Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Anxiety (Guitar)

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By Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit Written by Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires Album: The Nashville Sound (2017) Based on Jason's solo acoustic version on q on cbs
Em7        \ Em7*       \ Dadd11
0|2|X|0|3|3\ X|7|0|0|8|X\ X|5|4|0|3|X
Riff 1 Riff 2 (played twice) e|––––––| e|–––––––| B|––––––| B|0–1–3–0| G|––––0–| G|–––––––| D|–––0––| D|–––––––| A|0h2–––| A|–––––––|
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[Chorus]

D C      D                         G        (riff 1)
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me

C            D           Em       D  C
I'm out here living in a fantasy

C         D             Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing

D Cadd9  D                            Em        (riff 1)
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be

Cadd9        D              Em          D Cadd9
Even with my lover sleeping close to me

Cadd9     D               Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain

Cadd9        D                         Em      Em7
Watching the sunrise slash through the blinds

Cadd9       D                 Em
Dust in the room hovers over mine

              Cadd9             D                                   Em7*
Lying here in silence, Wife and child still sleeping deep enough to dream

              C                       Dadd11                            Em
And oh, I'm a lucky man today but so afraid that time will take it all from me
[Chorus]
D Cadd9  D                         G        (riff 1)
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me 

Cadd9        D           Em       D  Cadd9
I'm out here living in a fantasy

Cadd9     D             Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing

D Cadd9  D                            Em        (riff 1)
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be

Cadd9        D              Em          Em7
Even with my lover sleeping close to me

Cadd9     D               Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain

Cadd9                  D                         Em7*
It's the weight of the world but it's nothing at all

Cadd9       D                            Em7*
Light as a prayer, and then I feel myself fall

                     Cadd9                          D                               Em7*
You got to give me a minute because I'm way down in it and I can't breathe so I can't speak

              Cadd9                           D                               Em7
I want to be strong and steady, always ready, now, I feel so small, I feel so weak
[Chorus]
D Cadd9  D                         G        (riff 1)
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me

Cadd9        D           Em       D  Cadd9 
I'm out here living in a fantasy

Cadd9     D             Em7*
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing

D Cadd9  D                         Em          (riff 1)
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be

Cadd9        D              Em          D Cadd9 
Even with my lover sleeping close to me

Cadd9    D               Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
[Bridge]
F         Am                G        (riff 2)
A crowded room is a burning battlefield

F          Am                G  (riff 2)
If I don't move, I'll come undone

F              Am               G           (riff 2)
My heart beats harder, a hammer striking steel

F           Am                    Em
Will I walk now or be a "Wait and Run"
[Chorus]
D Cadd9  D                         G        (riff 1)
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me

Cadd9        D           Em       D  Cadd9 
I'm out here living in a fantasy

Cadd9     D             Em7*
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing

D Cadd9  D                           Em         (riff 1)
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be

Cadd9        D              Em          D Cadd9
Even with my lover sleeping close to me

Cadd9     D               Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain

Cadd9     D               Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain

Cadd9     D               Em7*
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain