Japanese Breakfast – The Body Is A Blade (Guitar)

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Chords

The picking pattern in the Intro and Verse is shown below.

   C     C         G      Em       C     C        G       Em
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------0-----0---------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-------0--|
D|----4-----4-----4---4-------4-------4-----4-----4---4-------4----|
A|--3-----3-----3-------------------3-----3-----3------------------|
E|------------------3-----3-0-----0-----------------3-----3-0-----0| etc.

[Intro] C C G Em x2 [Verse]

C        G   Em      C        G  Em
  Try not to  get so righteous

C       G    Em           C       G  Em
  About  what's fair for everyone

C              G    Em   C  G  Em
  Find what's  left in you

C         G   Em        C  G  Em
  Channel something good

[Chorus] (strum, chords are typical triads here instead of the picking pattern above)

C                           Em
Try your best to slowly withdraw

         G                        D
From the darkest impulses of your heart

C                           Em
Try your best to feel and receive

     G                  D                       A/C#
Your body is blade that cuts a path from day to day

[Bridge]

Am7                 G       C  G/B
Calling it off, our hoax of trying

Am7                             Em       G
What's this place if you're not here?

Am7                     G           C  G/B
Emptied the house and staged it for buying

Am7                      Em       G
Wave goodbye to all your things

[Instrumental Interlude] Am7 D7 G C G/B Am7 D7 Em7 G Am7 D7 G C G/B Am7 D7 Em7 G [Chorus]

C                       G      D
Try your best to slowly withdraw

C                       G      D
Try your best to slowly withdraw

     C                    Em                           D
Your body is a blade that moves while your brain is writhing

C                        Em                        D
Knuckled under pain, you mourn but your blood is flowing

[Outro] (The picking pattern here is similar to the beginning but the chords are different.)

   C     C         G     G         D               D
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0----|
D|----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4|
A|--3-----3-----3-------------------5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--|
E|------------------3-----3-----3----------------------------------| etc.

C G D D etc.