| Lyrics |
Pre>
Notes:
In the verses, there's a bass run (/d, /c, /b, /a) between the
Dm and the f.
Chords:C6: x32210C6/d:
xx
021x
Bbm: x13321
Bbm/c: x3x321
Db: x4x321 (tough)
Intro:
Am::|||:
am dm
e7 :||
verse 1:
Am (/b) c(6)
Oh, for the sake of momentum
Dm
f
e7I've allowed my fears to get larger than life
Am(/b)
c6
And it's brought me to my current agendum
Dm
f
e7
Whereupon I deny fulfillment has yet to arrive
Chorus:F
g
c
dm7
And I know life is getting shorter
F
g
c
d7I can't bring myself to set the scene
F g
c
dm7
Even when it's approaching torture
F
g
f -- c/e -- dm7 -- c
I've got my routine
verse 2:
Oh, for the sake of momentum
am /b c6
Even though I agree with that stuff about seizing the day dm f e7
But I hate to think of effort expended
am /b c6
All those minutes and days and hours
dm
I have frittered away.
f e7
Chorus
And I know life is getting shorter
f g c dm7I can't bring myself to set the scene
f g
c d7
Even when it's approaching torture
f g c dm7I've got my routine
f g f c/e dm7 c
Bridge 1:
Bbm
/c
db
f7
But I can't confront the doubts I have
Bbm
/c
db f7I can't admit that maybe the past was bad
Am /b c6
c6/d
And so, for the sake of momentum
E7I'm condemning the future to death
So it can match the past.
Instrumental verse 3:
||: am /b c6
dm
f e7 :||
Instrumental chorus:
f g c
dm7 f g c d7F g c dm7
f g f c/e dm7 c
Bridge 2:
When I can't confront the doubts I have
bbm /c
db
f7I can't admit that maybe the past was bad
bbm /c db
f7
And so, for the sake of momentum
am /b c6 c6/d
I'm condemning the future to death
e7
So it can match the past.
am /b c6 dm
Coda:
e7
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