5am Chords
by Amber Run
5am by Amber Run is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords G, Em, D, C, E, Am and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G Em D C D E
Em
We run into a dark room
D
And we spasm to the sounds
C
Of a copy Morrissey
D
Or the blues of the Deep South.
Em
And the drugs will only hide it
D
The feeling never really goes
C
You won't find love at the bottom
D
Of a Class C hole.
Am C
And you don't know what you've got until it's gone.
Em C
And you don't know who to love until you're lost.
Em D C
And you don't know how to feel until the moment's passed.
Em G Em
I wish you'd live like you're made of glass.
Em D C D
Em
We've got work in the morning
D
But it's nearly 5am.
C
Is this really what we envisaged?
D
We won't be 21 again.
Em
And in the haze you see colours
D
And problems suddenly make sense.
C
But the way you've been going
D
You'll be in an early grave.
Am D
And you don't know what you've got until it's gone.
G C
And you don't know who to love until you're lost.
D G C
And you don't know how to feel until the moment's passed.
Em
I wish you'd live like you're made of glass.
D C D Bm G