The Winter Stories Chords by World Atlas
Tempo:
81.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
D
C
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [G] [E] [A]
[C#] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[G] [A]
[D] How do you [G] keep from feeling like you're [A] dealing with the weight of a winter's bad?
[G] Stuck in a town, working on a run of the street, [A] what are you known for?
[D] How do you keep [G] from waking up when [A] you're in a dream you've been there for?
Worn [G] out and tired, writing pages [Bm] of stories [A] on the city at night.
[Bm] And I have more than once, more than a few times [G] seen you writing on the bridges and walls.
[A] Fiction, novels, poetry [G] and songs.
And I have said [Bm] it once, said it a few times, [G] I'm tired of the full-on words.
[A] You were writing down the school [G] yard boy,
[A] leaving the trains as they'd [D] go by.
[G]
[A] [G] [D]
[A] In love [C] with the bells, I'm watching [G] the grass grow higher [D] and higher.
Writing like a secret to the one [C] in past, I'm making [G] the best of it [A] this time.
[C] I've had all [G] your times, [D] years I've got no great numbers.
[C] So [G] I'm not good at [A] it anymore.
Now winter stories are written out [D] on the walls.
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [A]
[D] Cities got [G] by, slipped right through.
[A] Do you have the words to say [G] what you want to say?
What?
When [A] you open the door, when you look [D] outside, [G] when you look [A] outside, [D] when you look [G] [D] outside.
What [A] do you see?
And [Bm] I have more than once, [B] more than a few [G] times seen you writing on the bridges and walls.
[A] Fiction, novels, poetry [G] and songs.
And [Bm] I have said it once, said it a few times, [G] I'm reminded of the full-on words.
[A] You were writing down the school yard [G] boy.
[A] Leaving the trains as they'd go [D] by on the bridge.
[F#] [G] [E]
[A] [F#m] [G]
[A] [D] Maybe you're the one [G] who's [E] leaving letters and things.
[A] [G] Pockets of five G's, know your name.
It's [A] written on the water tower like the girl from the [D] bathroom wall.
[G]
[A] You [D]
[A] were in love [C] with the class, now you're watching [G] the class go by.
[D] Leaving it like a secret, you want it [C] to pass.
Are you making [G] the best of it [A] this time?
[C] I've had all [G] your times,
[D] [C] years I've got [G] no great numbers.
You're [A] making the [C] [G]
[D] [C] [G]
[A] best of it, you want it to pass.
You're making the best of it, [D] you want it to pass.
[C#] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[G] [A]
[D] How do you [G] keep from feeling like you're [A] dealing with the weight of a winter's bad?
[G] Stuck in a town, working on a run of the street, [A] what are you known for?
[D] How do you keep [G] from waking up when [A] you're in a dream you've been there for?
Worn [G] out and tired, writing pages [Bm] of stories [A] on the city at night.
[Bm] And I have more than once, more than a few times [G] seen you writing on the bridges and walls.
[A] Fiction, novels, poetry [G] and songs.
And I have said [Bm] it once, said it a few times, [G] I'm tired of the full-on words.
[A] You were writing down the school [G] yard boy,
[A] leaving the trains as they'd [D] go by.
[G]
[A] [G] [D]
[A] In love [C] with the bells, I'm watching [G] the grass grow higher [D] and higher.
Writing like a secret to the one [C] in past, I'm making [G] the best of it [A] this time.
[C] I've had all [G] your times, [D] years I've got no great numbers.
[C] So [G] I'm not good at [A] it anymore.
Now winter stories are written out [D] on the walls.
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [A]
[D] Cities got [G] by, slipped right through.
[A] Do you have the words to say [G] what you want to say?
What?
When [A] you open the door, when you look [D] outside, [G] when you look [A] outside, [D] when you look [G] [D] outside.
What [A] do you see?
And [Bm] I have more than once, [B] more than a few [G] times seen you writing on the bridges and walls.
[A] Fiction, novels, poetry [G] and songs.
And [Bm] I have said it once, said it a few times, [G] I'm reminded of the full-on words.
[A] You were writing down the school yard [G] boy.
[A] Leaving the trains as they'd go [D] by on the bridge.
[F#] [G] [E]
[A] [F#m] [G]
[A] [D] Maybe you're the one [G] who's [E] leaving letters and things.
[A] [G] Pockets of five G's, know your name.
It's [A] written on the water tower like the girl from the [D] bathroom wall.
[G]
[A] You [D]
[A] were in love [C] with the class, now you're watching [G] the class go by.
[D] Leaving it like a secret, you want it [C] to pass.
Are you making [G] the best of it [A] this time?
[C] I've had all [G] your times,
[D] [C] years I've got [G] no great numbers.
You're [A] making the [C] [G]
[D] [C] [G]
[A] best of it, you want it to pass.
You're making the best of it, [D] you want it to pass.
Key:
G
A
D
C
Bm
G
A
D
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] How do you [G] keep from feeling like you're [A] dealing with the weight of a winter's bad?
[G] Stuck in a town, working on a run of the street, [A] what are you known for? _ _
[D] How do you keep [G] from waking up when [A] you're in a dream you've been there for?
Worn [G] out and tired, writing pages [Bm] of stories [A] on the city at night.
[Bm] And I have more than once, more than a few times [G] seen you writing on the bridges and walls.
[A] Fiction, novels, poetry [G] and songs.
And I have said [Bm] it once, said it a few times, [G] I'm tired of the full-on words.
[A] You were writing down the school [G] yard boy, _
[A] leaving the trains as they'd [D] go by.
_ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ In love [C] with the bells, I'm watching [G] the grass grow higher [D] and higher.
Writing like a secret to the one [C] in past, I'm making [G] the best of it [A] this time.
_ _ [C] I've had all [G] your times, [D] years I've got no great numbers.
[C] So [G] I'm not good at [A] it anymore.
_ _ Now winter stories are written out [D] on the walls.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] Cities got [G] by, slipped right through.
[A] Do you have the words to say [G] what you want to say?
What?
When [A] you open the door, when you look [D] outside, [G] when you look [A] outside, [D] when you look [G] [D] outside.
What [A] do you see?
And [Bm] I have more than once, [B] more than a few [G] times seen you writing on the bridges and walls.
[A] Fiction, novels, poetry [G] and songs.
And [Bm] I have said it once, said it a few times, [G] I'm reminded of the full-on words.
[A] You were writing down the school yard [G] boy. _ _
[A] Leaving the trains as they'd go [D] by on the bridge.
[F#] _ [G] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] Maybe you're the one [G] who's [E] leaving letters and things.
_ [A] [G] Pockets of five G's, know your name.
It's [A] written on the water tower like the girl from the [D] bathroom wall.
_ [G] _ _
[A] _ You [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ were in love [C] with the class, now you're watching [G] the class go by.
[D] Leaving it like a secret, you want it [C] to pass.
Are you making [G] the best of it [A] this time?
_ _ [C] I've had all [G] your times, _
[D] _ _ _ [C] years I've got [G] no great numbers.
You're [A] making the _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] best of it, you want it to pass.
You're making the best of it, [D] you want it to pass. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] How do you [G] keep from feeling like you're [A] dealing with the weight of a winter's bad?
[G] Stuck in a town, working on a run of the street, [A] what are you known for? _ _
[D] How do you keep [G] from waking up when [A] you're in a dream you've been there for?
Worn [G] out and tired, writing pages [Bm] of stories [A] on the city at night.
[Bm] And I have more than once, more than a few times [G] seen you writing on the bridges and walls.
[A] Fiction, novels, poetry [G] and songs.
And I have said [Bm] it once, said it a few times, [G] I'm tired of the full-on words.
[A] You were writing down the school [G] yard boy, _
[A] leaving the trains as they'd [D] go by.
_ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ In love [C] with the bells, I'm watching [G] the grass grow higher [D] and higher.
Writing like a secret to the one [C] in past, I'm making [G] the best of it [A] this time.
_ _ [C] I've had all [G] your times, [D] years I've got no great numbers.
[C] So [G] I'm not good at [A] it anymore.
_ _ Now winter stories are written out [D] on the walls.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] Cities got [G] by, slipped right through.
[A] Do you have the words to say [G] what you want to say?
What?
When [A] you open the door, when you look [D] outside, [G] when you look [A] outside, [D] when you look [G] [D] outside.
What [A] do you see?
And [Bm] I have more than once, [B] more than a few [G] times seen you writing on the bridges and walls.
[A] Fiction, novels, poetry [G] and songs.
And [Bm] I have said it once, said it a few times, [G] I'm reminded of the full-on words.
[A] You were writing down the school yard [G] boy. _ _
[A] Leaving the trains as they'd go [D] by on the bridge.
[F#] _ [G] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] Maybe you're the one [G] who's [E] leaving letters and things.
_ [A] [G] Pockets of five G's, know your name.
It's [A] written on the water tower like the girl from the [D] bathroom wall.
_ [G] _ _
[A] _ You [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ were in love [C] with the class, now you're watching [G] the class go by.
[D] Leaving it like a secret, you want it [C] to pass.
Are you making [G] the best of it [A] this time?
_ _ [C] I've had all [G] your times, _
[D] _ _ _ [C] years I've got [G] no great numbers.
You're [A] making the _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] best of it, you want it to pass.
You're making the best of it, [D] you want it to pass. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _