The Pit

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D
I would rather stay here
Bm
where the flowers bloom and the sun, it shines
it shines on you
G A D
It lights up your eyes
BmAG
x2
Bm A G
Sitting here all by ourselves, counting all the people
Bm A G
As they pass us by
Bm A
They gather all around, stare on down
G D Em
Into a dark, dark, pit
Bm A G
Don't go, please don't go
Bm A
But they step on in, they fall all in
G
They walk all over you
Bm A G D Em
One step at a time they walk in a line down a false, false, hope
Chorus
D
I would rather stay here
Bm
where the flowers bloom and the sun, it shines
it shines on you
G A D
it lights up your eyes
D
I would rather stay here
where the moon, it glows
Bm
soaring doves and falling crows
G A D
laughter is the only sound here
D Em G D
If i had one wish, I'd fill up that pit, I'd fill up that pit
Em
I'd cry till it filled to the brim
G D
You'd swim to the top, and I'd grab your hand
Bm A
Oh how can I, how can I convince you to stay
G
where all the flowers bloom and the grass it sways
Bm A
And the rain, it pours, and the waves all roar
G
and the trees they grow, and the falling crow
Bm A
soars down into that dark cold pit
G G*once
and you follow it in, oh you follow it in
D
I would rather stay here
Bm
where the flowers bloom and the sun, it shines
it shines on you
G A D
it lights up your eyes
D
I would rather stay here
where the moon it glows
Bm
soaring doves and falling crows
G A D
laughter is the only sound here
D Em G D
If I had one wish, I'd fill up that pit, I'd fill up that pit
Em
Oh, I'd cry till it filled to the brim
G D
You'd swim to the top and I'd grab your hand

The Pit chords and lyrics

Free chords for The Pit by Imagine Dragons. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

it shines on you
Bm A G x2
Chorus 
it shines on you 
where the moon, it glows
          G                                G*once
and you follow it in, oh you follow it in 
it shines on you
where the moon it glows

The Pit Chords by Imagine Dragons

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