as part of the Mitchell Black & White competition-
C#m---[x46654]
B-----[x24442]
E-----[022100]
A-----[x02220]
G#m---[466444]
[Verse 1]
C#m
Has it come to this?
C#m
We're stuck in the weeds
C#m
I get it, I'm not perfect
C#m
I was never trying to be
C#m
But I'm not long for this earth
C#m B
If we really only ever get one chance to burn
B C#m
I gotta trip before I can see the finish
C#m B
How else would I learn?
B E
I wanna know, how is it you do it?
[Chorus]
B C#m
When you land on your feet
A E
You're a nimble bastard
B C#m
And you don't skip a beat
A
Such a nimble bastard
E B C#m
Salt of the earth
G#m A
You're a nimble bastard
E B
Won't you show, lowly us
C#m A C#m
How do you see the stars from that far down? (Hah aah...)
[Verse 2]
C#m
I swing and I miss
C#m
And then come the creeps
B
It makes me want to faint
B C#m
I wanna know, how is it you do it? (Hah aah...)
C#m B
How do you spill the paint?
B E
And then fit it into a frame?
[Chorus]
B C#m
When you land on your feet
A E
You're a nimble bastard
B C#m
And you don't skip a beat
A
Such a nimble bastard
E B C#m
Salt of the earth
G#m A
You're a nimble bastard
E B
Won't you show, lowly us
C#m A
How do you see the stars from that far down?
[Instrumental Break]
e|---|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---|-----8---8---6-6-9---9---8h9-9---|-----6---6-------6---6---6-6-6---|-----2---2-------2---2---2-2-2---|
D|-6-|-6-6---------------------------4-|---4---------4-4---------4-4-4-0-|---0---------0-0---------0-0-0---|
E|---|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------4-|
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------7^------6---4-6\|\\\------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----6---------------------------|-----4---4h6-4h6---^-----6---4-2-|---4-4---4h6-4h6-^-------6-4-----|
A|---------6-5-4-------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------5---|
E|---4-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------5-|
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------7^------6---4-6\|\\\------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----6---6-----------------------|-----4---4h6-4h6---^-----6---4-2-|---4-4---4h6-4h6-7p6-7p6-4-----6-|
A|---------6-5-4-------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------5-----|
E|---4-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------5---|
e|-----------------10^------9---7-9\|\\\------------------------------|
B|-----9---9------------------------|-----7---7h9-7h9-9^------9---7-5-|
G|-----------7-6--------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---6------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------15/16-|
B|---7-7---7h9-7h9-10p9-10p9-7---7-9-|---10p9-12---9h12-14---12h14-17---14---------|
G|-----------------------------7-----|---------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
e|---19-16-19-16-19-16---16-16-16-16-16-16-16----|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------11-|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
[Bridge]
C#m
Has it come to this?
C#m
Has it come to this?
[Chorus]
E B C#m
When you land on your feet
A E
You're a nimble bastard
B C#m
And you don't skip a beat
A
Such a nimble bastard
E B C#m G#m
Salt of the earth
E B
Won't you show, lowly us
C#m A E B C#m
How do you see the stars from that far down?
A
You're a nimble bastard
E B C#m
Salt of the earth
A
Such a nimble bastard
E B C#m
Salt of the earth
A
You're a nimble bastard
E B
Won't you show, lowly us
C#m A C#m
How do you see the -- stars? (Hah aah...)
*************************************************
| / = slide up
| \ = slide down
| h = hammer
| p = pull-off
| ^ = bend to next note
\ b = bend up, then down
*************************************************Nimble Bastard chords and lyrics
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as part of the Mitchell Black & White competition- [Verse 1] [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Chorus] [Bridge] [Chorus] ************************************************* | / = slide up | \ = slide down | h = hammer | p = pull-off | ^ = bend to next note \ b = bend up, then down *************************************************
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