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Ladder Song

Bright Eyes

RockAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

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

Bm×
F#7Diagram coming soon
Em
G
A×
D××
F#mDiagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Bm                     F#7 
No one knows where the ladder goes 
Bm                            F#7 
You're going to lose what you love the most 
Em                  G 
You're not alone in anything 
Em                   G 
You're not unique in dying 
Bm                     F#7 
I feel estranged every now and then 
Bm                  F#7 
Fall asleep reading science fiction 
Em                    G 
I want to fly in your silver ship 
Em                 G      A 
Let Jesus hang and Buddha sit 
 
D 
It's on now 
             F#m 
The days are long now 
                G 
The ups and the sundowns 
               A 
And a twisting mind 
               D 
If I've got to go first 
              F#m 
I'll do it on my terms 
             G                        A 
I'm tired of traitors always changing sides 
          D       A  G 
They were friends of mine 
 
Bm                       F#7 
Don't hang around as the promise breaks 
Bm                       F#7 
You'll be there when the next one's made 
Em                 G 
Kiss the feet of a charlatan 
Em             G 
Some imagined freedom 
Bm              F#7 
All the rest is predictable 
Bm                     F#7 
You can say you're the first to know 
Em                 G 
Bought a mantra to concentrate 
Em           G       A 
Car alarm or hissing snake 
 
D 
I know now 
                  F#m 
How it's going to turn now 
           G 
You got to calm down 
                A 
Or I'll lose my place 
                  D 
Got to get to the center 
                  F#m 
Got to get to the concert 
               G 
Run off with a dancer 
             A 
Going to celebrate 
 
Em                A 
We'll welcome the new age 
D          G  G/F# Em 
Covered in warrior paint 
                A             D 
Lights from the jungle to the sky 
Em         A 
See now, a star's born 
D                 G    G/F# Em  
Looks just like a blood orange 
              A                D 
Don't it just make you want to cry 
          D     A  G 
Precious friend of mine? 
 
Bm                     F#7 
Well, I know when it's finally done 
Bm                     F#7 
This whole life's a hallucination 
Em                  G 
You're not alone in anything 
Em                  G 
You're not alone in trying  
B 
To be     
          
 

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Chord set

Bm · F#7 · Em · G · A · D · F#m · F# · B

Practice tip

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