Chords for Dustin Kensrue - Gallows [With Commentary]

_ _ _ _ _ The things that can destroy us [Bb] are the things we [Ebm] give power to.
We invest our time, blood, sweat, tears into someone or [Bbm] something.
A career, a lover, a house, [Bbm] a child, all good things.
[Eb] But if we aren't careful, _ we'll end up building up the very [Gb] instruments of our undoing.
_ We're undone [Bbm] when that someone or something stops [Ab] behaving as we'd like.
[Gb] When our lover spurns us, or the house burns down.
When the job falls through or our kid won't return our call.
_ [Ab] It can be tempting to isolate ourselves, to have [Gb] no passions,
to hide from everything that could hurt us.
The [Ab] true work is somehow to [Bbm] start to learn to let go,
to loosen our grip before we feel that noose tighten around our neck.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ You work like [E] every nail [Bb] sunk, every floor [Db] belay.
[Eb] It's [Gbm] another deed erased, [Eb] another debt that's [Db] paid.
Like every [Db] story you've erected's gonna raise you [Ab] up.
So you [Eb] keep slaving [Gb] but it never [Eb] seems to be enough.
You [Gb] ain't scared that it's all gonna crash to the [Bbm] ground.
So you're tired of knocking, tired of climbing your way [Gb] down.
_ But when you find that you're gonna be getting to your rope,
take a [Bb] look and see where you were put. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] You built these columns you've been hanging [Ab] from.
You've been [Db] holding to a noose, [Eb] so just [Gb] let go.
_ [Ab] Just [Gb] let go.
_ You built [Bbm] these columns you've been hanging [Ab] from.
And you got nothing to lose, so just let [Gb] go.
_ [Eb] Just let [Gb] go.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ All [Bbm] of the wood's already rotting, though you made it bleak.
You [Ebm] hated every [Eb] short cut, concealed its crooked [Ab] seat.
But [Bbm] every vow will be revealed, each imperfection shown.
Oh, I can hear [Eb] the wind howl and the timber [Bbm] groan.
Now [Gb] you're scared that it's all gonna [Bbm] crash to the ground.
So you're tired of knocking, tired of climbing [Gb] your way down.
_ But when you find that you're coming to getting to your [Bb] rope,
take a look and see where you were put and all [Gb] your hope. _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] You built these columns you've been hanging [Ab] from.
You've been [Db] holding to a noose, so just [Gb] let go.
_ Just let go.
_ _ [Ab] [Bbm] You built these columns you've been hanging [Ab] from.
And you got [Db] nothing [Eb] to lose, so just let [Gb] go.
_ Just let go.
You [Bbm] built these columns you've been hanging [Ab] from.
You've been holding [Db] to a [Eb] noose, so just let [Gb] go.
Just let go.
You [Bbm] built these columns you've been hanging from.
[Ab] And you got nothing [Db] to lose, so just [Gb] let go.
_ Just let go. _
You built [Bb] these columns _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] you've been hanging from.
So just let [Gb] go.
_ Just let go. _
[Bb] You built these columns you've been hanging _ [Db] _
[Eb] from.
So just let go. _ _ _ _ _