Chords for Maximo Park - Books from Boxes
Tempo:
95.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
F
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm] [G] [Dm] [G] [Dm] [G] [Dm]
[C] [F] [C]
[Bb] [F] Night falls [D] and towns [C] become circuit [Bb] boards, we can beat the [C] sun as long as we [D] keep moving.
[Bb] [F] From the air, [D] stadium lights [C] stand out like [E] flares and all I [F] know is that you're [E] sat [Bb] here right next to me.
We rarely see [D] warning [C] signs in the air we [Bb] breathe, right now [C] I feel each and [Dm] every fragment.
[Bb] This cliff [C] trail [Dm] leads right back to you, [C]
[Bb] you say you [C] need me to [Dm] step outside.
You [F] spend the evening [Bb] unpacking books and boxes, [C] you pass me up so as not [F] to break a [Dm] promise.
Scattered [Bb] Polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar [C] in the long run,
you said you knew that this would happen.
[Bb] Well [F] this is something [D] new but it turns out [C] it was
borrowed [E] too, why does [F] every [E] letdown have [Bb] to be something?
[F] Rain explodes [D] at the moment that [C] the
cat door [Bb] closed, I feel the [C] weight upon your [Dm] kiss ambiguous.
[Bb] You have to [C] leave, [Dm] I appreciate that,
[C]
[Bb] but I hate when [C] conversation [Dm] slips out of our grasp.
You spend [F] the evening [Bb] unpacking books and
boxes, [C] you pass me up so as not [F] to break a [Dm] promise.
[F] Scattered [Bb] Polaroids and sprinkled words around
your collar [C] in the long run, you said you knew [F] that this [C] would [E] happen.
[E] [A] [G] [D]
[E] [A] [G] [D]
[E] Two [G] bodies in motion,
[A] this is a matter [Em] of fact, it wasn't built [D] to last.
[E] Two bodies [Em] in motion, [D] this is a matter [G] of fact,
[D] it wasn't built to last.
[Dm] You spend the evening [Bb] unpacking books and boxes, [C] you pass me up so as
not [F] to break [C] a [Dm] promise.
Scattered Polaroids [Bb] and sprinkled words around your collar [C] in the long
run, you said you knew that this would happen.
[Dm] The pounding rain [Bb] continued its bleak fall,
[C] and we decided just to write [C] after all, after [Bb]
all.
[F] [Dm] [C]
[E] [E] [Bb]
The pounding [F] rain [D] continued its [C] bleak fall,
[Bb] we decided [C] just to write [Dm] after all.
[G]
[C] [F] [C]
[Bb] [F] Night falls [D] and towns [C] become circuit [Bb] boards, we can beat the [C] sun as long as we [D] keep moving.
[Bb] [F] From the air, [D] stadium lights [C] stand out like [E] flares and all I [F] know is that you're [E] sat [Bb] here right next to me.
We rarely see [D] warning [C] signs in the air we [Bb] breathe, right now [C] I feel each and [Dm] every fragment.
[Bb] This cliff [C] trail [Dm] leads right back to you, [C]
[Bb] you say you [C] need me to [Dm] step outside.
You [F] spend the evening [Bb] unpacking books and boxes, [C] you pass me up so as not [F] to break a [Dm] promise.
Scattered [Bb] Polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar [C] in the long run,
you said you knew that this would happen.
[Bb] Well [F] this is something [D] new but it turns out [C] it was
borrowed [E] too, why does [F] every [E] letdown have [Bb] to be something?
[F] Rain explodes [D] at the moment that [C] the
cat door [Bb] closed, I feel the [C] weight upon your [Dm] kiss ambiguous.
[Bb] You have to [C] leave, [Dm] I appreciate that,
[C]
[Bb] but I hate when [C] conversation [Dm] slips out of our grasp.
You spend [F] the evening [Bb] unpacking books and
boxes, [C] you pass me up so as not [F] to break a [Dm] promise.
[F] Scattered [Bb] Polaroids and sprinkled words around
your collar [C] in the long run, you said you knew [F] that this [C] would [E] happen.
[E] [A] [G] [D]
[E] [A] [G] [D]
[E] Two [G] bodies in motion,
[A] this is a matter [Em] of fact, it wasn't built [D] to last.
[E] Two bodies [Em] in motion, [D] this is a matter [G] of fact,
[D] it wasn't built to last.
[Dm] You spend the evening [Bb] unpacking books and boxes, [C] you pass me up so as
not [F] to break [C] a [Dm] promise.
Scattered Polaroids [Bb] and sprinkled words around your collar [C] in the long
run, you said you knew that this would happen.
[Dm] The pounding rain [Bb] continued its bleak fall,
[C] and we decided just to write [C] after all, after [Bb]
all.
[F] [Dm] [C]
[E] [E] [Bb]
The pounding [F] rain [D] continued its [C] bleak fall,
[Bb] we decided [C] just to write [Dm] after all.
[G]
Key:
C
Bb
Dm
F
D
C
Bb
Dm
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Dm] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] Night falls [D] and towns [C] become circuit [Bb] boards, we can beat the [C] sun as long as we [D] keep moving. _ _
[Bb] _ [F] From the air, [D] stadium lights [C] stand out like [E] flares and all I [F] know is that you're [E] sat [Bb] here right next to me. _ _
We rarely see [D] warning [C] signs in the air we [Bb] breathe, right now [C] I feel each and [Dm] every fragment. _ _
[Bb] This cliff [C] trail [Dm] leads right back to you, [C] _
[Bb] you say you [C] need me to [Dm] step outside. _
You [F] spend the evening [Bb] unpacking books and boxes, [C] you pass me up so as not [F] to break a [Dm] promise.
Scattered [Bb] Polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar [C] in the long run,
you said you knew that this would happen.
[Bb] Well [F] this is something [D] new but it turns out [C] it was
borrowed [E] too, why does [F] every [E] letdown have [Bb] to be something? _ _
_ [F] Rain explodes [D] at the moment that [C] the
cat door [Bb] closed, I feel the [C] weight upon your [Dm] kiss ambiguous. _ _
[Bb] You have to [C] leave, [Dm] I appreciate that,
[C] _
[Bb] but I hate when [C] conversation [Dm] slips out of our grasp. _
You spend [F] the evening [Bb] unpacking books and
boxes, [C] you pass me up so as not [F] to break a [Dm] promise.
[F] Scattered [Bb] Polaroids and sprinkled words around
your collar [C] in the long run, you said you knew [F] that this [C] would [E] happen.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[E] Two [G] bodies in motion,
[A] this is a matter [Em] of fact, it wasn't built [D] to last.
[E] Two bodies [Em] in motion, [D] this is a matter [G] of fact,
[D] it wasn't built to last.
[Dm] You spend the evening [Bb] unpacking books and boxes, [C] you pass me up so as
not [F] to break [C] a [Dm] promise.
Scattered Polaroids [Bb] and sprinkled words around your collar [C] in the long
run, you said you knew that this would happen.
[Dm] The pounding rain [Bb] continued its bleak fall,
[C] and we decided just to write [C] after all, after [Bb]
all.
_ [F] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
The pounding [F] rain [D] continued its [C] bleak fall,
[Bb] we decided [C] just to write [Dm] after all. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] Night falls [D] and towns [C] become circuit [Bb] boards, we can beat the [C] sun as long as we [D] keep moving. _ _
[Bb] _ [F] From the air, [D] stadium lights [C] stand out like [E] flares and all I [F] know is that you're [E] sat [Bb] here right next to me. _ _
We rarely see [D] warning [C] signs in the air we [Bb] breathe, right now [C] I feel each and [Dm] every fragment. _ _
[Bb] This cliff [C] trail [Dm] leads right back to you, [C] _
[Bb] you say you [C] need me to [Dm] step outside. _
You [F] spend the evening [Bb] unpacking books and boxes, [C] you pass me up so as not [F] to break a [Dm] promise.
Scattered [Bb] Polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar [C] in the long run,
you said you knew that this would happen.
[Bb] Well [F] this is something [D] new but it turns out [C] it was
borrowed [E] too, why does [F] every [E] letdown have [Bb] to be something? _ _
_ [F] Rain explodes [D] at the moment that [C] the
cat door [Bb] closed, I feel the [C] weight upon your [Dm] kiss ambiguous. _ _
[Bb] You have to [C] leave, [Dm] I appreciate that,
[C] _
[Bb] but I hate when [C] conversation [Dm] slips out of our grasp. _
You spend [F] the evening [Bb] unpacking books and
boxes, [C] you pass me up so as not [F] to break a [Dm] promise.
[F] Scattered [Bb] Polaroids and sprinkled words around
your collar [C] in the long run, you said you knew [F] that this [C] would [E] happen.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[E] Two [G] bodies in motion,
[A] this is a matter [Em] of fact, it wasn't built [D] to last.
[E] Two bodies [Em] in motion, [D] this is a matter [G] of fact,
[D] it wasn't built to last.
[Dm] You spend the evening [Bb] unpacking books and boxes, [C] you pass me up so as
not [F] to break [C] a [Dm] promise.
Scattered Polaroids [Bb] and sprinkled words around your collar [C] in the long
run, you said you knew that this would happen.
[Dm] The pounding rain [Bb] continued its bleak fall,
[C] and we decided just to write [C] after all, after [Bb]
all.
_ [F] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
The pounding [F] rain [D] continued its [C] bleak fall,
[Bb] we decided [C] just to write [Dm] after all. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _