The Antlers – Two (Ukulele)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
NOTE: THIS VERSION USES A CHORD WHICH DOES NOT ACTUALLY EXIST:
'Bm9alt' is played 4204 on GCEA or; Bm9, but take your pinkie off the E string
I know it's pretty dodgy to make your own chords but I thought it was the easiest and best-sounding way to
play.
OTHER NOTE: You may find the switch from Asus4 to Bm9 tricky because of how far apart they are and how
rapidly you must change your fingering, so here is a quick guide:
From Asus4 - with your index finger on the C string and your middle finger on the G string, keep your
index finger where it is and slide your middle finger down to fret 4. Then, add your pinkie and ring finger
to the E and A strings respectivley. Hopefully you should get the hang of it eventually.
OTHER OTHER NOTE: I realize UG does no recognize Bm9 as a chord. For those of you who don't know;
Bm9 is played as 4254 on GCEA
[Chords]:
A 21xx
Asus4 22xx
Bm9 4254
Bm9alt 42x4
[Intro]
A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4
A Asus4 In the middle of the night I was sleeping sitting up A Asus4 When a doctor came to tell me, "Enough is enough." Bm9 Bm9alt He brought me out into the hall, I could have sworn it was haunted Bm9 Bm9alt And told me something that I didn't know that I wanted: A Asus4 To hear that there was nothing that I could do to save you A Asus4 The choir's gonna sing, and this thing is gonna kill you
[Verse 1]
Bm9 Bm9alt Something in my throat made my next words shake Bm9 Bm9alt And something in the wires made the light-bulbs break A Asus4 There was glass inside my feet and raining down from the ceiling A Asus4 It opened up the scars that had just finished healing Bm9 Bm9alt It tore apart the canyon running down your femur Bm9 Bm9alt I thought that it was beautiful, it made me a believer A Asus4 And as it opened I could hear you howling from your room A Asus4 But I hid out in the hall until the hurricane blew Bm9 Bm9alt When I reappeared and tried to give you something for the pain Bm9 Bm9alt You came to hating me again and just sang your refrain:
[Chorus]
A Asus4 You had a new dream, it was more like a nightmare A Asus4 You were just a little kid, and they cut your hair Bm9 Bm9alt Then they stuck you in machines, you came so close to dying Bm9 Bm9alt They should have listened, they thought that you were lying A Asus4 Daddy was an asshole, he fucked you up; A Asus4 Built the gears in your head, now he greases them up Bm9 Bm9alt And no one paid attention when you just stopped eating Bm9 Bm9alt Eighty-seven pounds, and this all bears repeating
A Asus4 x8
[Verse 2]
A Asus4 Tell me when you think that we became so unhappy A Asus4 Wearing silver rings with nobody clapping Bm9 Bm9alt When we moved here together we were so disappointed Bm9 Bm9alt Sleeping out of tune with our dreams disjointed A Asus4 It killed me to see you getting always rejected A Asus4 But I didn't mind the things you threw, the phones I deflected Bm9 Bm9alt I didn't mind you blaming me for your mistakes Bm9 Bm9alt I just held you in the door-frame through all of the earthquakes A Asus4 But you packed up your clothes in that bag every night A Asus4 And I would try to grab your ankles, what a pitiful sight Bm9 Bm9alt But after over a year, I stopped trying to stop you Bm9 Bm9alt From stomping out that door, coming back like you always do
[Bridge]
A Asus4 Well no one's gonna fix it for us, no one can A Asus4 You say that, 'No one's gonna listen, and no one understands.' Bm9 Bm9alt No there's no open doors and there's no way to get through Bm9 Bm9alt There's no other witnesses, just us two
[Verse 3]
A Asus4 There's two people living in one small room A Asus4 From your two half-families tearing at you Bm9 Bm9alt Two ways to tell the story, no one worries Bm9 Bm9alt Two silver rings on our fingers in a hurry A Asus4 Two people talking inside your brain A Asus4 Two people believing that I'm the one to blame Bm9 Bm9alt Two different voices coming out of your mouth Bm9 Bm9alt While I'm too cold to care and too sick to shout
[Chorus]
A Asus4 You had a new dream, it was more like a nightmare A Asus4 You were just a little kid, and they cut your hair
Bm9 Bm9alt
Then they stuck you in machines, you came so close to dying
Bm9 Bm9alt
They should have listened, they thought that you were lying
A Asus4 Daddy was an asshole, he fucked you up; A Asus4 Built the gears in your head, now he greases them up
Bm9 Bm9alt
And no one paid attention when you just stopped eating
Bm9 Bm9alt
Eighty-seven pounds, and this all bears repeating
A Asus4 x2