World Sick

Broken Social Scene

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro: C 
 
verse 1 
C 
We got a minefield of crippled affection 
C 
All for the borrowed mirror connection 
C                 F                C 
That's why I'm leaving this spoken detention 
C               F                          C 
I'm a romance addict so that I can confess that 
 
      Am               G               C 
I get world sick every time I take a stand 
            Am             G               C 
Well, I get world sick, my love is for my man 
 
verse 2 
C 
We got a lady who's wanting to dance 
C 
Men with the maybe looking for endings 
 
          Am               G               C 
And I get world sick every time I take a stand 
            Am             G               C 
Yeah, I get world sick, my love is for my man 
 
Instrumental 
C  F Em Am  G 2x 
Am G 
Am G 4x 
C 
 
verse 3 
C 
I'm sick of the self-love, losing the "bless me" 
C 
The exit the roof of the rule of what we'll be 
C               F                      C 
And all the destroyers that never wore dresses 
C                   F                       C 
They live for the older, well, I'll confess this 
 
      Am               G               C 
I get world sick every time I take a stand 
            Am             G               C 
Well, I get world sick, my love is for my man 
      Am               G               C 
I get world sick every time I take a stand 
            Am             G               C 
Well, I get world sick, my love is for my man 
 
Instrumental 
C  F Em Am  G (3x) 
Am G 
 
Outro 
Am G 7x 
F C 2x 
Am G F C 
F C 2x 
C

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Chord set

C · F · Am · G · Em

Practice tip

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