Iron & Wine – The Trapeze Swinger (Guitar)
Capo 3
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
This is based off of Sam's performance at Messiah College. You can find it on
YouTube if you like. Capo on the third fret.
[Verse 1]
C G Please, remember me F Happily C G By the rosebush laughing C G With bruises on my chin F The time when C G We counted every black car passing Am G Your house beneath the hill F And up until C G Someone caught us in the kitchen Am G With maps, a mountain range F A piggy bank C G A vision too removed to mention
And
[Verse 2]
C G Please, remember me F Fondly C G I heard from someone you're still pretty C G And then they went on to say F That the pearly gates C G Had such eloquent graffiti Am G Like "We'll meet again" F And "Fuck the man" C G And "Tell my mother not to worry" Am G And angels with their great F Handshakes C G Were always done in such a hurry
And
[Verse 3]
C G Please, remember me F That Halloween C G Making fools of all the neighbors C G Our faces painted white F By midnight C G We'd forgotten one another Am G And when the morning came F I was ashamed C G Only now it seems so silly Am G That season left the world F And then returned C G And now you're lit up by the city
And
[Verse 4]
C G Please, remember me F Mistakenly C G In the window of the tallest tower C G Calling passers-by F We're much too high C G To see the empty road at happy hour Am G Gleam and resonate F Just like the gates C G Around the holy kingdom Am G With words like "Lost and found" F And "Don't look down" C G And "Someone save Temptation"
And
[Verse 5]
C G Please, remember me F As in the dream C G We had as rug-burn babies C G Among the fallen trees F We're fast asleep C G Beside the lions and the ladies Am G That called you what you like F And even might C G Give a gift for your behavior Am G A fleeting chance to see F A trapeze C G Swinger high as any savior
And
[Verse 6]
C G Please, remember me F My misery C G And how it lost me all I wanted C G Those dogs that love the rain F And chasing trains C G The colored birds above their running Am G In circles around the well F And where it spells C G On the wall behind St. Peter Am G So bright on cinder gray F In spray paint C G "Who the hell can see forever?"
And
[Verse 7]
C G Please, remember me F Seldomly C G In the car behind the carnival C G My hand between your knees F You turned from me C G And said, "The trapeze act was wonderful Am G But never meant to last" F The clowns that passed C G Saw me just come up with anger Am G When it filled with circus dogs F The parking lot C G Had an element of danger
And
[Verse 8]
C G Please, remember me F Finally C G And all my uphill clawing C G My dear, but if I make F The pearly gates C G I'll do my best to make a drawing Am G Of God and Lucifer F A boy and girl C G An angel kissing on a sinner Am G A monkey and a man F A marching band C G All around the frightened trapeze swinger
[Outro]
C G Na, na-na F Na-na C G Na-na, na-na C G Na-na-na, na-na F Na-na C G Na-na-na, na-na C Na-na-na