Vanessa Carlton – The Marching Line (Guitar)

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Chords

Key of A major. Plenty of piano breaks you can strum some stuff on in the chords, just give the song a listen.
A        E  A
Boots on concrete

      A      E     A
Don't slip on  the leaves

A     E      A
Smile at the strangers

      A        E
Won't know what  you mean

A      E      A
Clouds like cathedrals

    A         E     A
The night hits  the sea

D     E F#m         A    E
  And I walk to the high light

D        E  F#m        A  E
Ships gonna take me at midnight

D          E    F#m         A   E
Storms sounding out like an overture

     D                E
It's time to join the marching line

A        E      A
Take back  your vest

A     E         A
Don't know what love is like; 

  A     E        A       A    E    A (keep the same rhythm)
a bullet  in the chest

      A    E     A
And I never  say yes

A     E       A             A    E   A
Never known a day without a quiet  regret

D     E F#m         A    E
  And I walk to the high light

D        E  F#m        A  E
Ships gonna take me at midnight

D          E    F#m         A   E
Storms sounding out like an overture

     D                E               D
It's time to join the marching line

E              D
Leave it all behind

             E
and join the marching line

F#m   A                 E           D            F#m             A  E  
         And there's no captain who calls "what's   your name?"

     F#m       A    E   
An army of one

         F#m     A     E
It's just me 

      A      E   A (same rhythm as verses)
and a drum

A      E      A                    E    A
Do you know a love like a bullet in the chest?

A       E
Ships on grey seas

A              E          D           E  F#m
Waves keep the time like a heartbeat

        A   E
It's an overture

     D                E               D
It's time to join the marching line

E              D 
leave it all behind and join the

E
Marching line
A E A (same as always)
        A       E   A
Fortune tellers,     

        A          E   A
fortune still hurts