Alvvays - After The Earthquake

Capo: 2nd fret

[Intro]
A A D D
A A G G
A A G G

[Verse 1]
A
After the earthquake
G
Pictures hanging diagonally
A
Drive through crying in a milkshake
G
It wasn’t built to last

[Verse 2]
A
Up in the front seat
G
You were playing with the station
A
And I was fidgeting with the heat
D G Em
Looking back to the vibrant days of racket in the hall

[Chorus]
D A
Caution to the breeze
Em D A
Say you’ll climb your way out of your wake now-ow
Em
Velvet curtain drawn
D A
Flowers at your feet
C G A
Say you’ll contemplate how you’re weighed down

[Instrumental]
Em D A A
Em D A A

[Verse 3]
A G
The pulse of the brakelight is the colour of burning embers
A
If you wake up, will you remember
G
The awful things I said at the edge of the bed?

[Verse 4]
A
Thrashing like a great white
G
As they rolled you up on a stretcher
(I feel the northern tide crashing)
A
And the faint words of Jessica Fletcher
(on the pines)
D G Em
Were drowned out by the sound of racket in the hall
(I feel the northern tide crashing on the pines)

[Chorus]
D A
Caution to the breeze
Em D A
Say you’ll climb your way out of your wake now-ow

[Bridge 1]
Dmaj7 Gmaj7
Those days, I’d never let you fall apart
Dmaj7 Gmaj7
But things fade like the scent of a brand new car
Dmaj7
Why would I ever fall in love again
E7 Em D A
When every detail is over the guardrail?
Em D A
Say you’ll climb your way out of your wake now

[Chorus]
A C Em A
Say you’ll contemplate how you’re weighed down

[Post-Chorus]
Em D A
Are you awake now?
Em D A
Are you awake now?

[Outro]
Em
Racket in the hall
D A
Caution to the breeze
Em
Velvet curtain drawn
D A
Flowers at your feet

[Outro]
Em D A A
C G A