Chords for Built to Spill - Understood (Official Audio)
Tempo:
116.85 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
D
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] [Em] [G] [D] .
[G] [Am] [D] .
[Am] How can [Em] I hear?.
[G] How can I [D] see?.
[Am] When no one really [Em] knows [G] how it's [D] gonna be.
[Am] You got it [Em] in a book [G] and you hope it [D] isn't true.
[Am] And the next [Em] thing you know [G] it's happened [D] to you.
[Am] [Em] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] It's been a [Em] long time [G] since we took [D] a trip [Am] to the bottom [Em] of a canyon [G] in a rocket [D] ship.
[Am] Nothing's [Em] written [G] there in [D] my life [Am] so I'm doing [Em] my best [G] to keep on [D] [Am] refining.
You can [Em] always [G] choose [D] what you [Am] don't and you could be [Em] [G] amused.
But [D] you won't, [Am] [Em] there's no way [G] to figure [D] it [G] out.
[Am] Life's [Em] just [G].
understood.
[D] [Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
[D] [Am] But [Em] really [G] I don't know.
[D] [Am] But really [Em] [G] I don't know.
[Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] The deaf [G] can't hear, the blind [D] can't [Am] see.
[Em] Just in [G] advance that [D] you and me.
[Am] The deaf [Em] can't hear, [G] the blind [D] can't see.
[Am] That's what [Em] I've been told [G] and that's what [D] I believe.
[Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
[D] [Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
[Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't [D] [Am] know.
[Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] You can [Em] always [G] choose what [D] you don't [Am] and you could be [Em] [G] amused.
But [D] you won't, [Am] there's [Em] no way to [G] figure [D] it out.
[Am] Life's [Em] just [G] understood.
[D] [Am] And [Em] that [G] way [D] to start [Am] having part [Em] of the [G] problem.
To [D] part of it [Am] seems [Em] like we're [G] doomed to [D] resolve.
[G] [Am] Why can't [Em] we [G] ever just be left [D] alone?.
[Am] [Em] The blind see, [G] the [D] deaf hear.
[Am] [Em] Exactly what [G] is [D] not clear.
[Am] The blind [Em] can see, [G] the deaf [D] can't hear.
[Am] Finding [Em] out what [G] is my [D] greatest fear.
[Am] You wanna [Em] move around, [G] you wanna [D] stay still.
[Am] You wanna [Em] have a life, [G] but not too [D] real.
[Am] Don't know [Em] what it means, [G] but I know what it's [D] like.
To [Am] be floating [Em] down a [G] canyon in a [D] rocket [Am] bike.
[Em] But really [G] I don't know.
[D] [Am] [Em] Really [G] I don't [D] know.
[Am] Really [Em] [G] I don't [D] know.
[Am] [Em] [G] [D] [Am] [Em] .
[D] [Am] [E] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [E] [G] .
[D] [Am] .
[N] .
[G] [Am] [D] .
[Am] How can [Em] I hear?.
[G] How can I [D] see?.
[Am] When no one really [Em] knows [G] how it's [D] gonna be.
[Am] You got it [Em] in a book [G] and you hope it [D] isn't true.
[Am] And the next [Em] thing you know [G] it's happened [D] to you.
[Am] [Em] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] It's been a [Em] long time [G] since we took [D] a trip [Am] to the bottom [Em] of a canyon [G] in a rocket [D] ship.
[Am] Nothing's [Em] written [G] there in [D] my life [Am] so I'm doing [Em] my best [G] to keep on [D] [Am] refining.
You can [Em] always [G] choose [D] what you [Am] don't and you could be [Em] [G] amused.
But [D] you won't, [Am] [Em] there's no way [G] to figure [D] it [G] out.
[Am] Life's [Em] just [G].
understood.
[D] [Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
[D] [Am] But [Em] really [G] I don't know.
[D] [Am] But really [Em] [G] I don't know.
[Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] The deaf [G] can't hear, the blind [D] can't [Am] see.
[Em] Just in [G] advance that [D] you and me.
[Am] The deaf [Em] can't hear, [G] the blind [D] can't see.
[Am] That's what [Em] I've been told [G] and that's what [D] I believe.
[Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
[D] [Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
[Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't [D] [Am] know.
[Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] You can [Em] always [G] choose what [D] you don't [Am] and you could be [Em] [G] amused.
But [D] you won't, [Am] there's [Em] no way to [G] figure [D] it out.
[Am] Life's [Em] just [G] understood.
[D] [Am] And [Em] that [G] way [D] to start [Am] having part [Em] of the [G] problem.
To [D] part of it [Am] seems [Em] like we're [G] doomed to [D] resolve.
[G] [Am] Why can't [Em] we [G] ever just be left [D] alone?.
[Am] [Em] The blind see, [G] the [D] deaf hear.
[Am] [Em] Exactly what [G] is [D] not clear.
[Am] The blind [Em] can see, [G] the deaf [D] can't hear.
[Am] Finding [Em] out what [G] is my [D] greatest fear.
[Am] You wanna [Em] move around, [G] you wanna [D] stay still.
[Am] You wanna [Em] have a life, [G] but not too [D] real.
[Am] Don't know [Em] what it means, [G] but I know what it's [D] like.
To [Am] be floating [Em] down a [G] canyon in a [D] rocket [Am] bike.
[Em] But really [G] I don't know.
[D] [Am] [Em] Really [G] I don't [D] know.
[Am] Really [Em] [G] I don't [D] know.
[Am] [Em] [G] [D] [Am] [Em] .
[D] [Am] [E] [G] .
[D] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[D] [Am] [E] [G] .
[D] [Am] .
[N] .
Key:
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Em
E
Am
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[Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ .
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ [Am] How can [Em] I hear?.
[G] How can I [D] see?.
[Am] When no one really [Em] knows [G] how it's [D] gonna be.
[Am] You got it [Em] in a book [G] and you hope it [D] isn't true.
[Am] And the next [Em] thing you know [G] it's happened [D] to you.
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] It's been a [Em] long time [G] since we took [D] a trip [Am] to the bottom [Em] of a canyon [G] in a rocket [D] ship.
[Am] Nothing's [Em] written [G] there in [D] my life [Am] so I'm doing [Em] my best [G] to keep on [D] _ [Am] refining.
You can [Em] always [G] choose [D] what you [Am] don't and you could be [Em] _ [G] amused.
But [D] you won't, [Am] [Em] there's no way [G] to figure [D] it [G] out.
[Am] Life's [Em] just _ [G].
understood.
[D] _ _ [Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
[D] _ _ [Am] But [Em] really [G] I don't know.
[D] _ [Am] _ But really [Em] [G] I don't know.
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ .
_ [D] _ _ [Am] [Em] The deaf [G] can't hear, the blind [D] can't [Am] see.
[Em] Just in [G] advance that [D] you and me.
[Am] The deaf [Em] can't hear, [G] the blind [D] can't see.
[Am] That's what [Em] I've been told [G] and that's what [D] I believe.
[Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
[D] _ _ [Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
_ [Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't [D] _ [Am] know.
_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ .
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] You can [Em] always [G] choose what [D] you don't [Am] and you could be [Em] _ [G] amused.
But [D] you won't, [Am] there's [Em] no way to [G] figure [D] it out.
[Am] Life's [Em] just _ [G] understood.
[D] _ _ [Am] And [Em] that [G] way [D] to start [Am] having part [Em] of the [G] problem.
To [D] part of it [Am] seems [Em] like we're [G] doomed to [D] resolve.
[G] [Am] Why can't [Em] we [G] ever just be left [D] alone?.
[Am] [Em] The blind see, [G] the [D] deaf hear.
[Am] _ [Em] Exactly what [G] is [D] not clear.
[Am] The blind [Em] can see, [G] the deaf [D] can't hear.
[Am] Finding [Em] out what [G] is my [D] greatest fear.
[Am] You wanna [Em] move around, [G] you wanna [D] stay still.
[Am] You wanna [Em] have a life, [G] but not too [D] real.
[Am] Don't know [Em] what it means, [G] but I know what it's [D] like.
To [Am] be floating [Em] down a [G] canyon in a [D] rocket [Am] bike.
[Em] But really [G] I don't know.
[D] _ [Am] _ [Em] Really [G] I don't [D] know.
[Am] _ Really [Em] [G] I don't [D] know.
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ .
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ .
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ [Am] How can [Em] I hear?.
[G] How can I [D] see?.
[Am] When no one really [Em] knows [G] how it's [D] gonna be.
[Am] You got it [Em] in a book [G] and you hope it [D] isn't true.
[Am] And the next [Em] thing you know [G] it's happened [D] to you.
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] It's been a [Em] long time [G] since we took [D] a trip [Am] to the bottom [Em] of a canyon [G] in a rocket [D] ship.
[Am] Nothing's [Em] written [G] there in [D] my life [Am] so I'm doing [Em] my best [G] to keep on [D] _ [Am] refining.
You can [Em] always [G] choose [D] what you [Am] don't and you could be [Em] _ [G] amused.
But [D] you won't, [Am] [Em] there's no way [G] to figure [D] it [G] out.
[Am] Life's [Em] just _ [G].
understood.
[D] _ _ [Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
[D] _ _ [Am] But [Em] really [G] I don't know.
[D] _ [Am] _ But really [Em] [G] I don't know.
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ .
_ [D] _ _ [Am] [Em] The deaf [G] can't hear, the blind [D] can't [Am] see.
[Em] Just in [G] advance that [D] you and me.
[Am] The deaf [Em] can't hear, [G] the blind [D] can't see.
[Am] That's what [Em] I've been told [G] and that's what [D] I believe.
[Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
[D] _ _ [Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't know.
_ [Am] But [Em] really I [G] don't [D] _ [Am] know.
_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ .
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] You can [Em] always [G] choose what [D] you don't [Am] and you could be [Em] _ [G] amused.
But [D] you won't, [Am] there's [Em] no way to [G] figure [D] it out.
[Am] Life's [Em] just _ [G] understood.
[D] _ _ [Am] And [Em] that [G] way [D] to start [Am] having part [Em] of the [G] problem.
To [D] part of it [Am] seems [Em] like we're [G] doomed to [D] resolve.
[G] [Am] Why can't [Em] we [G] ever just be left [D] alone?.
[Am] [Em] The blind see, [G] the [D] deaf hear.
[Am] _ [Em] Exactly what [G] is [D] not clear.
[Am] The blind [Em] can see, [G] the deaf [D] can't hear.
[Am] Finding [Em] out what [G] is my [D] greatest fear.
[Am] You wanna [Em] move around, [G] you wanna [D] stay still.
[Am] You wanna [Em] have a life, [G] but not too [D] real.
[Am] Don't know [Em] what it means, [G] but I know what it's [D] like.
To [Am] be floating [Em] down a [G] canyon in a [D] rocket [Am] bike.
[Em] But really [G] I don't know.
[D] _ [Am] _ [Em] Really [G] I don't [D] know.
[Am] _ Really [Em] [G] I don't [D] know.
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ .
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ .
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ .