By Rote Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][F#m][A][G]
[Em][Gm][F#m][D][G][F#m][A][G]
[Em][Gdim][F#m]

[Verse 1]
[D]Concrete,
rationale, mathematic[G]s[F#m]
Oh, [A]I recall [G]you saying that
I [Em]had it[Gm][D]
Perhaps just to encourage
and keep me at [G]it[F#m]
Well, it [A]worked, I [G]persevered,
now I'm [Em]an addict[Gm]
[F#m]I reme[D]mber watching your hand
upon [G]the off -white key[F#m]s
Over [A]all [G]your calls,
I dare to [Em]stay with [Gm]me
[F#m]Following[D] your finger,
I trace across [G]every word
[F#m]And he[A]re I am st[G]ill,
trying to re[Em]peat what I've [Gdim]learned
[F#m]A numb[D]er so precise and so lean[G]
[F#m]And it's the od[A]d ones
[G]that have always meant more to [Em]me
[Gm]The [D]ritual it demands that I repeat
[G]Eve[F#m]ry sim[A]ple tas[G]k obs[Em]essively[Gm]
[D]I remember watching in the
morning [G]off white key[F#m]s
All the [A]hollow [G]coins,
are they [Em]staying with [Gm]me?[F#m]
[D]Following your finger,
trace across [G]every word
[F#m]And he[A]re I am st[G]ill,
trying to re[Em]peat what I've [Gdim]learned[F#m][Em]
I let [D]it slip from time to [Em]time
It's not [D]a curse, darlin', it's [Em]not
Yes I let it slip [D]from time to [Em]time
I hope you don't [A]mind,
[G]you don't min[A]d[G]
Hope you don't [A]mind, [G]you don't min[A]d[G][D][G]
[F#m][A][G][Em][Gdim][D]
[G][F#m][A][G][Em][Gm]
[F#m]Perhaps I[D]'m not confusing
[G]real life to song
[F#m]I thou[A]ght I knew the [G]difference
but [Em]I was[Gm]
[F#m]Once t[D]here were boundaries,
but now they're [G]gone[F#m]
They [A]pulled me in [G]too deep,
now I just [Em]float [Gm]along
[F#m]I reme[D]mber watching your hand
upon [G]the off -white key[F#m]s
And all the [A]hard [G]cords,
are they stay[Em]ing with [Gm]me?[F#m]
[D]Following you here,
tracing across [G]every [F#m]word
And [A]here I am [G]still,
trying to re[Em]peat what I've
[Gdim]learned[F#m][Em]
And I let [D]it slip from time to time
[Em]But it's not a thr[D]eat, no, it's benign
[Em]Yes, I let [D]it slip, times, times
[Em]I hope you don't mind,[A]
[G]you don't min[A]d[G]
You don't [A]mind, [G]you don't min[A]d you[G]