Citadel

Anna Nalick

RockMedium for beginners6 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.

 
              Bm                A 
I'm sitting on a citadel 
Bm 
Contemplating life 
          A 
Making a point to waste my time 
                 D        A 
I'm walking on clouds of white 
 
 
           D 
What if I fall? 
           A 
What if I don't? 
           G            C 
What if I never make it home? 
           D 
What if I bleed? 
           A 
What if I break? 
           G            C 
And I find that I can't take 
Bm 
The city below the Citadel 
           A 
Holding my own hand? 
 
Bm    A    Bm   A
 
Bm                       A 
And I'm breaking on the balcony 
                Bm
Breaking window panes 
            A              
Killing the pain of broken hearts 
               D
I'm walking on clouds 
           A
Walking on stars 
 
           D 
What if I fall? 
           A 
What if I don't? 
           G            C 
What if I never make it home? 
           D 
What if I bleed? 
           A 
What if I break? 
           G            C 
And I find that I can't take 
Bm 
The city below the Citadel 
           A 
Holding my own hand?
 
G 
I'm holding on to something 
     D 
It's keeping me from jumping 
G                D     A 
I'm so afraid to do it alone 
    G 
And holding up this fortress 
 D 
With imaginary forces 
F                       A 
Longing for a life down below 
 
           D 
What if I fall? 
           A 
What if I don't? 
           G            C 
What if I never make it home? 
           D 
What if I bleed? 
           A 
What if I break? 
           G            C 
And I find that I can't take 
Bm 
The city below the Citadel 
           A 
Holding my own hand?

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Chord set

Bm · A · D · G · C · F

Practice tip

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