Chords for Owen Pallett - I Am Not Afraid
Tempo:
142.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] I'm not afraid, [Em] she said.
[G] Open door and believe her within [Bm]
[Em] me.
No delight at the pain [C] of my enemies.
[Am] No tears for any friends [Em] I have lost.
[C#]
[G]
You are [F] not alone, [Em] I said.
It is a [C] trial to keep my beliefs [Bm] suspended.
[Em] I leave my violin [C] unattended [Am] in a cab or an [G] astronaut.
[A] [G]
And then [F] when she's gone [Em] I'll have to sing.
[C] Nobody could have [Bm] called them crazy.
[Em] Open door [C] forever of changing.
[A] For the eternal [G] trouble.
[A]
[G]
[C] I'll never have any [Bm] children.
[G] I'd bury them [D] and keep them [A] my children.
[G] [C] I'm gonna change [G] my body.
[Em]
[G] In the light and the [D] shadow of [A] suspicion.
[B]
[C] I am no longer [G] afraid.
The truth doesn't terrify [D] us.
I'll stay right [C#m] [D] here.
[C] My salvation [Bm] is found in [A] discipline.
[G]
[F#] [B]
[D#] [G]
[A#m] [D]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[Em] I haven't [F] had a smoke [Em] in years.
[C] But it will catch a drag if [B] you are smoking.
[Em]
You told me that you [C] wanted to go.
[Am] You told me to take [G] a deep breath.
[F#m] [G] But what is [F] better is to [Em] punch a wall.
[C] And pick the boxes of your old [Bm] love letters.
To be impassive to the words I [C] could say.
[Am] To need to see the [G] world as ash.
[A]
[C] And though I'll never have [G] any children.
I'll bury them and [D] keep them my [A] children.
[D]
[C] I've done it all already.
[G]
But I don't know [D] what good it is.
[A]
[D] I [C] am no longer [G] afraid.
The truth doesn't [D] terrify [A] us.
[C] My salvation [G] is found [A] in
[G] discipline.
[G] Open door and believe her within [Bm]
[Em] me.
No delight at the pain [C] of my enemies.
[Am] No tears for any friends [Em] I have lost.
[C#]
[G]
You are [F] not alone, [Em] I said.
It is a [C] trial to keep my beliefs [Bm] suspended.
[Em] I leave my violin [C] unattended [Am] in a cab or an [G] astronaut.
[A] [G]
And then [F] when she's gone [Em] I'll have to sing.
[C] Nobody could have [Bm] called them crazy.
[Em] Open door [C] forever of changing.
[A] For the eternal [G] trouble.
[A]
[G]
[C] I'll never have any [Bm] children.
[G] I'd bury them [D] and keep them [A] my children.
[G] [C] I'm gonna change [G] my body.
[Em]
[G] In the light and the [D] shadow of [A] suspicion.
[B]
[C] I am no longer [G] afraid.
The truth doesn't terrify [D] us.
I'll stay right [C#m] [D] here.
[C] My salvation [Bm] is found in [A] discipline.
[G]
[F#] [B]
[D#] [G]
[A#m] [D]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[Em] I haven't [F] had a smoke [Em] in years.
[C] But it will catch a drag if [B] you are smoking.
[Em]
You told me that you [C] wanted to go.
[Am] You told me to take [G] a deep breath.
[F#m] [G] But what is [F] better is to [Em] punch a wall.
[C] And pick the boxes of your old [Bm] love letters.
To be impassive to the words I [C] could say.
[Am] To need to see the [G] world as ash.
[A]
[C] And though I'll never have [G] any children.
I'll bury them and [D] keep them my [A] children.
[D]
[C] I've done it all already.
[G]
But I don't know [D] what good it is.
[A]
[D] I [C] am no longer [G] afraid.
The truth doesn't [D] terrify [A] us.
[C] My salvation [G] is found [A] in
[G] discipline.
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_ _ _ [C] I'm not afraid, [Em] she _ said. _ _ _
[G] Open door and believe her within [Bm] _
[Em] me.
_ _ _ No delight at the pain [C] of my enemies.
_ [Am] No tears for any friends [Em] I have _ lost.
[C#] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
You are [F] not _ alone, [Em] I _ said.
_ _ _ It is a [C] trial to keep my beliefs [Bm] suspended.
_ [Em] I _ _ leave my violin _ [C] _ unattended [Am] in a cab or an [G] astronaut. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ And then [F] when she's gone [Em] I'll have to sing. _ _ _ _
_ [C] Nobody could have [Bm] called them crazy.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] Open door [C] forever of changing.
_ _ [A] For the eternal [G] _ trouble.
_ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ I'll never have any [Bm] children.
_ _ _ _ [G] I'd bury them [D] and keep them [A] my children. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] I'm gonna change [G] my body.
_ _ [Em] _
[G] In the light and the [D] shadow of [A] suspicion.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [C] I am no longer [G] afraid. _
The truth doesn't terrify [D] us.
I'll stay right [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [D] here.
[C] _ My salvation [Bm] is found in [A] _ discipline.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [D#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] I haven't [F] had a _ smoke [Em] in _ years.
_ _ [C] But it will catch a drag if [B] you are smoking.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ You told me that you [C] wanted to go.
_ [Am] You told me to take [G] a deep breath.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] But what is [F] better is to _ [Em] punch a _ _ wall.
_ [C] And pick the boxes of your old [Bm] love letters.
_ _ To be impassive to the words I [C] could say.
_ [Am] To need to see the [G] world as ash.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] And though I'll never have [G] any children. _ _ _ _
_ I'll bury them and [D] keep them my [A] children.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] I've done it all already.
[G] _ _
_ _ But I don't know [D] what good it is.
_ [A] _ _
[D] I _ _ _ [C] _ am no longer [G] afraid.
_ The truth doesn't [D] terrify _ _ [A] us. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ My salvation [G] is found [A] in _ _
_ [G] discipline. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] I'm not afraid, [Em] she _ said. _ _ _
[G] Open door and believe her within [Bm] _
[Em] me.
_ _ _ No delight at the pain [C] of my enemies.
_ [Am] No tears for any friends [Em] I have _ lost.
[C#] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
You are [F] not _ alone, [Em] I _ said.
_ _ _ It is a [C] trial to keep my beliefs [Bm] suspended.
_ [Em] I _ _ leave my violin _ [C] _ unattended [Am] in a cab or an [G] astronaut. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ And then [F] when she's gone [Em] I'll have to sing. _ _ _ _
_ [C] Nobody could have [Bm] called them crazy.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] Open door [C] forever of changing.
_ _ [A] For the eternal [G] _ trouble.
_ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ I'll never have any [Bm] children.
_ _ _ _ [G] I'd bury them [D] and keep them [A] my children. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] I'm gonna change [G] my body.
_ _ [Em] _
[G] In the light and the [D] shadow of [A] suspicion.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [C] I am no longer [G] afraid. _
The truth doesn't terrify [D] us.
I'll stay right [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [D] here.
[C] _ My salvation [Bm] is found in [A] _ discipline.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [D#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] I haven't [F] had a _ smoke [Em] in _ years.
_ _ [C] But it will catch a drag if [B] you are smoking.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ You told me that you [C] wanted to go.
_ [Am] You told me to take [G] a deep breath.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] But what is [F] better is to _ [Em] punch a _ _ wall.
_ [C] And pick the boxes of your old [Bm] love letters.
_ _ To be impassive to the words I [C] could say.
_ [Am] To need to see the [G] world as ash.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] And though I'll never have [G] any children. _ _ _ _
_ I'll bury them and [D] keep them my [A] children.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] I've done it all already.
[G] _ _
_ _ But I don't know [D] what good it is.
_ [A] _ _
[D] I _ _ _ [C] _ am no longer [G] afraid.
_ The truth doesn't [D] terrify _ _ [A] us. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ My salvation [G] is found [A] in _ _
_ [G] discipline. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _