The Living Room Chords

KeyGm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays515

The Living Room by Amanda Palmer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Gm, B, F, Eb, Cm and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 
Gm      B      F           Eb 
Forty-seven strings are pulled 
    Eb       Gm     F    Cm 
By this angelic beaten girl 
B       F             Gm     Cm 
And it breaks our hearts to hear 
Eb      Gm     F             Cm 
The music that comes out of her. 
Eb         Gm         F      Cm 
Shoulders hang on folded chairs 
Eb         Gm      F       Gm 
This will be our church tonight 
B        F         Gm     Cm 
We have dug our foxholes here 
Eb   Gm        F    Cm 
Not an atheist in sight. 

Cm        Eb      Cm     Eb 
Laughing shaking taking oaths 
Gm        B           F      Cm 
Breaking sacramental cups 
    Gm        B       F    Cm 
We pour the magic in our coats 
Eb       Gm      F          Cm 
Thinking it can leave with us. 

Eb                  Gm    F 
But it’s a long way out 
Eb           B           F 
20 steps but it’s so harming 
Eb                   Gm    F 
When they talk out loud 
Eb                  B         F 
banter breaks your fingers on me 

verse 2 
Gm      B      F          Cm 
I’ve been breathing evil air 
Eb       Gm     F       Cm 
Sharing needles with the sky 
B          F      Gm     Cm 
Looking up remembering 
 Eb         Gm     F          C 
Regina said they're just old light. 
Gm         F     Cm   Eb 
But you somehow understood 
   Eb   Gm  F    Cm 
My oversaturated skin 
B         F      Gm     Cm 
You raised your hand up to my neck 
     Eb        Gm     F    Cm 
And played me like a theremin 

Cm     Eb       Cm     Eb 
I see London I see France 
Gm           B           F      Cm 
And all the things that we won’t do 
    Gm    B       F         Cm 
And if I never leave this chair 
 Eb      Gm     F          Cm 
Maybe I can go with you. 

Eb                     Gm    F 
But it’s the long way out 
Eb            B           F 
20 steps but it’s so harming 
Eb                   Gm    F 
When they talk out loud 
Eb                   B        F 
banter breaks your fingers on me 
Eb               Gm    F 
It’s a long way out 
Eb                B           F 
Past the bar and past the awning 
Eb              Gm    F 
Past the easy crowd 
Eb             B           F 
Back into the end 

verse 3 
Gm      B      F     Cm 
I am finding solace here 
Eb       Gm     F    Cm 
In this unexpected place 
B        F      Gm     Cm 
Like a startled dying man 
Eb         Gm     F          Cm 
Kneels in prayer just in case 
Gm    B        F              Cm 
And while the night sky sadly lit 
    Eb     Gm        F            Cm 
All that we were sleeping through 
B      F          Gm     Cm 
Death took my friend Benjamin 
Eb     Gm        F            Cm 
But he left his keys with you 

Gm      B      F         Cm 
So I’ll kiss the air instead 
Eb      Gm     F         Cm 
As not to disturb your sleep 
B           F      Gm     Cm 
And if you never wake my love 
 Eb   Gm       F         Cm 
Maybe you can come with me 

Eb                     Gm    F 
But it’s the wrong way out 
Eb             B           F 
20 steps but it’s so harming 
Eb                 Gm    F 
When they talk out loud 
Eb                 B           F 
banter breaks your fingers on me 
Eb                 Gm    F 
It’s the wrong way out 
Eb                B           F 
Past the bar and past the awning 
Eb              Gm    F 
Past the easy crowd 
Eb             B           F 
Back into the end of harmony 
Eb             B           F 
Back into the end of harmony 
Eb             B           F 
Back into the end of harmony 
Eb            B    F   Cm B Cm 
Back into the eeeeeeeeeeeend 
    	

Chord diagrams

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