The War On Drugs – Rings Around My Fathers Eyes (Guitar)

Capo 2

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Chords

It's possible Adam plays this in Open D or E tuning, but I tabbed it for standard, works well with the 'Melissa' chords I think, enjoi!

Chords Used: (Relative to capo on 2nd fret)
e|--0----0-----0-----0--0----2----2-----4-----2--|
B|--0----0-----0-----0--0----2----4-----5-----3--|
G|--1----2-----4-----6--2----2----4-----6-----2--|
D|--2----4-----6-----7--2----4----4-----6-----0--|
A|--2----4-----6-----7--0----4----2-----4--------|
E|--0----------------5-------2-------------------|

F# G#m1 A#m1 B1 B2 G#m C# D#m E [Intro] F# G#m1 A#m1 B1 G#m F# B2 x2 [Verse 1]

F#                G#m1        A#m1     B1
I've never really known which way I'm facing

G#m    F#                    B2
But I feel like something's changed

F#          G#m1             A#m1       B1
There's a storm outside, my walls are ageing

                     G#m  F#            B2
They're coming back down in the hardest way

[Refrain]

C#        D#m          B2
There's a reign protecting me

                  F#
Rings around my fathers eyes

                 C#
Light above the morning sea

       D#m     B2
Into darkness I will reach

               F#
Fall into the ocean deep

 C#                B2
Just to bring you back

[Verse 2]

F#          G#m1
Babe, it's almost five

A#m1 B1 I've been gone since the moonlight faded

              G#m  F#        B2
And punishing rain washed me away

F#     G#m1        A#m1           B1
How can I give back what once was stolen?

          G#m  F#   B2
How can I stay all day?

F#         G#m1                A#m1            B1
Well, it's all a lie, I'm just hiding the memory

               G#m
Yeah, what awaits for you?

F#                B2
What awaits for me?

[Refrain]

C#        D#m         B2
There's a bridge connecting me

                  F#
Rings around my fathers eyes

                 C#
Light above the morning sea

         D#m    B2
Fill the gray into the song

                 F#
Feel the wings across your arms

        C#       B2
Under the way it moves its own

F# G#m1 A#m1 B1 G#m F# B2
Mm-mm, mm-mm

[Bridge]

C#   D#m     B2
As I ride into the wind

                F#
What a restless feeling

                  C#
One I've tried to hide so long

         D#m     B2
Fill the gray into the song

                      F#
To feel the wings across your arms

E               B2
Cut the wing in two

[Outro]

F#      G#m1              A#m1         B1
No one really knows which way they're facing

                         G#m
'Til they're coming back down