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The Vanishing Act

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Intro/Outro:
e ---------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------|
G ---------------------------------|
D --2-2-2-3------------------------|
A -------------0h2h3--3-3----0-----|
E -----------------------------0/5-|
These are the chords used in the verses:
                                    Dm  Dm(add9)
e ------1---1---1-----1---1---1-|      e ------1-------1--|
B ------3---3---3-----3---3---3-|      B ------3-------3--|
G ------2-----2-------2-----2---|      G ------2-------2--|
D ------0-----0-------0-----0---|      D --2-------2------|
A --0-------------0-------------|      A -----------------|
E ------------------------------|      E -----------------|
And these chords are used in the choruses:
                    B7G(b5)7
e -----------------|   e ------1-------1------------------|
B ------0-------0--|   B ------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G ------2-------2--|   G ------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D ------1-------1--|   D ------0-------0-------0-------0--|
A --2-------2------|   A ---------------------------------|
E -----------------|   E --3-------3-------3-------3------|
 Dm/ / / | Dm/ Dm(add9) / | x2
Were you surDmprised that we never spoke?
                                             Dm(add9)
Then in the still of the night, when nothing stirs
I woke and I Dmgathered up some clothes.
                                    Dm(add9)
I never planned on this but its the way it goes
and now it Dmall seems so familiar like pages turned on calendars
                                                 Dm(add9)
we get the same twelve months to fuck things up, year after year
and I Dmcan't believe how down I am like the well I'm being lowered in,
                                     Dm(add9)            Dm  
now water stops, the bucket drops us farther and farther down.
                                         B7G(b5)7
Well I guess that you never knew me, or at least not well enough.
                                                                  Dm  Dm(add9)
So I fill my gut with dark red wine until my brain shuts off and my eyes go blind.
You won't Dmsee me there in that thick black air.
                                  Dm(add9)
Yeah, I'll finally make something disappear.
Because I've been B7practicing disappearing
      G(b5)7
and I think that I've got it down
But Dmnow there is no sun just a cellar
                             Dm(add9)
Nowhere is sky its just that black, black dirt yeah.
But Dmnow there is no sun just a cellar
                             Dm(add9)
Nowhere is sky its just that black, black, black, black
Dmdirt. Expanding outwards just echoes for answers
                                       Dm(add9)
not that it matters if its back or its forwards.
                                  Dm  Dm(add9)
   Unhappy lovers with baskets of flowers
   Dmuse them as markers
                     Dm(add9)                    Dm  Dm(add9)  Dm  
the place where your bed once stood a time when it still felt good.
But you'll B7get that feeling back
               G(b5)7
Yeah, you just need some time to think
And to Dmadd up the hell, get it straight in your mind
But to calculate cost, that may take some time
But I'm B7sure you'll get to feeling better
             G(b5)7
Yeah, I just need some time to drink
So I'll Dmfill my gut with that blood red wine
                             Dm(add9)
until my insides swim and my veins unwind.
I'll be Dmlying there in that hot white air once
                               Dm(add9)          Dm~end on Dm  
that something's gone it might never reappear.

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The Vanishing Act

by Bright Eyes

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Intro/Outro:

e ---------------------------------|

B ---------------------------------|

G ---------------------------------|

D --2-2-2-3------------------------|

A -------------0h2h3--3-3----0-----|

E -----------------------------0/5-|

These are the chords used in the verses:

Dm Dm

(add9)

e ------1---1---1-----1---1---1-| e ------1-------1--|

B ------3---3---3-----3---3---3-| B ------3-------3--|

G ------2-----2-------2-----2---| G ------2-------2--|

D ------0-----0-------0-----0---| D --2-------2------|

A --0-------------0-------------| A -----------------|

E ------------------------------| E -----------------|

And these chords are used in the choruses:

G(b5)7

e -----------------| e ------1-------1------------------|

B ------0-------0--| B ------2-------2-------2-------2--|

G ------2-------2--| G ------0-------0-------0-------0--|

D ------1-------1--| D ------0-------0-------0-------0--|

A --2-------2------| A ---------------------------------|

E -----------------| E --3-------3-------3-------3------|

Dm Dm Dm

/ / / | / (add9) / | x2

Were you surprised that we never spoke?

(add9)

Then in the still of the night, when nothing stirs

I woke and I gathered up some clothes.

(add9)

I never planned on this but its the way it goes

and now it all seems so familiar like pages turned on calendars

(add9)

we get the same twelve months to fuck things up, year after year

and I can't believe how down I am like the well I'm being lowered in,

Dm Dm

(add9)

now water stops, the bucket drops us farther and farther down.

G(b5)7

Well I guess that you never knew me, or at least not well enough.

Dm Dm

(add9)

So I fill my gut with dark red wine until my brain shuts off and my eyes go blind.

You won't see me there in that thick black air.

(add9)

Yeah, I'll finally make something disappear.

Because I've been practicing disappearing

G(b5)7

and I think that I've got it down

But now there is no sun just a cellar

(add9)

Nowhere is sky its just that black, black dirt yeah.

But now there is no sun just a cellar

(add9)

Nowhere is sky its just that black, black, black, black

dirt. Expanding outwards just echoes for answers

(add9)

not that it matters if its back or its forwards.

Dm Dm

(add9)

Unhappy lovers with baskets of flowers

use them as markers

Dm Dm Dm Dm

(add9) (add9)

the place where your bed once stood a time when it still felt good.

But you'll get that feeling back

G(b5)7

Yeah, you just need some time to think

And to add up the hell, get it straight in your mind

But to calculate cost, that may take some time

But I'm sure you'll get to feeling better

G(b5)7

Yeah, I just need some time to drink

So I'll fill my gut with that blood red wine

(add9)

until my insides swim and my veins unwind.

I'll be lying there in that hot white air once

Dm Dm Dm

(add9) ~end on

that something's gone it might never reappear.

About The Vanishing Act Chords by Bright Eyes

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