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Parquet Courts - Borrowed Time
Light Up Gold - 2012
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Andrew Savage - Vocals, Guitar
NOTE: Alternative Open C tuning is used for Andrew's part (CGDGBe), so tune accordingly to play along.
e|G------------Gm---G-------------Gm---G-------------Gm---G-------------Gm-----| [Verse Riff]
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-F-----------Fm---F--------------Fm----C5-----------C7---C5--------------C7----|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
e|-F----------------C5-------Csus2------C5---G-------Gsus4------G--| [Chorus Riff]
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-5-5-5---7-5------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---5-5-5-5---5-5---9---9-9-10109--|
G|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---7---7-7-7-7-7--|
C|-5---5---5---5-------------------7---7-7-7-7-7--|
e|-F----------------C5-------Csus2------C5---G-------Gsus4------G--|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-5-5-5---7-5------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---5-5-5-5---5-5---9---9-9-10109--|
G|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---7---7-7-7-7-7--|
C|-5---5---5---5-------------------7---7-7-7-7-7--|
e|-F----------------C5-------Csus2------C5---G-------Gsus4------G--|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-5-5-5---7-5------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---5-5-5-5---5-5---9---9-9-10109--|
G|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---7---7-7-7-7-7--|
C|-5---5---5---5-------------------7---7-7-7-7-7--|
e|-F----------------C5-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-5-5-5------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---5-5-5-5------------------------|
G|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5------------------------|
C|-5---5---5---5----------------------------------|
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
[Intro]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
C5I was Gfeeling GmnosGtalgic
for the Gmdays Gwhen my tGmhoughts dGripped
on to Gmmy head Ffrom the FmceilFing
FmI remC5ember C7the C5feeling
C7of the Gmuse-less GmexiGstence
of the Gmdrunk, Gbored, and GmlistlGess
GmEndless Fwaiting for FmsometFhing
that FmI kC5new C7wasC5n't comingC7
[Chorus]
And it Fseems these days I'm
C5captive in this Csus2borrowC5ed tGimeGsus4 G
Fseems these days I'm
C5captive in this Csus2borrowC5ed tGimeGsus4 G
Fseems these days I'm
C5captive in this Csus2borrowC5ed tGimeGsus4 G
Fseems these days I'm C5captive in this
[Interlude]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
C5I was Gup to Gmmy Gneck in
motiGmvatiGon, neglGmect wGhen
I fGmelt sFoft waves of FmpurpFose
crashFming C5on to tC7he C5surface
C7I was Gfeeling GmnosGtalgic
for the Gmdays Gwhen my tGmhoughts dGripped
on to Gmmy head Ffrom the FmceilFing
FmI remC5ember tC7he C5feelingC7
[Chorus]
And it Fseems these days I'm
C5captive in this Csus2borrowC5ed tGimeGsus4 G
Fseems these days I'm
C5captive in this Csus2borrowC5ed tGimeGsus4 G
Fseems these days I'm
C5captive in this Csus2borrowC5ed tGimeGsus4 G
Fseems these days I'm C5captive in this
[Solo]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
[Chorus]
And it Fseems these days I'm
C5captive in this Csus2borrowC5ed tGimeGsus4 G
Fseems these days I'm
C5captive in this Csus2borrowC5ed tGimeGsus4 G
Fseems these days I'm
C5captive in this Csus2borrowC5ed tGimeGsus4 G
Fseems these days I'm C5captive in this
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Borrowed Time
by Parquet Courts
Chords in this song · guitar
G
Gm
F
Fm
C5
C7
Csus2
Gsus4
Parquet Courts - Borrowed Time
Light Up Gold - 2012
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Andrew Savage - Vocals, Guitar
NOTE: Alternative Open C tuning is used for Andrew's part (CGDGBe), so tune accordingly to play along.
G Gm G Gm G Gm G Gm
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse Riff]
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
F Fm F Fm C5 C7 C5 C7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
F C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
e|------------------------------------------------| [Chorus Riff]
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-5-5-5---7-5------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---5-5-5-5---5-5---9---9-9-10109--|
G|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---7---7-7-7-7-7--|
C|-5---5---5---5-------------------7---7-7-7-7-7--|
F C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-5-5-5---7-5------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---5-5-5-5---5-5---9---9-9-10109--|
G|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---7---7-7-7-7-7--|
C|-5---5---5---5-------------------7---7-7-7-7-7--|
F C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-5-5-5---7-5------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---5-5-5-5---5-5---9---9-9-10109--|
G|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---7---7-7-7-7-7--|
C|-5---5---5---5-------------------7---7-7-7-7-7--|
F C5
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-5-5-5------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---5-5-5-5------------------------|
G|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5------------------------|
C|-5---5---5---5----------------------------------|
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
[Intro]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
C5 G Gm G
I was feeling nostalgic
Gm G Gm G
for the days when my thoughts dripped
Gm F Fm F
on to my head from the ceiling
Fm C5 C7 C5
I remember the feeling
C7 G Gm G
of the muse-less existence
Gm G Gm G
of the drunk, bored, and listless
Gm F Fm F
Endless waiting for something
Fm C5 C7 C5 C7
that I knew wasn't coming
[Chorus]
F
And it seems these days I'm
C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
captive in this borrowed time
F
seems these days I'm
C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
captive in this borrowed time
F
seems these days I'm
C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
captive in this borrowed time
F C5
seems these days I'm captive in this
[Interlude]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
C5 G Gm G
I was up to my neck in
Gm G Gm G
motivation, neglect when
Gm F Fm F
I felt soft waves of purpose
Fm C5 C7 C5
crashing on to the surface
C7 G Gm G
I was feeling nostalgic
Gm G Gm G
for the days when my thoughts dripped
Gm F Fm F
on to my head from the ceiling
Fm C5 C7 C5 C7
I remember the feeling
[Chorus]
F
And it seems these days I'm
C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
captive in this borrowed time
F
seems these days I'm
C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
captive in this borrowed time
F
seems these days I'm
C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
captive in this borrowed time
F C5
seems these days I'm captive in this
[Solo]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-9---9-9---9-9-8-8-|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
C|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5---5---5-5-4-5---5-5---5-5-4-4-|
D|-7---7---7-7-6-7---7-7---7-7-6-6-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
G|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
C|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
[Chorus]
F
And it seems these days I'm
C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
captive in this borrowed time
F
seems these days I'm
C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
captive in this borrowed time
F
seems these days I'm
C5 Csus2 C5 G Gsus4 G
captive in this borrowed time
F C5
seems these days I'm captive in this
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Can I transpose "Borrowed Time" to a different key?
Yes. Use the transpose buttons on the song page to shift "Borrowed Time" up or down by half-steps so it matches your vocal range or capo position.
Can I see chord diagrams for "Borrowed Time"?
Yes. Tap any chord in "Borrowed Time" to instantly see an interactive guitar chord diagram with alternate fingerings.
Is "Borrowed Time" easy to play on guitar?
Many players learn "Borrowed Time" by Parquet Courts with our free chords. Use transpose and chord diagrams to simplify tricky shapes, and browse related songs by Parquet Courts below.
What key is "Borrowed Time" in?
The chords for "Borrowed Time" show the original chord names (including C, G, Gm, B, D, F). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.