[Bb]
Fresh blood
We
[G] [N]
understand
Show us what's inside your head show us
[E]
[C] [D] I'm [C]
[Em] [C] [D]
[Em] blessed [C] with the heart that [D] doesn't stop
[C]
[Em] My [C] mind's a weather thing
[G] spins [D] around just like a [Em] top
Knows [C] what the winds of [D] fortune bring [C] in the season of [Em] the witch home [C] is a perjury
[G] parlor trick [D] and urban [G] man
I'll have the [D] [C] circumstances change
[G]
This world is [D] smoking [Am] steel and [D] compromise and meet a [G] maze
I'm going to [D] leave here [C] for too long
[D]
[G] Zigzagging [D] toward the light.
[Am] I'm off [C] my founder [Em] song
[C] [D] [C]
[Em] [C] [E]
[Em] True [C] love it has like [D] city star
[C]
[Em] Nothing [C] to gaze upon [G] or [D] contemplate how near or [Em] far
It [C] becomes a come quite [D] a now [C] a
[Em] momentary glance lit [C] up by Sun or Moon [G] a bonfire [D] or [G] ambulance
then [D] how the [C] circumstances change
[D]
[G] Feels [D] unmistakable [Am] with no [D] idea from where it [G] came
But you know [D] it [C] when it's gone
[D]
[G] [D] Zigzagging through the [Am] night path edges.
[Em] They rebound the song
[C] That's interesting [Bm] about the [Em] song
[G] [C] That just [Em] they have to just [C] say
[G]
[B] To [C] stay
[G]
[B] [Em]
[C] It's [D] [C]
[Em] [C] [D]
[Em] [C] true the shadows tell the [D] time
[C]
[Em] on [C] sunny afternoon [G] on crowded [D] sidewalks [Em] Passersby
I'm [C] in a cube that's [D] just out
[C] Far as the [Em] eye you see it [C] forms a figure eight [G] and goes on [D] for eternity
[G] Oh how the [C] circumstances change
[D]
[G] I'm glad I interstate [Am] across the [D] purple mountain [G] range
I'll find a [D] place to [C] come on down
[D]
[G] [D] Zigzagging toward you [Am] now I sing out [C] loud a boundless [G] song
[D] [C] [D]
[G]
[D] [C] [G]
[C] [Em]
[F] [Em]
[E] [N] Hmm interesting
[Dm] [N]
Happy birthday Connor
Thank you.
If you do not mind we would like to start the interview.
Yeah
Feel like talking
Where's the where's the camera?
The camera is everywhere
How did it feel to not have electricity?
I don't know [F] if at the time it felt kind of good like
the night it was happening, you know, cuz
we had candles going and there was still enough battery to like listen to music [Dm] and
[G] drink wine and
It [N] was nice, but after the first
couple days, you know all the restaurants gave all their food away and
You know, there's only a few places stayed open that had generators
You find habits comforting.
Oh
Some of them does this also include bad habits
Good and bad
It's sort of up to the
individual but a lot of people Also value
Spontaneity, [E] you [Cm] know, but I'm a little [C] creature to [F] have it myself
[Bb]
Fresh blood
We
[G] [N]
understand
Show us what's inside your head show us
[E]
[C] [D] I'm [C]
[Em] [C] [D]
[Em] blessed [C] with the heart that [D] doesn't stop
[C]
[Em] My [C] mind's a weather thing
[G] spins [D] around just like a [Em] top
Knows [C] what the winds of [D] fortune bring [C] in the season of [Em] the witch home [C] is a perjury
[G] parlor trick [D] and urban [G] man
I'll have the [D] [C] circumstances change
[G]
This world is [D] smoking [Am] steel and [D] compromise and meet a [G] maze
I'm going to [D] leave here [C] for too long
[D]
[G] Zigzagging [D] toward the light.
[Am] I'm off [C] my founder [Em] song
[C] [D] [C]
[Em] [C] [E]
[Em] True [C] love it has like [D] city star
[C]
[Em] Nothing [C] to gaze upon [G] or [D] contemplate how near or [Em] far
It [C] becomes a come quite [D] a now [C] a
[Em] momentary glance lit [C] up by Sun or Moon [G] a bonfire [D] or [G] ambulance
then [D] how the [C] circumstances change
[D]
[G] Feels [D] unmistakable [Am] with no [D] idea from where it [G] came
But you know [D] it [C] when it's gone
[D]
[G] [D] Zigzagging through the [Am] night path edges.
[Em] They rebound the song
[C] That's interesting [Bm] about the [Em] song
[G] [C] That just [Em] they have to just [C] say
[G]
[B] To [C] stay
[G]
[B] [Em]
[C] It's [D] [C]
[Em] [C] [D]
[Em] [C] true the shadows tell the [D] time
[C]
[Em] on [C] sunny afternoon [G] on crowded [D] sidewalks [Em] Passersby
I'm [C] in a cube that's [D] just out
[C] Far as the [Em] eye you see it [C] forms a figure eight [G] and goes on [D] for eternity
[G] Oh how the [C] circumstances change
[D]
[G] I'm glad I interstate [Am] across the [D] purple mountain [G] range
I'll find a [D] place to [C] come on down
[D]
[G] [D] Zigzagging toward you [Am] now I sing out [C] loud a boundless [G] song
[D] [C] [D]
[G]
[D] [C] [G]
[C] [Em]
[F] [Em]
[E] [N] Hmm interesting
Key:
C
D
G
Em
Am
C
D
G
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
Happy birthday Connor
Thank _ you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If you do not mind we would like to start the interview.
Yeah
Feel like talking _ _ _ _ _ _
Where's the where's the camera?
The camera is everywhere
How _ _ _ _ _ _ did it feel to not have electricity?
_ I don't know [F] if at the time it felt kind of good like
the night it was happening, you know, cuz
we had candles going and there was still enough battery to like listen to music [Dm] and
[G] drink wine and
It [N] was nice, but after the first
couple days, you know all the restaurants gave all their food away and
You know, there's only a few places stayed open that had generators
You find habits comforting.
Oh
Some _ of them does this also include bad habits
_ _ Good and bad
It's sort of up to the
individual but a lot of people _ _ Also value _ _
Spontaneity, [E] you [Cm] know, but I'm a little [C] creature to [F] have it myself _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
Fresh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ blood
We _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
understand _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Show us what's inside your head _ _ _ show us
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] I'm [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] blessed [C] with the heart that [D] doesn't stop
[C] _ _
[Em] My [C] mind's a weather thing
[G] spins [D] around just like a [Em] top
Knows [C] what the winds of [D] fortune bring [C] in the season of [Em] the witch home [C] is a perjury
[G] parlor trick [D] and urban [G] man
I'll have the [D] [C] circumstances change
[G] _
This world is [D] smoking [Am] steel and [D] compromise and meet a [G] maze
I'm going to [D] leave here [C] for too long
[D] _ _
[G] _ Zigzagging [D] toward the light.
[Am] I'm off [C] my founder [Em] song
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] True [C] love it has like [D] city star
[C] _ _
[Em] Nothing [C] to gaze upon [G] or [D] contemplate how near or [Em] far
It [C] becomes a come quite [D] a now [C] a
[Em] momentary glance lit [C] up by Sun or Moon [G] a bonfire [D] or [G] ambulance
then [D] how the [C] circumstances change
[D] _ _
[G] Feels [D] unmistakable [Am] with no [D] idea from where it [G] came
But you know [D] it [C] when it's gone
[D] _ _
[G] _ [D] Zigzagging through the [Am] night path edges.
[Em] They rebound the song
_ _ _ [C] That's interesting [Bm] about the [Em] song
[G] _ [C] That just [Em] they have to just [C] say
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] To _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ stay
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] It's [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [C] true the shadows tell the [D] time
[C] _ _
[Em] on [C] sunny afternoon [G] on crowded [D] sidewalks [Em] Passersby
I'm [C] in a cube that's [D] just out
[C] Far as the [Em] eye you see it [C] forms a figure eight [G] and goes on [D] for eternity
[G] Oh how the [C] circumstances change
[D] _ _
[G] I'm glad I interstate [Am] across the [D] purple mountain [G] range
I'll find a [D] place to [C] come on down
[D] _ _
[G] _ [D] Zigzagging toward you [Am] now I sing out [C] loud a boundless [G] song
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ Hmm interesting _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
Happy birthday Connor
Thank _ you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If you do not mind we would like to start the interview.
Yeah
Feel like talking _ _ _ _ _ _
Where's the where's the camera?
The camera is everywhere
How _ _ _ _ _ _ did it feel to not have electricity?
_ I don't know [F] if at the time it felt kind of good like
the night it was happening, you know, cuz
we had candles going and there was still enough battery to like listen to music [Dm] and
[G] drink wine and
It [N] was nice, but after the first
couple days, you know all the restaurants gave all their food away and
You know, there's only a few places stayed open that had generators
You find habits comforting.
Oh
Some _ of them does this also include bad habits
_ _ Good and bad
It's sort of up to the
individual but a lot of people _ _ Also value _ _
Spontaneity, [E] you [Cm] know, but I'm a little [C] creature to [F] have it myself _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
Fresh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ blood
We _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
understand _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Show us what's inside your head _ _ _ show us
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] I'm [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] blessed [C] with the heart that [D] doesn't stop
[C] _ _
[Em] My [C] mind's a weather thing
[G] spins [D] around just like a [Em] top
Knows [C] what the winds of [D] fortune bring [C] in the season of [Em] the witch home [C] is a perjury
[G] parlor trick [D] and urban [G] man
I'll have the [D] [C] circumstances change
[G] _
This world is [D] smoking [Am] steel and [D] compromise and meet a [G] maze
I'm going to [D] leave here [C] for too long
[D] _ _
[G] _ Zigzagging [D] toward the light.
[Am] I'm off [C] my founder [Em] song
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] True [C] love it has like [D] city star
[C] _ _
[Em] Nothing [C] to gaze upon [G] or [D] contemplate how near or [Em] far
It [C] becomes a come quite [D] a now [C] a
[Em] momentary glance lit [C] up by Sun or Moon [G] a bonfire [D] or [G] ambulance
then [D] how the [C] circumstances change
[D] _ _
[G] Feels [D] unmistakable [Am] with no [D] idea from where it [G] came
But you know [D] it [C] when it's gone
[D] _ _
[G] _ [D] Zigzagging through the [Am] night path edges.
[Em] They rebound the song
_ _ _ [C] That's interesting [Bm] about the [Em] song
[G] _ [C] That just [Em] they have to just [C] say
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] To _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ stay
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] It's [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [C] true the shadows tell the [D] time
[C] _ _
[Em] on [C] sunny afternoon [G] on crowded [D] sidewalks [Em] Passersby
I'm [C] in a cube that's [D] just out
[C] Far as the [Em] eye you see it [C] forms a figure eight [G] and goes on [D] for eternity
[G] Oh how the [C] circumstances change
[D] _ _
[G] I'm glad I interstate [Am] across the [D] purple mountain [G] range
I'll find a [D] place to [C] come on down
[D] _ _
[G] _ [D] Zigzagging toward you [Am] now I sing out [C] loud a boundless [G] song
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ Hmm interesting _ _ _ _ _ _