Nerves
( Just the lyrics )
Chord Sheet
Key: E minor
Chords
A ..... [ x 0 2 2 2 0 ]
Bbm ... [ x 1 3 3 2 1 ]
Bm .... [ x 2 4 4 3 2 ]
C ..... [ x 3 2 0 1 0 ]
Cadd9 . [ x 3 2 0 3 0 ]
C/alt . [ x 3 2 0 1 3 ]
Em .... [ 0 2 2 0 0 0 ]
Fmaj7 . [ x x 3 2 1 0 ]
Fadd9 . [ x x 3 2 1 3 ]
G ..... [ 3 2 0 0 3 3 ]
G6 .... [ x x 5 4 3 0 ]
Gadd9 . [ x x 5 4 3 5 ]
Part A
Em
Burn away
A
Everything you
Em
Thought you owned, and
A
Wake up feeling like a
Em
Newborn man
A C Bm Em
With things to do and try
C Bm Em
With hills to try and climb
C Bm
With many things to prove but now you're
Em
Getting tired
A
And everything you
Em
Thought you knew about
A
Getting by in the long run goes
Em
Out the door
A C Bm Em
And it collapses down on you
C Bm Em
And now you can't see through
C Bm (NC)
All the rubble piling up on your chest, since you are
Part B
G
All the man you used to be
The flesh and bones you walk around with
Bm
Flexing tendons to what you see
The animal in your brain's back seat
G
Telling you to fuck and fight
And do things inappropriately
Bm
Makes decisions left and right
And crushes your creativity
C Bm Em
All the things you try
C Bm Em
To get things back to right
C Bm Em
Leave you with no more ener- -gy
Repeating the above pattern, build intensity.
C Bm Em / (x3)
Finish on Em, allowing it to ring and the intensity to fade into peace.
Part C
Arpeggio on Em:
e |--------|
B |--------|
G |--------|
D |----2---|
A |--2---2-|
E |0-------| (x8)
e |--------|--------|
B |--------|--------|
G |--------|0-------|
D |----2---|--2---2-|
A |--2---2-|----2---|
E |0-------|--------| (x2)
e |--------|--------|--------|0-----0-|3/--7---|5h7-5-3-2h3|2-------|2h3p2---|
B |--------|--------|0-----0-|--0-----|--------|- ------ -|--------|------3-|
G |--------|0-----0-|--0-----|----0---|--------|- ------ -|--------|--------|
D |----2---|--2-----|----2---|--------|--------|- ------ -|--------|--------|
A |--2---2-|----2---|--------|--------|--------|- ------ -|--------|--------|
E |0-------|--------|--------|--------|0-------|- ------ -|--------|--------|
(Bm)
e |----2---|
B |--3---3-|
G |4-------|
D |--------|
A |--------|
E |--------| (x4)
(Bbm)
e |----1---|
B |--2---2-|
G |3-------|
D |--------|
A |--------|
E |--------| (x4)
(Fmaj7) (Fadd9) (C) (Cadd9) (C/alt)
e |--------|0-------|3---0---|--------|--------|--------|0---3---|3-3-3-3-|
B |----1---|--1---1-|--------|3-1---1-|--------|1---3---|--------|1-1-1-1-|
G |--2---2-|----2---|--2---2-|----2---|----0---|--0---0-|--0---0-|0-0-0-0-|
D |3-------|--------|--------|--------|--2---2-|--------|--------|2-2-2-2-|
A |--------|--------|--------|--------|3-------|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|
E |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
(Fadd9) (C) (Cadd9) (C/alt)
e |3-------|0-0-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|0---3---|3-3-3-3-|
B |1-------|-3------|313-----|1-1-----|--------|1---3---|--1---1-|1-1-1-1-|
G |2-------|--------|--------|-2--2-2-|----0---|--0---0-|--------|0-0-0-0-|
D |3-------|--------|--------|-----3--|--2---2-|--------|--------|2-2-2-2-|
A |--------|--------|--------|--------|3-------|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|
E |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
The chords are intermittently strummed and picked through the next section.
C-alt (cont) Fmaj7
These nerves...
G6 Gadd9 Fadd9 C
Fmaj G6 Gadd9 Fadd9 C
These dying nerves
With the G major here, we begin to build intensity again. At "control" and the E minor, we add distortion again.
G
Quiver and shake
And won't give you back their
Em C
Control
Em C C-alt
Part D
This is an elongated repeat of Part B's chords, but we begin at a much slower tempo and build tempo and intensity. By "Every breath," the tempo stabilizes at a slightly faster pace than Part B.
G
And all the man you used to be
All the chivalrous bloodletting
Bm
All the random acts of sex and
Energy you waste orgasming
G
Everything you are today
Everything you might someday be
Bm
All the matter in the world
And all of that in our galaxy
G
Every breath you pour back out
Every ounce of body fluid
Bm
All the alibis you tell
All the things that you're not telling
C Bm Em
Play u- -pon your heart
C Bm Em
And off to a bad start
C Bm Em
It sets a record racing off the charts
Outro
Build strumming intensity through another repeat of that last part's chords.
C Bm Em / (x3)
Close with irregular smashing guitar rhythms.