Biography:
Bad Books, simply put, is Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra.
A true accident if there ever was one; Bad Books was never an intended nor calculated side project of Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull. Though the two musicians have collaborated and performed together on tour and within the Favorite Gentlemen community of artists for years now, the genesis of Bad Books came from a simple idea to fill space and time off the road by collaborating on a small batch of songs together at the top of the year.
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Capo 3
All of the chords in brackets are optional. Kevin often plays them in his live performances.
The chords are pretty straightforward. Just to make things easier...
C/G is 332010
B/F# is 224442
C/B is x20010 (It's just a bass walk down from C to Am)
C/G Em
Your crooked days come bundled up in bunches
F C/G B/F#
break your brain like a branch
C/G Em
And push you out here asking after something
F C/G
you should know I don't have
(C/B) Am F C/G
'Cause If I had it you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If I had it you wouldn't have to ask
C/G Em
Later on, when you bargain with your mirror
F (Fm) C/G
and you ask "is it really that bad?"
(C/B) Am F C/G
Well if it wasn't you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Am F Dm D7 (OR
D if you so choose)
If it wasn't you wouldn't have to ask
F C
How could you know if you didn't?
F C G F
What's left to say when your tongue's turned to ash?
C (OR Fm)
I'd tell you you're fine and forgiven
Am F C/G
So you wouldn't have to ask
Interlude
C/G Em F C/G B/F#
C/G Em F C/G
C/G Em
Shoot what's left, slip inside your sinner's smile
F (Fm) C/G
Another man in a mask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If you faced it you wouldn't need a mask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If you meant it you wouldn't need a mask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If I could fix you you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Am F C/G
B C D F G
If I could help you you wouldn't have to ask
The last chord progression can be in open or barre chords, depending on your preference.
on G. :)
All of the chords in brackets are optional. Kevin often plays them in his live performances.
The chords are pretty straightforward. Just to make things easier...
C/G is 332010
B/F# is 224442
C/B is x20010 (It's just a bass walk down from C to Am)
C/G Em
Your crooked days come bundled up in bunches
F C/G B/F#
break your brain like a branch
C/G Em
And push you out here asking after something
F C/G
you should know I don't have
(C/B) Am F C/G
'Cause If I had it you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If I had it you wouldn't have to ask
C/G Em
Later on, when you bargain with your mirror
F (Fm) C/G
and you ask "is it really that bad?"
(C/B) Am F C/G
Well if it wasn't you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Am F Dm D7 (OR
D if you so choose)
If it wasn't you wouldn't have to ask
F C
How could you know if you didn't?
F C G F
What's left to say when your tongue's turned to ash?
C (OR Fm)
I'd tell you you're fine and forgiven
Am F C/G
So you wouldn't have to ask
Interlude
C/G Em F C/G B/F#
C/G Em F C/G
C/G Em
Shoot what's left, slip inside your sinner's smile
F (Fm) C/G
Another man in a mask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If you faced it you wouldn't need a mask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If you meant it you wouldn't need a mask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If I could fix you you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Am F C/G
B C D F G
If I could help you you wouldn't have to ask
The last chord progression can be in open or barre chords, depending on your preference.
on G. :)
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