Confines

Black Pumas

R&B / SoulMedium for beginners4 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 Am  F  Dm  
        Am  F  Dm 
 
Am 
Life is just, life is keen 
          F           Dm 
I put in work, do my thing 
             Am 
To keep me merrily on the scene 
           F            Dm 
Keep me merrily on the scene 
Am 
"Make me wise, take me far" 
F                       Dm 
Says the mind unto the heart 
Am 
Keep me merrily on the scene 
F 
Keep merrily on the scene 
 
Am                       G 
In life's confines I try 
F 
In life's confines I try to let my soul refine 
 
        Am 
But never mind how fast you go 
       F 
We all shine then burn over 
 Am 
Like the stars in the night 
          F 
So cast a dream and watch it glide 
            Am 
To keep you merrily on the scene 
           G 
Keep you merrily on the scene 
                  F 
'Cause in life's confines 
 
We've got to let our souls refine 
 
            Am                 F 
And if this light should burn  out 
       Am         F 
May we carry on,  child 
                   Am 
Gently down the stream 
 
Solo Am  F  Dm  
       Am  F  Dm 
       Am  F  Dm  
       Am  F  Dm 
 
Am                       G 
In life's confines I try 
F 
In life's confines I try to let my soul refine 
 
Am  F  Dm  Am  F  Dm 
'Til you break down, love 
Do what the lovers do 
(Do what the lovers do) 
'Til you can't go on no longer 
Let it roll like the lovers do 
(Do what the lovers do) 
Let it go 
(Do what the lovers do) 
Don't you know what the lovers do 
What the lovers do 
(Do what the lovers do)

Details

Rating

Not rated yet

Chord set

Am · F · Dm · G

Practice tip

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