Jason Isbell – Open And Close (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] C [Verse 1]
C
The fireplace isn't real

C         Am/B       Am
It's some sort of LED light and a mirror

Am               Am/G          F
But I like that better tonight

F            Fm                               C
Sitting here with a woman I don't know at all

G
She's so small
[Verse 2]
C
And I'm mad at the sidewalk

C              Am/B
I'm mad at the rain

Am                              Am/G                  F
I'm mad at the band that played Kid Charlemagne in a bar in the village

Fm                                  C
And the solo was fucked all to hell

G
And you could tell
[Chorus]
Em                  F              C            G
I'm dressed up and waiting for something to change

Em               F             C         G
The overhead lighting makes faces so strange

Em              F                      C             G            F
But there's something about her that's breaking my heart and my fast

Fm
How long could it last?
[Bridge] C
C
And day after day after day after day passes

Em
Day after day after day after day passes

F                   Fm                      C    G
Day after day after day after day passes by
[Verse 3]
C
The doorman's asleep

Am/B            Am
I don't think I'll wake him

Am
He's always so sweet

Am            Am/G              F
He's here really late every night of the week

Fm                          C
Letting the right people in

G
The real friends
[Verse 4]
C
And there's tea on the table

Am/B    Am
A dog in my lap

Am                          Am/G                F
And I might be capable of taking a nap in this New York apartment

Fm                              C
Peace in the eye of the storm

G
It's so warm
[Chorus]
Em                 F                  C          G
Well, I'm open and close now to minding the flame

Em                 F            C        G
She speaks in a whisper and calls me by name

Em                F              C        G            F
And she says I remind her of Calgary, where she was raised
[Outro]
C
It's time to be brave

Am
It's time to be brave

F                   Fm
It's time to be brave