Calgary Live

Bon Iver

FolkAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

G6Diagram coming soon

Fmaj7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
Capo on 5th fret
              Bon Iver - Calgary Live (this version is not sung in Falsetto) 
Standard Tuning 
 
 
 
 
Intro: Am G6 C Fmaj7 Am  G6 Fmaj7 Am G6 C 
 
 
Fmaj7                             Am 
Don't you cherish me to sleep - aaaaah 
 
Fmaj7 
Never keep your eyelids clipped 
 
C                         G6 
Hold me for the pops and clicks 
 
      Fmaj7                       C 
I was only for the father's crib 
 
 
Am        G6       C 
Hair, old, long along 
 
Fmaj7                                  C 
Your neck onto your shoulder blades - aaaaah 
 
Fmaj7          
Always keep that message taped 
 
C                             G6 
Cross your breasts you won't erase 
 
     Fmaj7                      C 
I was only for your very space 
 
 
Am         G6     C 
Hip, under nothing 
 
Fmaj7                                C 
Propped up by your other one, face 'way from the sun 
 
Fmaj7 
Just have to keep a dialogue 
 
C                            G6 
Teach our bodies: haunt the cause 
 
     Fmaj7                         C 
I was only trying to spell a loss 
 
 
Am         G6       C  
Joy, it's all founded 
 
Fmaj7                           C 
Pincher with the skin inside - aaaah 
 
Fmaj7 
You pinned me with your black sphere eyes 
 
     C                        G6 
You know that all the rope's untied 
 
      Fmaj7                   C 
I was only for to die beside 
 
 
          C             Fmaj7            
So itʼs storming on the lake 
 
        G6               C 
Little waves our bodies break 
 
 
           C         Fmaj7 
There's a fire going out, 
 
                     G6            C 
But there's really nothing to the south 
 
 
        Em          Fmaj7 
Swollen orange and light let through 
 
     G6                           ...(fade out G6) 
Your one piece swimmer stuck to you 
 
 
Am       G6   C 
Sold, I'm Ever 
 
Fmaj7                       C 
Open ears and open eyes - aaaaah 
 
Fmaj7 
Wake up to your starboard bride 
 
     C                      G6 
Who goes in and then stays inside 
 
       Fmaj7                  ...(fade out Fmaj7)    
Oh the demons come, they can subside

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Chord set

Am · G6 · C · Fmaj7 · Em

Practice tip

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