The Architect chords by
Kacey Musgraves

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Key: A major

Verse 1
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Even something
as small as an apple
C C 
 
D D 
 
It's simple and somehow complex
G G 
 
C C 
 
Sweet and divine, the perfect design
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Can I speak to the architect?

Verse 2
G G 
 
There's a canyon that cuts
through the desert
C C 
 
D D 
 
Did it get there because of a flood?
G G 
 
C C 
 
Was it devised? Or were you surprised
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
When you saw how grant it was?

Verse 3
Em Em 
 
Was it thought out at all or just
C C 
 
paint on a wall?
G G 
 
D D 
 
Is there anything that you re gret?
G G 
 
I don't understand,
C C 
 
are there blueprints or plans?
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
Can I speak to  the architect?
G G 
 

Verse 4
Sometimes I look in the mirror
C C 
 
D D 
 
And wish I could make a request
G G 
 
Could I pray it away? Am
C C 
 
I  shapeable clay?
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Or is this as good as it gets?

Verse 5
G G 
 
One day, you're on top of the mountain
C C 
 
D D 
 
So high that you'll never come down
G G 
 
Then the wind at your back
C C 
 
carries ember and ash
G G 
 
That it burns your whole house to the ground

Verse 6
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Is it thought out at all or just paint on a wall?
G G 
 
D D 
 
Is there anything that you regret?
G G 
 
I don't understand,
C C 
 
are there blueprints or plans?
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
Can I speak to the architect?

Interlude 1

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C

Em

C

G

Bm

G

C

G

Bm

C

G

Verse 7
G G 
 
I thought that I was too broken
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
And maybe too hard to love
G G 
 
I was in a weird place,
C C 
 
then I saw the right face
G G 
 
And the stars and the planets lined up

Verse 8
Em Em 
 
Does it happen by chance?
C C 
 
Is it all happenstance?
G G 
 
D D 
 
Do we have any say in this mess?
G G 
 
C C 
 
Is too late to make some more space?
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
Can I speak to the architect?
G G 
 
This life that we make,
C C 
 
is it random or fate?
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Can I speak to the architect?
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
Is  there an architect?

Outro 1

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