Over My Head Cable Car Chords

by The Fray
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Db
Capo: 1st fret
Author erk584 [a] 154.
4 contributors total, last edit on Apr 25, 2023
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Chords

C
Em
G
Am
D
G/F#
Em7

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Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray - "How to Save a Life"
 
Capo on first fret
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
   C
I never knew
    Em              G             C
I never knew that everything was falling through
        Em        G               C
That everyone I knew was waiting on a queue
    Em       G               Am   Em        D
To turn and run when all I needed was the truth
                     C
But that's how it's got to be
       Em              G               C
It's coming down to nothing more than apathy
      Em             G              C
I'd rather run the other way than stay and see
      Em        G           Am     G        D
The smoke and who's still standing when it clears
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C    G    Em        G
Everyone knows I'm in
C        G     Em      D
Over my head, over my head
       C    G              Em     G
With eight seconds left in overtime
      C        G          Em   D    C
She's on your mind, she's on your mind
 
Em  G  C
Em  G
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
         C
Let's rearrange
   Em              G                C
I wish you were a stranger I could disengage
    Em           G              C
To say that we agree and then never change
    Em   G            Am        Em    D
Soften a bit until we all just get along
            C
But that's disregard
     Em           G              C
You find another friend and you discard
        Em          G          C
As you lose the argument in a cable car
     Em   G            Am    G     D
Hanging above as the canyon comes between
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C    G    Em        G
Everyone knows I'm in
C        G     Em      D
Over my head, over my head
       C    G              Em     G
With eight seconds left in overtime
      C        G          Em       D
She's on your mind, she's on your mind
 
C    G    Em        G
Everyone knows I'm in
C        G     Em      D
Over my head, over my head
       C    G              Em     G
With eight seconds left in overtime
      C        G          Em  D
She's on your mind, she's on, oh
 
 
[Bridge 1]
 
       C          Em       G           C
And suddenly I become a part of your past
       Em          G              C
I'm becoming the part that don't last
      Em    G             Am
I'm losing you and it's effortless
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
C                        Em            G
Without a sound we lose sight of the ground 
         C
In the throw around
         Em              G         C
Never thought that you wanted to bring it down
        Em         G            Am
I won't let it go down till we torch it ourselves
 
 
[Bridge 2]
 
G         G/F#
Everyone knows I'm in
Em7             C
Over my head, over my head
       C    G              Em   G
With eight seconds left in overtime
      Am       G          Em  D    C      Em
She's on your mind, she's on your mind...
G          C    Em         G       C
Everyone knows...   she's on your mind...
Em                 G         C
Everyone knows I'm in over my head
             Em          G
I'm in over my head, I'm over my...
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C    G    Em        G
Everyone knows I'm in
C        G     Em      D
Over my head, over my head
       C    G              Em     G
With eight seconds left in overtime
      C        G          Em   D  (C)
She's on your mind, she's on your mind
 
C      Em   G   x4
 
 
[Ending]
 
C
 
 
 
-Tabbed by Erik Berte
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104 comments
t.b.a.b
dude thats with alot of bands
+36
WhAtSeRnAmE<3
This is pretty good. I dont think this is the way that The Fray plays it but it still sounds nice.
+25
PolskaBro1824
The fact that The Fray was just compared to Fall Out Boy makes me disgusted. Fall Out Boy is the definition of shit.
+10