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Intro:
A D A D A D A D
Verse 1:
AYou hold up one Dhand
Everyone F#mwaits
Until we can Emove again
AThe burden of coDmmand
Stands you up F#mstraight
Something to Gprove again
Blood in your Deyes
Screams on the Bmradio
They say, "Get Aout of there!"D  
We aren't Bmfinished yet
You tell them to Egrow a pairD  
Chorus:
AThey said this air would be Ebreathable
F#mGet in, get out again, and Dno one gets hurt
ASomething is pulling me Eup the hill
I look Ddown in my red shirt
I look Bmdown in my red Ashirt
D A D A D A D
Verse 2:
AThis familiar Dplace
Sun in my F#meyes
Right where I'm Esupposed to be
AI can read your Dface
I'm not F#msurprised
You move in Gclose to me
Then you Ddecide
Now I'm Bmremembering
I've seen this Aone beforeD  
I can't stop Bmwatching it
So what am I Erunning for?D  
Chorus:
AThey said this air would be Ebreathable
F#mGet in, get out again, and Dno one gets hurt
AYou nod to me and point Eup the hill
I look Ddown in my red shirt
I look Bmdown in my red F#mshirtE  D  
At my red F#mshirtE  D  
Verse 3:
AI don't hear the Dsound
Everything F#mslows
All of it Efalls away
AThey don't turn aDround
Everyone F#mknows
It won't be Gthem today
Instead it was Dme
Go down draBmmatically
Stretching it Aout a bitD  
Still no one Bmnotices
When they write me Eout of itD  
Chorus:
AThey said this air would be Ebreathable
F#mI see the naked sky and DI taste the dirt
ADark at the edges and Eclosing in
I look Ddown in my red shirt
I look Bmdown in my red Ashirt
D A D A D A

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Red Shirt

by Jonathan Coulton

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Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Intro:

A D A D A D A D

Verse 1:

A D

You hold up one hand

F#m

Everyone waits

Until we can move again

A D

The burden of command

F#m

Stands you up straight

Something to prove again

Blood in your eyes

Screams on the radio

A D

They say, "Get out of there!"

We aren't finished yet

E D

You tell them to grow a pair

Chorus:

A E

They said this air would be breathable

F#m D

Get in, get out again, and no one gets hurt

A E

Something is pulling me up the hill

I look down in my red shirt

Bm A

I look down in my red shirt

D A D A D A D

Verse 2:

A D

This familiar place

F#m

Sun in my eyes

Right where I'm supposed to be

A D

I can read your face

F#m

I'm not surprised

You move in close to me

Then you decide

Now I'm remembering

A D

I've seen this one before

I can't stop watching it

E D

So what am I running for?

Chorus:

A E

They said this air would be breathable

F#m D

Get in, get out again, and no one gets hurt

A E

You nod to me and point up the hill

I look down in my red shirt

Bm F#m E D

I look down in my red shirt

F#m E D

At my red shirt

Verse 3:

A D

I don't hear the sound

F#m

Everything slows

All of it falls away

A D

They don't turn around

F#m

Everyone knows

It won't be them today

Instead it was me

Go down dramatically

A D

Stretching it out a bit

Still no one notices

E D

When they write me out of it

Chorus:

A E

They said this air would be breathable

F#m D

I see the naked sky and I taste the dirt

A E

Dark at the edges and closing in

I look down in my red shirt

Bm A

I look down in my red shirt

D A D A D A

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