Dashboard Confessional - The End Of An Anchor

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

Gb Db
I was away for a while
Bbm B
But I’m hoping someday you’ll forgive me
Gb Db
But I don’t deserve it
Bbm B
I’ll cherish it well if you give me
Gb
One of your new starts
Db
Just one more last chance
Bbm
I swear that I’ll earn it
B
If you front me for now
Gb Db
I’m good for it I swear
Bbm B
I’m better now I swear

[Interlude]

Gb Emaj7913
Gb Emaj7913

[Chorus]

Gb
In earlier days
Emaj7913
They’d persecute people
Ebm
They’d carry them off
Db
And hobble their legs
Gb
For lesser offences
Emaj7913
Than how I have harmed you
Ebm
But still you allow me
Db B
To walk free of pain
Gb
Though I punish myself
Emaj7913
I will never settle
B
The debts I’ve incurred
Bb
For scorning the face
Gb
Of absolute beauty
Emaj7913
And measureless grace
B
And though I once mocked you
Bm Gb Emaj7913 B
I’m dying to pay for it now.
Bbm Gb Emaj7913 B Bm
I’m dying to pay for it now.

[Bridge]

Gb
So hand me the rocks
Db
To help weigh me down
Gb Ebm Db
And tether my legs with a cord tightly bound to the
Gb
End of an anchor
Db
Thrown in to the sound
Gb
And test me to see
Ebm Db
If I will rise
B
Against
Ebm
The worst
Db
That it
G
Can get.

[Interlude]

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[Verse 2]

Gb Db
I wasn’t well for a while
Bbm B
I savor the things that I knew
Gb
Were sure to destroy me
Db
And that seemed to hold me
Bbm B
That seemed to carry me where I couldn’t go
Gb
On the strength of my own
Db Bbm B
But I should’ve known
Gb Db
That that gets me nowhere
Bbm B
I’ve learned that now I swear

[Interlude]

Gb Emaj7913
Gb Emaj7913

[Chorus 2]

Gb
In earlier days
Emaj7913
They’d persecute people
Ebm
They’d carry them off
Db
And hobble their legs
Gb
For lesser offences
Emaj7913
Than how I have harmed you
Ebm
But still you allow me
Db B
To walk free of pain
Gb
Though I punish myself
Emaj7913
I will never settle
B
The debts I’ve incurred
Bb
For scorning the face
Gb
Of absolute beauty
Emaj7913
And measureless grace
B
And though I once mocked you
Bm Gb Emaj7913 B
I’m dying to pay for it now.
Bbm Gb Emaj7913 B Bm
I’m dying to pay for it now.

[Bridge]

Gb
So hand me the rocks
Db
To help weigh me down
Gb Ebm Db
And tether my legs with a cord tightly bound to the
Gb
End of an anchor
Db
Thrown in to the sound
Gb
And test me to see
Ebm Db
If I will rise
B
Against
Ebm
The worst
Db
That it
B
Can get.
Abm7 Bbm7 B
Well I wasn’t sure that I could
Abm7 Bbm7 B
Well I wasn’t sure that I could
Abm7 Bbm7 B
Well I wasn’t sure that I could
Gb
But I can.

[Outro]

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