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Standard tuning / piano
Feel free to make another version with the dramatic substitutions in place.
[Intro]
FmBack in the city, I’m just another
BbGirl in a sweater
FmPerpetual novice, signature on a
AbCheck made out to you
[Verse 1]
EbTook ten laps ‘round the planet
AbTo prove what I wasn’t
EbAnd the door slams hard behind you
AbWhen you leave the house of judgment
[Verse 2]
EbBeen waiting for regret to hit me
AbSome kind of reckoning
EbI waited for the drop, 'cause lately
AbThe yang comes with yin
[Pre-Chorus]
FmBack in the city, I’m just another
BbGirl in a sweater
FmPerpetual novice, signature on a
AbCheck made out to you
FmNow there’s the sunset, salt in the wound, yeah
BbSometimes I don’t know who I’m singing to
FmWho is the you who I sing to
AbWhen the house is empty?
[Chorus]
EbYou open the door to another door, to another door
AbTo another door, to another door, and I’m running
EbThrough to
Abyou
EbYou open the door to another door, to another door
AbTo another door, to another door, and I’m running
EbThrough to
Abyou
[Verse 3]
EbAnd we’re waking up sore and dizzy
AbFrom a ten year concussion
EbAnd the rainfall makes you miss me
AbEven though you say it doesn’t
[Pre-Chorus]
FmBack in the city, I’m just another
BbGirl in a sweater
FmBack in the city, everything’s different
AbWhen we’re not together
[Chorus]
EbYou open the door to another door, to another door
AbTo another door, to another door, and I’m running
EbThrough to
Abyou
EbYou open the door to another door, to another door
AbTo another door, to another door, and I’m running
EbThrough to
Abyou
[Bridge]
EbRunning, running, running, running
AbRunning, running, running, running
[Pre-Chorus]
FmBack in the city, I’m just another
BbGirl in a sweater
FmPerpetual novice, signature on a
AbCheck made out to you
EbNow Fmthere’s the sunset, salt in the wound, yeah
AbSometimes I don’t know who I’m singing to
EbWho Fmis the you who I sing to
BbWhen the house is empty?
[Chorus]
N.C
You open the door to another door, to another door, to another door, to another door, and I’m running
EbThrough to
Abyou
EbYou open the door to another door, to another door
AbTo another door, to another door, and I’m running
EbThrough to
Abyou
[Bridge]
EbRunning, running, running, running
AbRunning, running, running, running
EbRunning, running, running, running
AbRunning, running, running, running
[Pre-outro]
Eb(AdAb-liEbb)Ab  
 Fm(Bb)  Ab   Fm   Bb   Fm(Bb) Ab  
(Ad-lib)
[Outro]
EbRunning, running, running, running
AbRunning, running, running, running

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Door

by Caroline Polachek

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard tuning / piano

Feel free to make another version with the dramatic substitutions in place.

[Intro]

Back in the city, I’m just another

Girl in a sweater

Perpetual novice, signature on a

Check made out to you

[Verse 1]

Took ten laps ‘round the planet

To prove what I wasn’t

And the door slams hard behind you

When you leave the house of judgment

[Verse 2]

Been waiting for regret to hit me

Some kind of reckoning

I waited for the drop, 'cause lately

The yang comes with yin

[Pre-Chorus]

Back in the city, I’m just another

Girl in a sweater

Perpetual novice, signature on a

Check made out to you

Now there’s the sunset, salt in the wound, yeah

Sometimes I don’t know who I’m singing to

Who is the you who I sing to

When the house is empty?

[Chorus]

You open the door to another door, to another door

To another door, to another door, and I’m running

Through to

you

You open the door to another door, to another door

To another door, to another door, and I’m running

Through to

you

[Verse 3]

And we’re waking up sore and dizzy

From a ten year concussion

And the rainfall makes you miss me

Even though you say it doesn’t

[Pre-Chorus]

Back in the city, I’m just another

Girl in a sweater

Back in the city, everything’s different

When we’re not together

[Chorus]

You open the door to another door, to another door

To another door, to another door, and I’m running

Through to

you

You open the door to another door, to another door

To another door, to another door, and I’m running

Through to

you

[Bridge]

Running, running, running, running

[Pre-Chorus]

Back in the city, I’m just another

Girl in a sweater

Perpetual novice, signature on a

Check made out to you

Eb Fm

Now there’s the sunset, salt in the wound, yeah

Sometimes I don’t know who I’m singing to

Eb Fm

Who is the you who I sing to

When the house is empty?

[Chorus]

N.C

You open the door to another door, to another door, to another door, to another door, and I’m running

Through to

you

You open the door to another door, to another door

To another door, to another door, and I’m running

Through to

you

[Bridge]

Running, running, running, running

[Pre-outro]

Eb Ab Eb Ab

(Ad-lib)

Fm Bb Ab Fm Bb Fm Bb Ab

() ()

(Ad-lib)

[Outro]

Running, running, running, running

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