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Laughter Lines

Bastille

RockEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am×
C×
G
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Am  C  G  G (4x)  
 
Verse 1:   
 
       Am                    C                          G           G  
You took me to your favourite place on earth   
     Am                      C                          G               G  
To see the tree they cut down ten years from your birth   
       Am                     C                       G              G  
Our fingers traced in circles round its history   
      Am                                 C                               G       G  
We brushed our hands right back in time through centuries, as  
 
Fill  
 
       Am  
You he-e-e-e-ld   
   C                 G  
me do-o-o-o-own   
You said:   
 
      Am                 C                          G            D  
I'll see you in the future when we're older   
       Am                C         G               D  
And we are full of stories to be told   
Am        C                G          D  
Cross my heart and hope to die   
Am       C                  G            D  
I'll see you with your laughter lines    
 
Am   C    G    D  
 
Verse 2:  
 
Am                    C                          G  
Changes on our hands and on our faces   
G  
Oh-oh   
Am                 C                           G  
Memories are mapped out by the guides   
      G  
will trace, as   
 
 
       Am  
You he-e-e-e-eld  
    C                G  
me do-o-o-o-own   
You said:   
 
      Am                 C                          G            D  
I'll see you in the future when we're older   
       Am                C         G               D  
And we are full of stories to be told   
Am        C                G          D  
Cross my heart and hope to die   
Am       C                  G            D  
I'll see you with your laughter lines    
 
 
Bridge: 
  
Am  
Ashen faces in cold breeze   
C  
Ashen faces in cold breeze   
Am  
All the stories you will leave   
Oh-oh   
G  
All the stories you will leave   
 
      Am                C                         G           D  
I'll see you in the future when we're older   
       Am               C        G              D  
And we are full of stories to be told   
Am        C                G          D  
Cross my heart and hope to die   
Am       C                  G            D  
I'll see you with your laughter lines   
 
     Am                 C                          G            D  
I'll see you in the future when we're old  
     Am                 C                          G            D  
I'll see you in the future when we're old  
     Am                 C                          G            D  
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ooooooh  
     Am                 C                          G            D  
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ooooooh   
 
Outro: Am   C   G   G   (4x)  
 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · C · G · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.