Watchhouse (Mandolin Orange) – Life On A String (Guitar)

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Intro: Dm , C, F, G, A#, C Dm , C, F, G, A#, C
F              Am                   Dm 
If all this is easy and all that we need

               A#                   F  C
we've fallen behind, we've fallen behind

F                   Am                  Dm 
you can dig all you like and make a big pile

                 A#                       F  C
and sing all the while, and sing all the while

Dm                C                          F
But you're just a boy who strummed the right chord

Dm             C       F        
and I'm just a boy who gave an ear

Am  A# Am      A#    F               C                     F
write, it's alright, I'm shedding my skin instead of these tears

F          Am                Dm 
Swimming alone and torn in between

          A#                  F   C
life in a dream or life on a string

F       Am                 Dm 
living atop our own little hills

                A#                          F  C
perched for the kill, we're perched for the kill

Dm                C                          F
and you're just a boy who strummed the right chord

Dm             C       F
and I'm just a boy who gave an ear

Am  A# Am      A#    F               C                     F
write, it's alright, I'm shedding my skin instead of these tears
Instrumental: Dm , C, F, G, A#, C F, C, Dm , A#, F, C F, C, Dm , A#, F, C
F               Am                      Dm 
If love was the light first seen at our birth

                 A#                      F   C
and then all the earth, and then all the earth

F          Am            Dm 
how can it fall so far behind

         A#                       F    C
try to remind me, and I'll try to remind

Dm                C                          F
But you're just a boy who strummed the right chord

Dm             C       F          
and I'm just a boy who gave an ear

Am  A# Am     A#     Am  A# Am     A#     Am  A#   Am   A#
write, it's alright, write, it's alright, write