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Too Late To Say Goodbye

Cage The Elephant

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

Em
BDiagram coming soon
C×
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Em B 
 
Verse: 
 
Em                           B 
Oh my precious ember burning my sweet glowing light 
C                               B 
From the moment I first saw you I was yours and you were mine 
Em                              B 
Deep down we both knew you were trouble by design 
C                                 B 
And the echo of my mother's words baby don't you play with fire 
 
Pre Chorus: 
 
Em    D                    
I was always playing that part 
Em         D 
first love always at that spot 
Em        D                  B 
There was no way changing my mind 
 
Hold B           Em                  C    
Now I'm under your spell, trapped in a lie 
               D                       B 
Shouldn't have stood that close to the fire 
           Em                C               
No turning back, no where to run 
            D          B  
No where to hide, it's too late to say goodbye 
Em                  C            D              B 
Push back from my heart, wish we go back to the start 
          Em          C            D 
But oh my God is this real no more time  
     B               
it's too late, it's too late to say goodbye 
 
Intro bass line 
 
Verse: 
 
Em                              B 
I can hear the sounds of sirens circling around 
C                                  B 
Forced to watch the ashes floating softly drifting to the ground 
Em                              B 
Deep down we both knew you were trouble by design 
C                                 B 
And the echo of my mother's words baby don't you play with fire 
 
Pre Chorus: 
 
Em    D                    
I was always playing that part 
Em         D 
first love always at that spot 
Em        D                  B 
There was no way changing my mind 
 
Hold B             Em                  C    
Now I'm under your spell, trapped in a lie 
               D                       B 
Shouldn't have stood that close to the fire 
           Em                C               
No turning back, no where to run 
            D          B  
No where to hide, it's too late to say goodbye 
Em                  C            D              B 
Push back from my heart, wish we go back to the start 
          Em          C            D 
But oh my God is this real no more time  
     B               
It's too late, it's too late to say goodbye 
 
Solo: 
 
Em C D B x2 
 
Bridge: 
 
C             D                B             C 
After all the dust has settled we can settle down 
C               D          B           C 
Just the two of us forever no one else around 
B           C       
No one else around 
B 
around 
 
Hold B             Em                  C    
Now I'm under your spell, trapped in a lie 
               D                       B 
Shouldn't have stood that close to the fire 
           Em                C               
No turning back, no where to run 
            D          B  
No where to hide, it's too late to say goodbye 
Em                  C            D              B 
Push back from my heart, wish we go back to the start 
          Em          C            D 
But oh my God is this real no more time  
     B               
it's too late, it's too late, it's too late to say goodbye 
 
To finish it up: 
 
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   E Q   Q   E Q     W                 
E|-----------------|-0---------------| 
B|-----------------|-0---------------| 
G|-----------------|-0---------------| 
D|-----------------|-2---------------| 
A|-3-2---0---------|-2---------------| 
E|-----------3-2---|-0---------------| 
 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · B · C · D

Practice tip

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