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The High Road

Broken Bells

RockEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

Dm××
C×
G
Am×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: 
Dm, C (repeat) 
 
 
Dm   C               Dm 
Go down to wait all night 
        C               Dm 
She's bound to run him out 
     C                     G 
The rest of the nothing of any how 
             Dm 
To each his own 
Dm   C                Dm 
The garden is sorting out 
     C                  Dm 
She curls her lips on a bar 
    C                         G 
I don't know if you're dead or not 
             Dm 
If you're anyone 
 
     C                   Dm 
Come on and get the minimum 
   C                     Dm 
Before you open up your eyes 
     C                  G        
It's all being served in your hands 
             Dm 
Your addled eyes 
     C                   Dm 
Come on and get to open yours 
    C                   Dm 
Collected at the borderlines 
      C             G 
They want to get up in your hair 
 
 
       Dm              C 
Cause they know, so do I 
     Dm                   C 
The high road is hard to find 
   Dm                 C 
A detour in your new life 
     Dm                           C 
Tell all of your friends getting warm 
 
 
Dm   C                Dm 
The dogs who ran all night 
     C                Dm 
The son who hoped it would 
   C                   G  
Break from the warfare in your house 
             Dm 
To each his own 
     C                  Dm 
The soldier is bailing out 
     C                   Dm 
And curled his lips on a bar 
    C                     G 
And I don't know if the dead can talk 
      Dm 
To anyone 
 
     C                   Dm 
Come on and get the minimum 
   C                     Dm 
Before you open up your eyes 
     C                  G        
It's all being served in your hands 
              Dm 
Are you one of us 
     C                   Dm 
Come on and get to open yours 
    C                   Dm 
Collected at the borderlines 
      C             G 
They want to get up in your hair 
 
 
       Dm              C 
Cause they know, so do I 
     Dm                   C 
The high road is hard to find 
   Dm                 C 
A detour in your new life 
     Dm                           C 
Tell all of your friends getting warm 
 
 
C                             Am 
It's too late to change your mind 
      Dm               G 
You let laws be your guide 
          
 

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Chord set

Dm · C · G · Am

Practice tip

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