Guernica chords by Brand New

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
Ever since  (A minor) 
A 
G 
C 
I was young  (A major)  (G major) your word is the word  (C major) that always won.
F 
Worry and wake the ones you love.  (F major) 
Am 
A phone  (A minor) call I'd rather not receive.
G 
C 
 (G major) Please use my body while  (C major) I sleep.

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Verse 2

My lungs are fresh and yours to keep,

Kept clean and they will let you breathe.

Is this the way a toy feels when

its batteries run dry?

I am the watch you always wear but

you forget to wind.

Verse 3
Em 
G 
 (E minor) Nobody plans to be half  (G major) a world
C 
away  (C major) at times like these,
Em 
So I sat  (E minor) alone and
D 
Am 
waited  (D major) out the night.  (A minor) 
Em 
G 
The best  (E minor) part of what has happened  (G major) 
C 
was the part  (C major) I must have missed.
Em 
D 
So I'm asking  (E minor) you to shine  (D major) 
A 
Am 
it on and stick  (A major)  (A minor) around.
A 
D 
A 
I'm not  (A major) writing my  (D major) goodbyes.  (A major) 
Am 
A 
G 
I submit no  (A minor) excuse.  (A major)  (G major) 

Verse 4
G 
C 
If this is what  (G major) I  (C major) have to do I owe
F 
you every day I wake.  (F major) 
Am 
 (A minor) If  I could I would shrink myself
G 
 (G major) and sink through your skin
C 
To  (C major) your blood cells and remove
Am 
whatever makes you  (A minor) hurt
F 
 (F major) But I am too weak to be your cure.
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 5
G 
Em 
Is this  (G major) the way a toy  (E minor) feels when
A 
Am 
Em 
its  (A major) batteries  (A minor) run dry?  (E minor) 
G 
Em 
I am the  (G major) watch you  (E minor) always
A 
Em 
wear but  (A major) you forget to  (E minor) wind.
G 
Nobody plans to be half  (G major) a world
C 
away  (C major) at times like these,
Em 
D 
So I sat  (E minor) alone and waited  (D major) 
out the night.
Am 
 (A minor) 

Verse 6
A 
 (A major) 
Am 
Em 
G 
 (A minor) The be (E minor) st  part of what has happened  (G major) 
C 
was the part  (C major) I must have missed.
Em 
D 
So I'm asking  (E minor) you to shine  (D major) 
A 
Am 
it on and stick  (A major)  (A minor) around.
A 
D 
A 
G 
I'm not writing  (A major) my  (D major) good (A major) byes.  (G major) 
Em 
F 
I'm not letting  (E minor) you check out.  (F major) 
Am 
A 
 (A minor)  (A major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 7
G 
C 
Em 
F 
Am 
C 
G 
D 
F 
C 
Em 
 (G major) You  (C major)  (E minor)  (F major)  (A minor) will  (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (F major)  (C major)  (E minor) beat this starting
G 
C 
Em 
D 
A 
Em 
now  (G major) and  (C major) you  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) will always
be around.
G 
C 
Em 
D 
 (G major) I'm  (C major) there to mon (E minor) itor your breathing  (D major) 
A 
Em 
I  (A major) will  (E minor) watch you while you're sleeping.
G 
C 
 (G major) I  will keep you safe  (C major) and sound.