The Wonder Years – Cardinals Ii (Guitar)

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The song is in D standard (D G C F A D) [Verse 1]
            Em             G                C
I know the feeling in the morning when the sun

            Em                 G                C
Lights the dust that hangs in orbit as you're waking up

            Em                G                 C
And for a moment you feel weightless then the panic comes

           Em              G                 C
First a drizzle, then a downpour, then an endless flood

              Em G
You start to run

                  C
Brothers in the summer dust

         Em G
Far enough

                      C
That no one's ever catching us
[Verse 2]
            Em              G                C
I know the feeling when the light begins to fade

           Em          G                  C
And the dishes in the sink look like a mountain range

            Em                 G                 C
You try to will yourself to stand but you can't find the strength

            Em               G                  C
Threw your head against the cold glass of the window pane

             Em G
You're afraid

                           C
Of what happens when it finally breaks

                   Em G
And all that remains

                          C          Bm D
Is shattered glass and constant gray
[Chorus] G F#m C
                     G F#m
Bruised and paper cut

             C                         G F#m  C
I built a thousand paper cranes for good luck

                  Am
But I can't protect you

            C
I had my chance and I fucked it up
[Verse 3]
            Em                G                C
I stare for years at all the duct tape on the door

         Em             G           C
Held together like a patient in a trauma ward

    Em              G                C
I still don't know what the fuck we kept it for

               Em          G                 C
This house is haunted, I can't live in here anymore

           Em G
All the time

                             C
Realised you weren't on the other side

        Em G
Overnight

                      C
Can't imagine what that must've felt like
[Chorus] G F#m C
                     G F#m
Bruised and paper cut

             C                         G F#m  C
I built a thousand paper cranes for good luck

                  Am
But I can't protect you

            C
I had my chance and I fucked it up
[Instrumental] Em Em Em Em (x7) D D D Em Em Em Em (x7) D D D [Bridge]
Em
I had that nightmare again

    F#m               G
You fall and you're helpless
Trapped under the wreckage
D                   Em
You reach out your hand and I'm weak, I can't save you

    F#m         G
No matter how often it plays in my head I can't lift it
[Chorus] G F#m C
                     G F#m
Bruised and paper cut

             C                           G F#m  C
I built a thousand paper cranes for good luck

                Am
But I can't protect you

            C                       Em F#m G G D C
I had my chance and I fucked it all up

               Em F#m G C D
I fucked it all up