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[Verse]
CmCertainty is like a Gmbone
CmHolding you up until it Gmbreaks
CmFractures on an icy Gmriver
It's good to Abknow the Ebstakes
CmYou built us castles on a Gmmountain
CmClimbing up into the Gmsky
CmThere's no easy way to Gmget there but to AbflyEb  
[Chorus]
You give me BbVertigoDm  Gm  Eb  
Like I've Bbnever knownDm  Gm  Eb  
Don't Bblet me goF  Gm  Eb  
You give me BbVertigoDm  Eb  Eb  
[Break]
Eb
Cm Gm Cm Gm
Cm Gm Ab Eb
[Verse]
CmI tried to build us wings to Gmget there
CmThough our dream was out of Gmsight
CmBut when it came time to Gmuse them
I couldn't Abstand the Ebheight
CmYou put your heart up on a Gmhillside
CmLate at night it burned like Gmfire
CmI could see it in the Gmdistance growing Abhigher and hEbigher
[Chorus]
You give me BbVertigoDm  Gm  Eb  
Like I've Bbnever knownDm  Gm  Eb  
Don't Bblet me goF  Gm  Eb  
You give me BbVertigoDm  Eb  Eb  
[Bridge]
Eb Edim Eb
GmYou keep me spinningEb  
Like a Edimhurricane in my Ebheart
GmThe wind is Ebblowing
Blowing Cadd9me aparEbMaj7t
[Break]
Bb Dm Gm Eb
Bb Dm Gm Eb
Bb F Gm Eb
Bb Dm Gm Eb
Bb Dm Gm Eb
Bb Dm Gm Eb
Bb F Gm Eb
Bb Dm Gm Eb
[Chorus]
You give me BbVertigoDm  Gm  Eb  
Like I've Bbnever knownDm  Gm  Eb  
Don't Bblet me goF  Gm  Eb  
You give me BbVertigoF  Gm  Eb  
You give me BbVertigoF  Gm  Eb  
You give me BbVertigoF  Eb  Eb  
Eb Bb

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Vertigo

by The Infamous Stringdusters

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Edim

Cadd9

EbMaj7

[Verse]

Cm Gm

Certainty is like a bone

Cm Gm

Holding you up until it breaks

Cm Gm

Fractures on an icy river

Ab Eb

It's good to know the stakes

Cm Gm

You built us castles on a mountain

Cm Gm

Climbing up into the sky

Cm Gm Ab Eb

There's no easy way to get there but to fly

[Chorus]

Bb Dm Gm Eb

You give me Vertigo

Bb Dm Gm Eb

Like I've never known

Bb F Gm Eb

Don't let me go

Bb Dm Eb Eb

You give me Vertigo

[Break]

Cm Gm Cm Gm

Cm Gm Ab Eb

[Verse]

Cm Gm

I tried to build us wings to get there

Cm Gm

Though our dream was out of sight

Cm Gm

But when it came time to use them

Ab Eb

I couldn't stand the height

Cm Gm

You put your heart up on a hillside

Cm Gm

Late at night it burned like fire

Cm Gm Ab Eb

I could see it in the distance growing higher and higher

[Chorus]

Bb Dm Gm Eb

You give me Vertigo

Bb Dm Gm Eb

Like I've never known

Bb F Gm Eb

Don't let me go

Bb Dm Eb Eb

You give me Vertigo

[Bridge]

Eb Edim Eb

Gm Eb

You keep me spinning

Edim Eb

Like a hurricane in my heart

Gm Eb

The wind is blowing

Cadd9 EbMaj7

Blowing me apart

[Break]

Bb Dm Gm Eb

Bb F Gm Eb

Bb Dm Gm Eb

Bb F Gm Eb

Bb Dm Gm Eb

[Chorus]

Bb Dm Gm Eb

You give me Vertigo

Bb Dm Gm Eb

Like I've never known

Bb F Gm Eb

Don't let me go

Bb F Gm Eb

You give me Vertigo

Bb F Gm Eb

You give me Vertigo

Bb F Eb Eb

You give me Vertigo

Eb Bb

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