The Escapist
The Escapist

The Escapist easy guitar chords by The Streets

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Transpose

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Capo
  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • A

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • A

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    All these 

    walls 
    were never 
    really 
    there 

    Nor 
    the 
    ceiling 
    or 
    the chair 

    I am eking 
    weeks 
    of peace 
    on 
    a beach 

    I see 
    the breezes 
    weave 
    the 
    trees 

    These 
    walls 
    you find 
    - they're 

    yours 
    and mine 

    Confined 
    not 
    by 
    them 

    I am 
    in times 
    that lie 
    behind 
    my 
    eyelids 

    The 
    sunsets 
    steal 
    the 
    rising 
    silence 

    I'll 
    not 
    feel 
    no fear 
    Verse 2

    'Cause I'm 
    not 
    really 
    here 

    I'm 
    nowhere 
    near here 

    Verse 3
    There's no 
    rain 
    on 
    roof 
    that 

    grates 
    and beats 
    me 

    My 
    favorite 
    tree 
    breaking 

    lights 
    to pieces 

    Sprinkling, 
    shaded 
    light 
    on 
    me 

    Throw 
    a stone 
    as 
    high 
    as you 
    can 

    And 
    hearing 
    with 
    hand not 
    hear 
    it 
    land 

    Nothing 
    tax
    ing, 
    dusting 
    sand 

    My 
    window 
    and world 

    spins 
    and 
    twirls 

    The walls 
    then 
    fall, 
    recall 
    the sore 

    White 
    clouds 
    white 
    wash 

    faded 
    spotless 

    The weighty 
    shadows, 

    ranges 
    of rocks 

    The cold 
    is all 
    il
    lusion 
    thought 
    up 

    The stroll 
    on the shore, 
    snooze 
    and 
    explore 

    All possibilities 
    in each 
    new 
    morning 

    Until 
    satisfied 
    reaching 
    out, 
    yawning 

    Fish 
    in a 
    big dish, 
    some rice 
    and 
    spice 

    Salt 
    over shoulder 
    never 
    (?) 

    The 
    truth 
    I've 
    told 
    was 

    si
    lence 
    sometimes 

    But 
    who 
    soul 
    does 
    not 

    hide 
    any crimes 

    Wrapped 
    in 
    walls, 
    en
    circled 
    by 
    work 

    The walls 
    fall 
    - this 
    story 
    occurs 

    No 
    barrier, 
    no 
    boundary, 

    all 
    hours 
    please 

    The freedom 
    to stay 
    all 
    stray 

    Be 
    fiend 
    or friend, 

    cause 
    no harm 
    but 
    charm 
    - the peaceful 
    end 

    I'll 
    not 
    feel 
    no fear 
    Verse 4

    'Cause 
    I'm 
    not 

    really 
    here 

    I'm 
    nowhere 
    near 
    here 

    Verse 5
    Pale 
    ancient 
    woods, 

    strewn 
    white 
    sandy 
    bays 

    This 
    ugly 
    room 
    pales 
    away 
    today 

    am 
    swimming, 
    in 
    the 
    ocean 

    sink 
    slow 
    motion 

    Fingers, 
    toes 
    floating 

    Every 
    year 
    'til 
    yesterday 

    See
    ing 
    the eternal 
    setting 
    sea 

    compare 
    all 
    this 
    to 
    me 

    Little 
    fleeting 
    momentary 
    me 

    blink 
    my 
    eyes, 
    this 
    is reminding 
    me 

    Life 
    lies 
    in 
    the blink 
    of an 
    eye 

    The 
    old die 
    for reason
    s, new 
    tide, 

    four 
    sea
    sons 

    New life 
    born 
    is like 
    changing 

    All 
    these walls 
    were really 
    never 
    there 

    Nor 
    the ceiling 
    or 
    the chair 

    I am eking 
    weeks 
    of peace 
    on a 
    beach 

    I see 
    the 
    breezes 
    weave the 
    trees 

    I am not 
    here 
    at 
    all 

    You 
    dearly 
    fooled 

    I see 
    busheling trees, 

    the shush 
    at 
    the sea 

    The mischievous 

    Fluttering 
    seagulls 

    No! 

    I'm not 
    trapped 
    in 
    box, 

    I'm 
    glancing 
    at 
    rocks 

    am dancing 
    off docks 

    Since 
    this 
    dance 
    began 

    That's 
    where 

    am 

    Verse 6

    I'm 
    not 
    feel 
    no fear 

    Cause I'm 
    not 
    really here 

    I'm 
    nowhere 
    near 

    Outro 1





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