Valleys Of The Young chords

Andrew Bird

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			
Intro 
G G/F# C G 

G 
Do you need a reason 
 G/F# 
We should commit treason 
    C                       G 
And bring into this world a son 
              C 
And leave the valleys of the young 
               G 
Valleys of the young 
 C                           G 
Valleys of brunch and tedium 

verse 1 
Am                                  D 
    Well, your friends will become strange to you 
                         G 
Just as you will become strange to them 
                             C 
You'll live across a great divide 
Am                                  D 
    And the problems that seem like luxuries 
                               G 
They're off getting stoned and hugging trees 
                            C       G   Am 
All the things you'll be forsaking 
                                D 
Still our hearts are constantly breaking 
            F     C      G 
From their cradle to our grave 
       F          C      G 
Is it selfish, or is it brave? 

Pre-Chorus 
F   C   G 
        Nana nanananana 
G/F# 
Nananana 
C             G 
Nananana nana na 

Break 
C G C G 

Instrumental Verse 
Am D G C G 
Am D  
F C G 
F C  

G                    G/F# 
Do you need a reason we've 
     C                    G 
Been making all to become three 
    C 
And believe in this holy valley 
                   G 
Land of brunch and misery 
    C 
I'm living on 
                   G 
The valleys of the young 

Verse 
Am                      D 
    Now you're going on 64 
             G 
Driving down 65, to the hospital 
   C           G              Am 
To see if your adult son will survive or not 
                                D 
After taking those pills in the parking lot 
                            G 
You know the one behind the Marriott 
                             C       G 
This is a dream you won't be waking 
Am                                 D 
   Still our hearts are constantly breaking 
           F      C      G 
From their cradle to our grave 
       F       C     G 
Is it selfish, is it brave? 
            F     C      G 
From their cradle to our grave 
      F          C     G 
Is it selfish or is it brave? 

Outro 
F  C  G  (x4) 
C  F  G  (repeat and fade)