{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1883896,"song":"This Is The Time Ballast","artist":"Nothing More","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11422553-this-is-the-time-ballast-chords-by-nothing-more/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1883896?type=chord","rating":4.68982,"votes":13,"content":"(Verse 1)\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen did we become these sinking stones?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen did we build this broken home?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHolding each other like ransom notes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDropping our hearts to grip our brother's throats[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Pre-Chorus)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can't see because you don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're caught below, beneath your own shadow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nStuck inside, half alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDo you ever stop to ask yourself why?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nClose your mind, identify[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDo you feel, do you feel, do you call this a life?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll you waited for, drowning just to keep score[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe always start with good intentions[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut lose ourselves along the way[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is the time that we let it go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThese are the words that will take us home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSinging the song that's inside us all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nIf we don't open our eyes we're walking blind[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Verse 2)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnchored in anger, we exile ourselves[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBitter blood builds our prison cell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDarker water now fills our lungs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe depths of our heart have blacked the sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  x2 \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n(Break/Solo Section) - (This section is up to how you arrange it for an acoustic version, it could just be\r\nan instrumental break using the chords from the verse (Am, C, G, F) or the chords form the chorus (Am, G, Em,\r\nF). Below I have put the lyrics in for this section along with the bass notes as chords, however for an \r\nacoustic cover just play about with this section until you find what works for you)  \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNaked we come, naked we leave[/tab]\r\nFools we are, to hold tightly\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe are free, we are free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe are the jail, we are the key, We are the jail, we are the key[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Chorus (w/ Lyric Changes))\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is the time that we let it go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThese are the words that will save us all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]            \r\nSinging the song that's inside us all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf we just open our eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is the time that we let it go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis is the pain we are forced to know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSinging the song that's inside, inside us all, inside us all[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Outro)\r\n\r\n(Am, C, G, F)\r\n\r\n(Walking blind)\r\n\r\n(Am, C, G, F)","plain_text":"(Verse 1)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Pre-Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Verse 2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nAm  C  G  F  x2 \n\n\n\n[Chorus]\nAm  G  Em  F  x2\n\n(Break/Solo Section) - (This section is up to how you arrange it for an acoustic version, it could just be\nan instrumental break using the chords from the verse (Am, C, G, F) or the chords form the chorus (Am, G, Em,\nF). Below I have put the lyrics in for this section along with the bass notes as chords, however for an \nacoustic cover just play about with this section until you find what works for you)  \n\n\nFools we are, to hold tightly\n\n\n\n(Chorus (w/ Lyric Changes))\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Outro)\n\n(Am, C, G, F)\n\n(Walking blind)\n\n(Am, C, G, F)","chords":["Am","C","G","F","Em","B","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}