Gießen Chords

GIEßEN
As recorded by Kevin Devine
(2015 release)
 
 
 
Capo 1st fret.
If you don't want to use a capo transpose +1 step.
 
 
 
[Intro]
D
 
 
[Verse 1]
           Gmaj7
Today your ghost
                  C
Suspended from my ceiling
         Gmaj7             D
Asked if I remembered Germany?
             Gmaj7
And that one club
                      C
Upstairs backstage in Gießen
               Gmaj7                           D
We rolled coke joints that Bracco thought were weed
 
 
[Bridge]
Em                   Gb
And when we told him quick
                 Bm
Before he took a hit
              Em
His eyes were wounded
G                        Em
Sick confusion, shock surrounded
          A7
"What the fuck guys are you kidding me?"
 
 
[Interlude]
D Gmaj7   D   Gmaj7   D
 
 
[Verse 2]
       Gmaj7
Lately I've
                   D
Been looking for a reason
          Gmaj7                    D
Something clean that I could wrap around
       Gmaj7
An argument 
                D
For leavin' my apartment
            Gmaj7                   D
To walk the world the way I feel it now
 
 
[Bridge]
Em                 Gb7
I wasn't scared of death
                 Bm
Until it took my friend
         E7
I wasn't ready
           G                    Em
We've been planning, let's make music
        A7                            Gb
We both miss it and it's been too long
    Bm                E7
And so the best I can do
               G
Is write you a song
              D   Gb     Bm
On the guitar you gave me
                E7
And try to make sense
                   G
Of the hole in the ground
                   D      Gb      Bm
That swallowed our future history
            E7
And to show up
            G
Be present enough
               D             Gb    Bm
For all of our friends, your family
          E7                   G Gb
And for myself, take care of myself
 
 
[Outro]
Em                     Gb7
And since I heard that night
                       Bm
There's been a hundred times
               E7
Were something happened
            G                   Abm7
I'd like to call you, I don't believe it
       A                            Gb
When I remember that I can't and why
    Bm Dm G
Goodbye
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