Laufey – A Cautionary Tale (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Chords

[Intro] G [Verse 1]
    Gadd2             Em7     C6         Dadd4
Oh, heavens, hear my story, a cautionary tale

   Gadd2         Em7           C6             Dadd4
Of how I came to be loved, and how it came to fail

  Am7            Em        C6               Dadd4
A first time for lovers, a first time in agony

    Am7               Em         C6                Dadd4
The truths you will uncover will knock you on your knees
[Chorus]
Em                 C6               G
  I gave it too much, I gave myself up

                Dadd4
I lost sight of all my dignity

Em                 C6                  G
  I've always been smart, my chameleon heart

                   Dadd4      Em               C6
Took your draining personality  and gave it to me

            G                   D             Am
I wanted to please you, this performance of a lifetime

                Em                      C6
My heart to you handed, you took it for granted

                Dadd4             Gadd2 Em7 Cadd9 Dadd4
And made me the villain, all alone
[Verse 2]
  Gadd2                 Em7
I struggled through the winter

      Cadd9               Dadd4
Found cheat codes to your soul

    Gadd2        Em7
Was born to be a giver

   Cadd9            Dadd4
Destined to pay the toll
[Chorus]
Em                 C6               G
  I gave it too much, I gave myself up

                Dadd4
I lost sight of all my dignity

Em                 C6                  G
  I've always been smart, my chameleon heart

                   Dadd4      Em               C6
Took your draining personality  and gave it to me

            G                   D             Am
I wanted to please you, this performance of a lifetime

                Em                      C6
My heart to you handed, you took it for granted

                Dadd4
And made me the villain
[Bridge]
      G                   Em                  Cmaj7         D6
Oh, inside you, there's a guiltless child who never saw his mother smile

  G              Em               Cmaj7              D6
A boy who had no sense of home, believes he's better off alone

    Em          Cmaj7       G            D   B7/D#
Who coils up in jealousy to mask his insecurities

    Em               Cmaj7             A                             C    D
And I can't fix you, God, I tried, the hourglass I shattered just in time
[Outro]
Em                 C6               G
  I gave it too much, I gave myself up

                D
I lost sight of all my dignity

Em               C6                G
  One more lover fails, cautionary tales

            D
Continue to happen to me