{"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":495638,"song":"If The Brakeman Turns My Way","artist":"Bright Eyes","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/495638-if-the-brakeman-turns-my-way-chords-by-bright-eyes/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/495638?type=chord","rating":4.89669,"votes":137,"content":"Bright Eyes - If The Brakeman Turns My Way\r\n\r\nCapo: 4th fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen panic grips your body and your heart is a hummingbird[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRaven thoughts blacken your mind until you're breathing in reverse[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all your friends and sedatives mean well, but make it worse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEvery reassurance just magnifies the doubt[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]C/E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBetter find yourself a place to level out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGot a cricket for a conscience always looks the other way[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA cocaine soul starts seeming like an empty cabaret[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHey, where have all the dancers gone? Now the music doesn't play[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTried to listen to the river but you couldn't shut your mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]C/E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBetter take a little time   to level out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   I never thought of running[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   My feet just led the way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Mixed up signals  (Movin' out)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Bullet train     (Movin' out)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Cars are switched out in the     crazy rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I could meet you (Movin' out)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Any place, if the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBrakeman turns my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll this automatic writing I have tried to understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom a psychedelic angel who was tugging on my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's an infinite coincidence but it doesn't form a plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I'm headed for New England or the Paris of the South[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]C/E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGonna find myself somewhere to level out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAre your brothels full, oh Babylon, with merry middlemen?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever peer out of their periscopes from those deep opium dens[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll this death must need a counterweight, always someone born again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFirst a mother bathes her child then the other way around[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]C/E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe scales always find a way to level out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I tried to pass for nothing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut my   dreams gave me away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Mixed up signals  (Movin' out)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Bullet train     (Movin' out)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  People snuffed out in the    brutal rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I could live to   (Movin' out)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Any age, if the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBrakeman turns my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIt is an old world, it's hard to remember[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLike a dime store mystery[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI'm a repeat first time offender[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho has rewritten history[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Mixed up tea leaves   (Movin'out)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Phantom pain   (Movin' out)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Fuzzy logic in the    crazy rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Getting better  (Movin' out)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Every day, if the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBrakeman turns my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Mixed up signals  (Movin' out)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Bullet train    (Movin' out)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Cars are switched out in the     blinding rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  He'll be smiling,         as he [/tab]\r\n                   (Movin' out)\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Seals my fate, when the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBrakeman turns my way[/tab]","plain_text":"Bright Eyes - If The Brakeman Turns My Way\n\nCapo: 4th fret\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm  D\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm  D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm  D\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n                   (Movin' out)","chords":["G","C","D","Cmaj7","Em","D/F#","C/E","A","Am","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}