Chords for Future Islands - Back In The Tall Grass (Live on KEXP)
Tempo:
123 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Em
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[C]
[Cm]
[C]
Home isn't open, it's like when you get hit.
The jacks split a creek bed, the man owes the body.
Clock has its head stung low, back in the tall grass.
Stinging like a day's [F] woe, looking for brother.
Feels like winter, but it's the heart of the summer.
[Cm]
[C]
Home isn't open, it's like when you get hit.
The jacks split a creek bed, the man owes the body.
Clock has its head stung low, back in the tall grass.
Stinging like a day's [F] woe, looking for brother.
Feels like winter, but it's the heart of the summer.
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C
F
Em
G
E
C
F
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Home isn't open, _ _ _ it's like when you get hit. _ _
_ The jacks split a creek bed, _ _ _ the man owes the body. _ _
_ Clock has its head stung low, _ back in the tall grass. _
_ _ Stinging like a day's [F] woe, _ looking for brother. _ _ _
_ Feels like winter, _ _ _ but it's the heart of the summer. _ _ _
_ We can't go swimming, _ _ _ _ as long as we slumber.
_ He's moving long away [C] from home. _
Long [G] away [C] from home. _ _
_ And _ _ how do we get him?
_ _ _ _ One step takes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ one man, yo.
_ Three steps _ each.
_ _ Four steps back, and then yo. _ _
Tonight, [Em] _ _ [F] I wanted you [Em] to know, _ [F] I was thinking about [Em] you.
_ _ _ [C] [F] And you look [Em] like rust, _ [F] especially _ when I'm [G] long away [C] from home. _ _ _
[G] Long away [C] from home.
_ _ [Am] _
Long away [C] from home.
And how do we get him?
_ _ _ Back to the body.
_ _ _ _ Words jump like salmon. _ _ _ _ _ _
Takes me home.
Two steps back, on my own.
Three steps to the shore.
Four steps back, and then yo. _ _
[Em] Tonight, _ _ [C] [F] I wanted you [Em] to know, _ [F] I was thinking about you.
[Em] _ _ [F] And you look [E] like rust, _ [F] especially _ when I'm back [G] in water.
[C] _ Run through the woods, _ _ in the red water.
_ _ _ In the mirror, back in view.
_ _ Spend my days just thinking of you.
_ In the mirror, back in view.
_ Spend our days just thinking of you.
_ My whole day just thinking of you.
_ _ I'm thinking of you. _ _ _ _ _
Tonight, _ [F] _ I wanted you to [Em] know, _ [C] I was thinking [F] about [C]
you.
_ [F] And you look like _
[Em] _ rust, [C] [F] especially when [C] _
[G] I'm long away [C] from home.
Long away from home.
Long away from home.
Long away _ _ from home. _ _ _
_ Alright, thank you guys out there.
Thanks for tuning in.
So happy to be here.
We're Future Islands, coming from Baltimore, [E] Maryland, on my way to North
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Home isn't open, _ _ _ it's like when you get hit. _ _
_ The jacks split a creek bed, _ _ _ the man owes the body. _ _
_ Clock has its head stung low, _ back in the tall grass. _
_ _ Stinging like a day's [F] woe, _ looking for brother. _ _ _
_ Feels like winter, _ _ _ but it's the heart of the summer. _ _ _
_ We can't go swimming, _ _ _ _ as long as we slumber.
_ He's moving long away [C] from home. _
Long [G] away [C] from home. _ _
_ And _ _ how do we get him?
_ _ _ _ One step takes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ one man, yo.
_ Three steps _ each.
_ _ Four steps back, and then yo. _ _
Tonight, [Em] _ _ [F] I wanted you [Em] to know, _ [F] I was thinking about [Em] you.
_ _ _ [C] [F] And you look [Em] like rust, _ [F] especially _ when I'm [G] long away [C] from home. _ _ _
[G] Long away [C] from home.
_ _ [Am] _
Long away [C] from home.
And how do we get him?
_ _ _ Back to the body.
_ _ _ _ Words jump like salmon. _ _ _ _ _ _
Takes me home.
Two steps back, on my own.
Three steps to the shore.
Four steps back, and then yo. _ _
[Em] Tonight, _ _ [C] [F] I wanted you [Em] to know, _ [F] I was thinking about you.
[Em] _ _ [F] And you look [E] like rust, _ [F] especially _ when I'm back [G] in water.
[C] _ Run through the woods, _ _ in the red water.
_ _ _ In the mirror, back in view.
_ _ Spend my days just thinking of you.
_ In the mirror, back in view.
_ Spend our days just thinking of you.
_ My whole day just thinking of you.
_ _ I'm thinking of you. _ _ _ _ _
Tonight, _ [F] _ I wanted you to [Em] know, _ [C] I was thinking [F] about [C]
you.
_ [F] And you look like _
[Em] _ rust, [C] [F] especially when [C] _
[G] I'm long away [C] from home.
Long away from home.
Long away from home.
Long away _ _ from home. _ _ _
_ Alright, thank you guys out there.
Thanks for tuning in.
So happy to be here.
We're Future Islands, coming from Baltimore, [E] Maryland, on my way to North