Land Locked Blues — Bright Eyes
Chords and lyrics for Land Locked Blues by Bright Eyes (key of C).
Verse 1
If [C]you walk away, [G]I'll walk [C]away
First [C]tell me which [G]road you will [C]take
I [Am]don't want to [G]risk our paths [C]crossing some [Am]day
So you [C]walk that way, I'll [G]walk this way[C]
And the [C]future hangs [G]over our [C]heads
And it [C]moves with each [G]current [C]event
Until it [Am]falls all [G]around like a [C]cold steady [Am]rain
Just stay [C]in when it's [G]looking this [C]way
And the [C]moon's laying [G]low in the [C]sky
Forcing [C]everything [G]metal to [C]shine
And the [Am]sidewalk holds [G]diamonds like the [C]jewelry store [Am]case
They argue [C]walk this way, no,[G] walk this way[C]
And [C]Laura's [G]asleep in my [C]bed
As I'm [C]leaving she [G]wakes up and [C]says
"I dreamed you were [Am]carried [G]away on the [C]crest of a [Am]wave
Baby [C]don't go away,[G] come here"[C]
And there's [C]kids playing [G]guns in the [C]street
And ones [C]pointing his [G]tree branch at [C]me
So I [Am]put my hands [G]up I say [C]"enough is [Am]enough,
If you [C]walk away, I'll [G]walk away"[C]
And he shot me dead[C7]
[Am] I found a [G]liquid [C]cure
[Am] For my [G]landlocked [C]blues
It'll [F]pass [G]away like a [C]slow [Am]parade
It's [C]leaving but I [G]don't know how soon[C]
And the [C]world's got me [G]dizzy [C]again
You think after [C]22 [G]years I'd be [C]used to the spin
And it [Am]only feels [G]worse when I [C]stay in one [Am]place
So I'm always [C]pacing around or[G] walking away[C]
I keep [C]drinking the [G]ink from my [C]pen
And I'm [C]balancing [G]history books up [C]on my head
But it [Am]all boils [G]down to one [C]quotable [Am]phrase
If you [C]love something, [G]give it away[C]
A good [C]woman will [G]pick you [C]apart
A box [C]full of [G]suggestions for your [C]possible heart
But you [Am]may be [G]offended and you [C]may be [Am]afraid
But don't [C]walk away, don't [G]walk away[C]
We made [C]love on the [G]living room [C]floor
With the [C]noise in the [G]background from a [C]televised war
And in the [Am]deafening [G]pleasure I thought I [C]heard someone [Am]say
"If we[C] walk away, they'll [G]walk away"[C]
But [C]greed is a [G]bottomless [C]pit
And our [C]freedom's a [G]joke we're just [C]taking a piss
And the [Am]whole world must [G]watch the sad [C]comic [Am]display
If you're [C]still free start [G]running away[C]
Cause we're coming for you!
I've grown [C]tired of [G]holding this [C]pose
I feel [C]more like a [G]stranger each [C]time I come home
So I'm [Am]making a [G]deal with the [C]devils of [Am]fame
Saying "let me[C] walk away,[G] please"[C]
You'll be [C]free child [G]once you have [C]died
From the [C]shackles of [G]language and [C]measurable time
And then [Am]we can trade [G]places, play [C]musical [Am]graves
Till then [C]walk away,[G] walk away[C]
[C7]
[Am]So I'm [G]up at [C]dawn
[Am]Putting [G]on my [C]shoes
I just [F]want to [G]make a [C]clean [Am]escape
I'm[C] leaving but I [G]don't know where [C]to
I know I'm [Am]leaving but I [G]don't know where [C]to
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