Chords for The Alternate Routes- Desdemona

Tempo:
91.7 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

A

Am

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Alternate Routes- Desdemona chords
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She was really upset that she had to [C] go back to work.
That was the only reason.
She was [Am] crying on the bridge, [G] driving home.
And I just thought, wow, it's so sad that you are going to work and you're that upset about it.
Because, you know, we have a pretty fun job.
And I just wrote this song for her because I wanted
She was always kind of a hero of mine.
She's my older sister.
And I wanted her to hear the song and know that she could do whatever she wanted.
And that she shouldn't be locked into anything.
So her name is Katie.
[A]
[G] [C] [G]
[A] [G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[G]
Now you're dressed in hesitation
When you tell yourself that everything's alright
Cause
[A] [G] [Em] I [D] see a distance in [G] your smile
[Em] Until Monday's have [D] to come
[G] For me the rest of your life
Is [Am] the moment [A] you're not there to get me
It's [C] not love
You are [Am] everything [A] in life under the [D] sun
Under [G] the sun
[A]
[G] It's the moment you're in love
Do not [C] forget about [G] yourself
It's the [C] moment
Bring the people that you love inside your head
[A] [G] Cause you [C] are younger in the eyes of those who see you
[G] Please look at [C] the time
[G] [Am]
[G] Throw yourself [C] out on the street
And there are two [G] branches in the way to waiting time
[Am] [G]
[Em] Cause [D] everybody's out there killing [G] time
[Em] But I will be [D] there unless [G] you stand here killing mine
Don't [Am] you know we're gonna change the [A] whole world [C] today
[G] [Am] Stop [G] waiting on the world to [D] change
[C]
[G]
[A] [G]
[C]
[G]
[Am] [G] [C]
[G]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] Cause [C] we are not so very different [G] do you see
[Am] [G] About the moment
[C] Raise us still and let our minds let us [G] believe
[A] [G] Even the [C] horrors that will surround you
Somehow steady by your very [G] own
[A]
[G] I don't know who's gonna [C] change you
All I know is how to tell you that you care
Cause [G] [A]
[Em] I'm never [D] there in the corner of [G] the world
But [Em] you keep [D] on telling [G] me that's just the way it is
[C] There's [Am] no more love than anything I [C] know
[G]
Never [Am] tell yourself [Bm] that's just the way it [D] goes
I know it [C] goes
[G]
[G] [A] [G]
[C] [G]
[A]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
A
1231
Am
2311
D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
A
1231
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She was really upset that she had to [C] go back to work.
That was the only reason.
She was [Am] crying on the bridge, [G] driving home.
And I just thought, wow, it's so sad that you are going to work and you're that upset about it.
Because, you know, we have a pretty fun job. _
And I just wrote this song for her because I wanted_
She was always kind of a hero of mine.
She's my older sister.
And I wanted her to hear the song and know that she could do whatever she wanted.
And that she shouldn't be locked into anything.
So her name is Katie.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now you're dressed in hesitation
When you tell yourself that everything's alright
Cause _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] I [D] see a distance in [G] your smile _ _
[Em] Until Monday's have [D] to come
[G] For me the rest of your life
Is [Am] the moment [A] you're not there to get me
It's [C] not love
You are [Am] everything [A] in life under the [D] sun
_ _ Under [G] the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sun
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ It's the moment _ _ you're in love
Do not [C] forget about [G] yourself _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's the [C] moment
_ _ Bring the people that you love inside your head _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ Cause you [C] are younger in the eyes of those who see you
[G] Please look at [C] the time
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ Throw yourself [C] out on the street
And there are two [G] branches in the way to waiting time
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] Cause [D] everybody's out there killing [G] time _
_ _ _ [Em] But I will be [D] there unless [G] you stand here killing mine
Don't [Am] you know we're gonna change the [A] whole world [C] today _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] Stop [G] waiting on the world to [D] change _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ Cause [C] we are _ _ _ not so very different [G] do you see _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ About the moment
_ _ [C] Raise us still and let our minds let us [G] believe _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] Even the [C] horrors that will surround you
Somehow steady by your very [G] own
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ I don't know who's gonna [C] change you
All I know is how to tell you that you care
Cause [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ I'm never [D] there in the corner of [G] the world
But _ _ [Em] you keep [D] on telling [G] me that's just the way it is
[C] There's [Am] no more love than anything I [C] know
_ _ [G]
Never [Am] tell yourself [Bm] that's just the way it [D] goes _
I know it [C] goes _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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