Cradles Chords

by Sub Urban
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author Jaysus_JS [pro] 72.
6 contributors total, last edit on Feb 18, 2022
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Chords

Am
E
F
C

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[Intro]
 
   Am             E               F                C
e|---------0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1-------1----------0----------------1-------------------------|
G|-2------------------1-------1--------2-------2-----------0---------| x2
D|----------------2---------------3--------------------2-------2-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------3-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Am
  E              F            C            Am
I live inside my own world of make believe
     E                  F           C        Am
Kids screaming in their cradles, profanities
  E                     F               C       Am
I see the world through eyes covered in ink and bleach
      E                F                  C
Cross out the ones who heard my cries and watched me weep
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am     E          F
I love everything
     C               Am
Fire spreading all around my room
   E
My world's so bright
     F                   C
It's hard to breathe but that's alright
Hush!
 
 
[Bridge]
 
Am  E  F  C  x4
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Am      E            F          C   Am
Tape my eyes open to force reality
    E                     F             C        Am
Why can't you just let me eat my weight in glee?
  E              F            C            Am
I live inside my own world of make believe
     E                  F           C        Am
Kids screaming in their cradles, profanities
         E            F           C              Am
Somedays I feel skinnier than all the other days
         E            F               C
And some days I can't tell if my body belongs to me
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am     E          F
I love everything
     C               Am
Fire spreading all around my room
   E
My world's so bright
     F                   C
It's hard to breathe but that's alright
Hush!
 
 
[Bridge]
 
   Am             E               F                C
e|-0-------0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1---1-------1--0-------0-------1--------1-------------------------|
G|-2--------------1---1-------1---2----2-------2---0-------0---------| x4
D|----------------2---------------3----------------2---2-------2-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------3-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
Am      E
I wanna taste your content
F                C
Hold your breath and feel the tension
Am          E
Devils hide behind redemption
F       C
Honesty is a one way gate to hell
Am      E
I wanna taste consumption
F        C
Breathe faster to waste oxygen
Am           E
Hear the children sing aloud
F                 C
It's music 'til the wick burns out
Hush
 
 
[Bridge]
 
   Am             E               F                C
e|-0-------0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1---1-------1--0-------0-------1--------1-------------------------|
G|-2--------------1---1-------1---2----2-------2---0-------0---------| x2
D|----------------2---------------3----------------2---2-------2-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------3-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Outro]
 
              Am         E
Just wanna be care free lately
F            C
Just kicking up daisies
      Am           E
Got one too many quarters in my pocket
F              C
Count 'em like four leaf clovers in my locket
Am     E
Untied laces
F           C
Just tripping on daydreams
  Am              E
Got dirty little lullabies playing on repeat
F                      C
Might as well just rot around the nursery and count sheep
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12 comments
unitatoa1
THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITION OF THE TAB IN THE BEGINNING!!! I'd been improvising it up until now, so I really appreciate it. Sounds great :D
+16
izbizz38
If you want it to sound really sick, pick the chords in the start of the chorus, up until the beat drops
+5
william.hospodar
I recommend moving the picking up one octave
+4