Matt Nathanson – Mission Bells (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

I palm mute the verses and fully strum the chorus, with single strums during the bridge. Whatever works, I guess. Em: 022000 G6: 320000 Cmaj7: x32000 Em7: 022033 G: 320033 Cadd9: x32033 Intro: (Em, G6, Cmaj7) x2
Em      G6        Cmaj7
I had a dream you died,

                   Em      G6    Cmaj7
and I just want to be with you tonight

                   Em
Mission bells were ringing

  G6       Cmaj7
somewhere higher,

          Em      G6 Cmaj7
I let you get away

          Em      G6 Cmaj7
I let you get away

             Em          G6
What kind of man misunderstands

             Cmaj7
a woman like you,

Em          G6        Cmaj7
sees her in black and white?

     Em       G6                          Cmaj7
It's 5 AM and phone book says that you're not alone

       Em        G6        Cmaj7
in the cold gray morning light

    Em   G6         Cmaj7
The only one that's left to trust,

   Em        G6         Cmaj7
my faithless heart that wasted us.

G       Cadd9     Em7
I had a dream you died,

                   G       Cadd9  Em7
and I just want to be with you tonight

                   G
Mission bells were ringing

  Cadd9     Em7   
somewhere higher,

          G       Cadd9 Em7
I let you get away

          G       Cadd9 Em7
I let you get away

Em                       G6
What kind of fool thinks love's a prison 

     Cmaj7
or a handicap,

Em   G6       Cmaj7
only says goodbye?

Em                  G6               Cmaj7
Sinking fast in the rocky waters off Alcatraz,

    Em          G6 Cmaj7
his friends say suicide

    Em   G6         Cmaj7
The only one that's left to trust,

   Em        G6         Cmaj7
my faithless heart that wasted us.

G       Cadd9     Em7
I had a dream you died,

                   G       Cadd9  Em7
and I just want to be with you tonight

                   G
Mission bells were ringing

  Cadd9     Em7   
somewhere higher,

          G       Cadd9 Em7
I let you get away

          G       Cadd9 Em7
I let you get away

        Em                 G6
I'm the end of a Hitchcock movie

         Cmaj7
a little dark and a lot confusing

        Em                G6
I'm the last of the worst pretenders

   Cmaj7
so lost, so lost in love

        Em                 G6
I'm the end of a Hitchcock movie

         Cmaj7
a little dark and a lot confusing

        Em                G6
I'm the last of the worst pretenders

   Cmaj7
so lost, so lost in love

G       Cadd9     Em7
I had a dream you died,

                   G       Cadd9  Em7
and I just want to be with you tonight

                   G
Mission bells were ringing

  Cadd9     Em7   
somewhere higher,

          G       Cadd9 Em7
I let you get away

          G       Cadd9 Em7
I let you get away
Outro: G Cadd9 Em7