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Anchor

Birds Of Tokyo

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

C×○○
Dm××○
BbDiagram coming soon
F
GmDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: C Dm C , Dm Bb , Dm C 
 
Verse: 
C                    Dm      C 
We stayed afloat for just a while 
                   Dm     Bb 
We dared to swim alone 
                     Dm       C 
Dark water left your sinking heart to drown 
C                    Dm       C 
I know it's much too late to try 
                     Dm    Bb 
You're never coming home 
                          Dm       C 
When the tide came in you left without a sound 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 
         C         Dm        C 
We don't say, what we should say 
Dm      Bb                       Dm    C 
We get lost beyond the answer we find loneliness 
   C          Dm      C                         
We pretend but in the end 
Dm      Bb                       Dm    C 
We get lost beyond the answer we find loneliness 
 
 
Chorus: 
  Bb 
I never thought to hold you 
  F                                     C 
I never thought that you might need an anchor 
  Bb 
I never thought I'd lose you 
  F                                     C 
I never thought that you might need an anchor 
 
 
Verse: 
C                     Dm    C 
I've seen your face so many times 
                         Dm   Bb 
You've stood in front of me 
                           Dm     C                           
It was all so real, it was all so hard to see 
C                     Dm    C      
I'm chasing ghosts and alibis 
                 Dm    Bb 
Who speak so quietly 
                      Dm 
I can almost hear you say 
      C 
Don't cry for me 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 
         C         Dm        C 
We don't say, what we should say 
Dm      Bb                       Dm    C 
We get lost beyond the answer we find loneliness 
   C          Dm      C                         
We pretend but in the end 
Dm      Bb                       Dm    C 
We get lost beyond the answer we find loneliness 
 
 
Chorus: 
  Bb 
I never thought to hold you 
  F                                    C 
I never thought that you might need an anchor 
  Bb 
I never thought I'd lose you 
  F                                    C 
I never thought that you might need an anchor 
 
 
Bridge: 
Gm 
Now This is all on me 
Bb 
Take my apology 
Dm                       F         
I never thought it would end like it did here 
Gm 
Now this is all on me 
Bb 
Take apology 
     C 
It's all on me 
        C 
This is all on me 
 
 
Chorus: 
  Bb 
I never thought to hold you 
  F                                    C 
I never thought that you might need an anchor 
  Bb 
I never thought I'd lose you 
  F                                    C 
I never thought that you might need an anchor 
 
 
Outro: Bb Dm C x2

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Chord set

C · Dm · Bb · F · Gm

Practice tip

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