Beetle In The Box Chords
Beetle In The Box by Admiral Fallow is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Bm, A, Em, F, C, Am and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D G D
D G D
Hold your tongue the unwilling and the safe
G D
Make your mark in your own tiny way
G Bm
Your own miniature firework display for one
D G D
Fear of facing the shadow on the shore
G D
Tied in knots and hung out on the backdoor
G D Bm
The 'boy-done-good' thoughts of valour and the all for one
A D
It's the beetle in the box that shakes in your hands
Bm G D
And it's formed out of feelings I don't understand
Em Bm
They're mapped in the gaps and the spaces between
G A D G D
The worry of bearing the ghost in the machine
D G D
I eat your words and you mark my mistakes
G D
We set the dictionary up to fail
G D Bm G
The work of poets is a vapour we exhale it's gone
D G D
Fleeting fondness is a flicker in your frown
G D
Spilling out in adjectives and nouns
G Bm
A mess of letters once it's chewed and swallowed down all gone
A D
It's the beetle in the box that shakes in your hands
Bm G D
And it's formed out of feelings I don't understand
Em Bm
They're mapped in the gaps and the spaces between
G A D G D
The worry of bearing the ghost in the machine
F
How do you feel pain?
C
(Tremors through the floor)
F
How do you hear sound?
Am
(Tapping on the walls)
F
I wish I could feel it all
G F (P.M)
(I wish I could feel it all)
G C
It's the beetle in the box that shakes in your hands
Am F C
And it's formed out of feelings I don't understand
Dm Am
They're mapped in the gaps and the spaces between
Am G
The worry of bearing the ghost
F G
The worry of bearing the ghost
C F C (P.M)
In the machine
Music by Admiral Fallow.