Chords for Defeater - But Breathing (Bondi Porch Session)
Tempo:
70.25 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Dm
G
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm]
[A]
[G] [D]
[A] [D] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[F]
[Dm]
[C]
[F] I'm alone, she's crying, and my father's been drinking.
And I'm rolling down the apartment, but the roof is still leaking.
[Dm] He's cursing and [F] cursing, just the whiskey and talking.
I've got lots of memories like this one, of empty days and nights spent out and lonesome.
And I [G] think back to Oliver, [G] who has stopped too much, who has stopped too much.
He was just [F] a little kid, [C] [Dm]
[C]
my little brother, just a newborn baby.
And the [Dm] image of my mother, says he's a blessing, but not to my father.
[F] Oh how he hates him, an [Dm]
undeserving mistake, he calls him a burden.
And I've got [F] lots of memories like this one, [Bb] of thinking sad and picking fights between [C] them.
[G] And when I think back to Oliver, who has stopped too much, who has stopped too much.
I was just a little kid, [Bb] when I [F] wake up in the [C] morning, it all feels [F] like a bad dream.
Well, night follows you, [Bb] haunts you endlessly, yeah it haunts me endlessly.
[F] Oh, the broken and beaten, from abuse and the cheating, [Am] the addiction and the lying.
And the promise of leaving, [C] when my old man was a bastard.
I admired and loved [F] him, and us two kids who were born into a family, not a fortune.
No, [C] no we [Dm]
weren't, no [F] no.
[C]
[Dm] [C]
[A]
[G] [D]
[A] [D] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[F]
[Dm]
[C]
[F] I'm alone, she's crying, and my father's been drinking.
And I'm rolling down the apartment, but the roof is still leaking.
[Dm] He's cursing and [F] cursing, just the whiskey and talking.
I've got lots of memories like this one, of empty days and nights spent out and lonesome.
And I [G] think back to Oliver, [G] who has stopped too much, who has stopped too much.
He was just [F] a little kid, [C] [Dm]
[C]
my little brother, just a newborn baby.
And the [Dm] image of my mother, says he's a blessing, but not to my father.
[F] Oh how he hates him, an [Dm]
undeserving mistake, he calls him a burden.
And I've got [F] lots of memories like this one, [Bb] of thinking sad and picking fights between [C] them.
[G] And when I think back to Oliver, who has stopped too much, who has stopped too much.
I was just a little kid, [Bb] when I [F] wake up in the [C] morning, it all feels [F] like a bad dream.
Well, night follows you, [Bb] haunts you endlessly, yeah it haunts me endlessly.
[F] Oh, the broken and beaten, from abuse and the cheating, [Am] the addiction and the lying.
And the promise of leaving, [C] when my old man was a bastard.
I admired and loved [F] him, and us two kids who were born into a family, not a fortune.
No, [C] no we [Dm]
weren't, no [F] no.
[C]
[Dm] [C]
Key:
F
C
Dm
G
Bb
F
C
Dm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] I'm alone, she's crying, and my father's been drinking.
And I'm rolling down the apartment, but the roof is still leaking.
[Dm] He's cursing and [F] cursing, just the whiskey and talking.
I've got lots of memories like this one, of empty days and nights spent out and lonesome.
_ And I [G] think back to Oliver, [G] who has stopped too much, who has stopped too much.
He was just [F] a little kid, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
my little brother, just a newborn baby.
And the [Dm] image of my mother, _ says he's a blessing, but not to my father.
[F] Oh how he hates him, an [Dm]
undeserving mistake, he calls him a burden.
And I've got [F] lots of memories like this one, _ [Bb] of thinking sad and picking fights between [C] them.
[G] And when I think back to Oliver, who has stopped too much, who has stopped too much.
I was just a little kid, [Bb] when I [F] wake up in the [C] morning, it all feels [F] like a bad dream.
Well, night follows you, [Bb] haunts you endlessly, yeah it haunts me endlessly.
_ [F] _ _ Oh, the broken and beaten, from abuse and the cheating, [Am] the addiction and the lying.
And the promise of leaving, [C] when my old man was a bastard.
I admired and loved [F] him, and us two kids who were born into a family, not a fortune.
No, _ _ _ _ _ [C] no we [Dm]
weren't, _ _ _ _ no [F] no.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] I'm alone, she's crying, and my father's been drinking.
And I'm rolling down the apartment, but the roof is still leaking.
[Dm] He's cursing and [F] cursing, just the whiskey and talking.
I've got lots of memories like this one, of empty days and nights spent out and lonesome.
_ And I [G] think back to Oliver, [G] who has stopped too much, who has stopped too much.
He was just [F] a little kid, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
my little brother, just a newborn baby.
And the [Dm] image of my mother, _ says he's a blessing, but not to my father.
[F] Oh how he hates him, an [Dm]
undeserving mistake, he calls him a burden.
And I've got [F] lots of memories like this one, _ [Bb] of thinking sad and picking fights between [C] them.
[G] And when I think back to Oliver, who has stopped too much, who has stopped too much.
I was just a little kid, [Bb] when I [F] wake up in the [C] morning, it all feels [F] like a bad dream.
Well, night follows you, [Bb] haunts you endlessly, yeah it haunts me endlessly.
_ [F] _ _ Oh, the broken and beaten, from abuse and the cheating, [Am] the addiction and the lying.
And the promise of leaving, [C] when my old man was a bastard.
I admired and loved [F] him, and us two kids who were born into a family, not a fortune.
No, _ _ _ _ _ [C] no we [Dm]
weren't, _ _ _ _ no [F] no.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _