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Renaissance

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Renaissance by Mat Kearney from the album "Nothing Left To Lose"
Chords Used: 
BmStaGndDarAsus4d Tuning: 
Intro: Bm G D Asus4 (2X) Play along to figure strumming pattern
VERSE 1:  Bm   G   D   Asus4(6X)
BmThis is my renaissance
GThis is my one response
DThis is the way I say I love youAsus4  
BmThis is my second chance
GThis is my one romance
DThis is the cutting line
Asus4On which I stand to show you
BmIt happened fast in a flash just this evening
GI hit the gas, horn blast, brakes screaming
DCar crash, broken glass, broke my dreaming
Asus4I hit the dash so fast my ears are ringing
BmMy sister’s on the right side just slightly leaning
GI grabbed her hand hard until she started breathing
DMy brother’s in the back jaw cracked from the beating
Asus4The breath in my chest has slipped and I’m sinking
BmBlinking through diamond spider webs of cracked glass
GI’m trying to remember all the words you said in the past
DThrough the ash, siren screams and red beams
Asus4I hear you sing softly to me
CHORUS:  D   G   Asus4   D(2X)
DI can be the wall when you fall down
GFind me on the rocks when you break down
Asus4I heard it in the song when you call out
DBut I got to say now it’s got to change (REPEAT)
BREAK:  Bm   G   D   Asus4(1X)
BmThis is my broken heart
GThis is my bleeding start
DThis is the way I’ve come to know youAsus4  
BmThis is my winding road
GThis is my way back home
DThis is the narrow door you know that I will Asus4walk through
VERSE 2:  Bm   G   D   Asus4(4X)
BmI got a letter today of why she went away
GShe said, it’s better this way, you know I never could stay
DHalf empty closets and frames, all that’s left to my name
Asus4As she left in the rain and left my heart on a chain
BmThree years I’ve built this two-face tower for hours on a lease
GYou gave me one yellow flower that said rest in peace
DIn pieces I’ve broken open to think too much or just enough
Asus4Alone to trust midst the rubble and the dust
BmHumbled, it took this much to break down and understand
GSpent my life this far on castles made of sand
DTossed in the breakers in the palm of your hand
Asus4Now I can finally stand
CHORUS:  D   G   Asus4   D(4X)
DI can be the wall when you fall down
GFind me on the rocks when you break down
Asus4I heard it in the song when you call out
DBut I got to say now it’s got to change
DI can be the wall………….G  
Asus4I heard it in the song……………..D  
DI can be thGe wall…………………
Asus4I heard it in thDe song…………………
 	Bm  	G  	D   Asus4(2X)
BmThis is my renaissance
GThis is my one response
DThis is the way I say I love yoAsus4u.
End on Asus4

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Renaissance

by Mat Kearney

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Chords in this song · guitar

Asus4

Renaissance by Mat Kearney from the album "Nothing Left To Lose"

Chords Used:

Bm G D Asus4

Standard Tuning:

Intro: Bm G D Asus4 (2X) Play along to figure strumming pattern

Bm G D Asus4

VERSE 1: (6X)

This is my renaissance

This is my one response

D Asus4

This is the way I say I love you

This is my second chance

This is my one romance

This is the cutting line

Asus4

On which I stand to show you

It happened fast in a flash just this evening

I hit the gas, horn blast, brakes screaming

Car crash, broken glass, broke my dreaming

Asus4

I hit the dash so fast my ears are ringing

My sister’s on the right side just slightly leaning

I grabbed her hand hard until she started breathing

My brother’s in the back jaw cracked from the beating

Asus4

The breath in my chest has slipped and I’m sinking

Blinking through diamond spider webs of cracked glass

I’m trying to remember all the words you said in the past

Through the ash, siren screams and red beams

Asus4

I hear you sing softly to me

D G Asus4 D

CHORUS: (2X)

I can be the wall when you fall down

Find me on the rocks when you break down

Asus4

I heard it in the song when you call out

But I got to say now it’s got to change (REPEAT)

Bm G D Asus4

BREAK: (1X)

This is my broken heart

This is my bleeding start

D Asus4

This is the way I’ve come to know you

This is my winding road

This is my way back home

D Asus4

This is the narrow door you know that I will walk through

Bm G D Asus4

VERSE 2: (4X)

I got a letter today of why she went away

She said, it’s better this way, you know I never could stay

Half empty closets and frames, all that’s left to my name

Asus4

As she left in the rain and left my heart on a chain

Three years I’ve built this two-face tower for hours on a lease

You gave me one yellow flower that said rest in peace

In pieces I’ve broken open to think too much or just enough

Asus4

Alone to trust midst the rubble and the dust

Humbled, it took this much to break down and understand

Spent my life this far on castles made of sand

Tossed in the breakers in the palm of your hand

Asus4

Now I can finally stand

D G Asus4 D

CHORUS: (4X)

I can be the wall when you fall down

Find me on the rocks when you break down

Asus4

I heard it in the song when you call out

But I got to say now it’s got to change

D G

I can be the wall………….

Asus4 D

I heard it in the song……………..

D G

I can be the wall…………………

Asus4 D

I heard it in the song…………………

Bm G D Asus4

(2X)

This is my renaissance

This is my one response

D Asus4

This is the way I say I love you.

End on Asus4

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