Amos Lee – Violin (Guitar)

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Chords

These are the chords Amos uses live. Intro: C, G, Am7, F, G (x2) [Verse 1]
C      G  Am7      F             G
Lately I,  I been headin' for a breakdown

C     G               Am7        F                   G
Everytime I leave my house, it feels just like a shakedown              
[Pre-Chorus]
G
Between the

Am7                     G              C          F                G
Streetsweepers and the pushers are the lawyers who may as well be butchers        
Between the
Am7           G            C          F               G
Small timing hustlers who all seem to feed upon each other
[Chorus]
F       Am7           G
Ooooh   God, why you been

F              Am7        G
Hangin out in that ol' violin    
While I've been
F       Am7     G                       
Waitin     for you...   to pull me through
C, G, Am7, F, G [Verse 2]
C      G  Am7    F             G
Lately I,  everytime I try to lie down

        C                 G, Am7       F                       G
Well my mind just gets away,   I can't even close my eyes now
[Pre-Chorus]
G
Between the

Am7        G              C            F                G
Big Fish ambition and the lovers using words as ammunition              
Between the
Am7                   G          C               F                 G
Wood planks I've been pacing and this impossible dream that I been chasin'
[Chorus]
F       Am7           G
Ooooh   God, why you been

F                  Am7     G
Hangin out in that ol' violin    
While I've been
F       Am7     G                       
Waitin     for you...   to pull me through
C, G, Am7, F, G (2x)
F        Am7           G
Ooooh   God

F        Am7           G
Ooooh   God
[Chorus]
F       Am7           G
Ooooh   God, why you been

F                  Am7     G
Hangin out in that ol' violin    
While I've been
F       Am7     G                       
Waitin     for you...   to pull me through
C, G, Am7, F, G