Lucy Dacus – Cartwheel (Guitar)

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Hey, I hope you enjoy these chords for Cartwheel by Lucy Dacus! they're pretty easy so have fun! :) [Intro] Dm C [Verse 1]

Dm
Here and there and gone again

Firefly juice on your skin

       C
You're glowing like an atom bomb

This natural thing that you've undone

Dm
Outgrew older sister's clothes again

Won't admit you're growing tall and thin

    C
You like your body pulling at the seams

You're not prepared for what the future brings

Dm
Curse words and empty cups

Cracked blacktop curling up

C
Heatwave by midday

G
Heat lightning on a summer night

    Dm
And I remember when you used to call

Holed up in the closet in the hall

C
Scared you wouldn't live to forty-five

The same age as your father when he died

G
You'd say, "We need to talk

F
Sneak out, meet me on your block"

Am
I'd sit by you, silent on the curb

C
What to say when there is not a word?

Dm
Spell broke at daybreak

Light another candle on the cake

C
Cartwheel and a broken wrist

                          (Dm)
Skin scarred and sun-kissed

[Interlude] Dm C x3 [Verse 2]

Dm
When you told me 'bout your first time

The soccer player at the senior high

  C
I felt my body crumple to the floor

Betrayal like I'd never felt before

Dm
I thought back to many years ago

A late-night promise on the telephone

     C
We'd build a house of twigs and vines

Grow old together just to pass the time

G
Now there's only past and present day

  F
I can't believe a word you say

    Am
The future isn't worth its weight in gold

    C             Em             G
The future is a benevolent black hole