The War On Drugs – Old Skin (Guitar)

Capo 5

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Favorite song on the album, such a great build and release, should be epic live! I used the CBS Saturday Morning performance as a guide for where he puts the capo, enjoi!

Chord Shapes Used (Relative to capo on 5th fret)
e|--2---3---0---0-----2--|
B|--3---3---0---2-----3--|
G|--2---0---0---2-----0--|
D|--0---0---2---2-----x--|
A|------2---2---0-----2--|
E|------3---0--------(0)-|

G C Am D Gmaj7/B [Intro] G C x2 (Piano) [Verse 1]

G
I was born in a pyramid

C
By an old interstate

G                                 C
Been down at the yard, workin' my whole life

G
To follow my father's dream

C
Then watch it fade away

Am             G          C
Wrapped in our old tired skin

G             C
Peelin' away

[Verse 2]

G                              C
All the flowers lately in our window lay in disarray

G                                  C
The shadows are scattered like rings of gold

Am                    G                  C
And I'm watching the warm lights fade away

                       G
Gone, I'm in love with leaving

C
Like a fadin' dream

Am    G         C       G              Am
Call out in the darkest moments of our love

         G            C  G          Am
For the rest of my days, why let it linger?

C     G              Am
Come along we're the same

      G                    C      G D
Let's suffer through the changеs

[Verse 3] (G chords are passing chords, one strum)

D                             G
Oh my God, where do I belong?

C                          G
Can I makе it day to day?

D                                    G
I was all alone at the startin' line

C                            G
When I watched you slip away

[Verse 4] (Same as above for G chords)

D
Now I'm on the run baby, and I don't know why

    G   C                             G
But the fear it gets too much to take

D                                    G
Doesn't matter just how hard you try

C
When you feel so far away

                    G
I'm talkin' of the old time

           C
Feeling dead this way

              G
Tired of the old life

         C
Feeling dead this way

[Verse 5]

C           G              Gmaj7/B
When you're lost and you're runnin'

        G
But the roads have changed

C       G         Gmaj7/B
And the forces surround you

        G
But you lost control

C        G            Gmaj7/B       G
And you think that nobody's walkin' by your side

C           G            Gmaj7/B
When you're lost in some valley

         G
Runnin' far behind

C         G            Gmaj7/B   G
Yeah, you don't need nobody, yeah

[Harp Solo] C G Am G x4 [Outro]

               C               G                    Am                G
Well there's a price for everything, they'll try to kill you from the start

           C           G                  Am            G
So take control of anything that tries to pull us all apart

         C              G                 Am             G
I ain't sure of nothing, babe, 'til I can feel it in my heart

      C          G  Am G
So I keep movin' on

            C        G  Am G
Yeah, keep holdin' on, mm

 C  G  Am  C (repeat to fade..)
Yeah