Words On Signs Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays596

Words On Signs by Archive is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, D, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			
Verse (0:00) 

On the keyboard, those notes sound better: 

  Am        D 
e--------|--------| 
b--------|--------| 
g--------|-----2--| 
d-----2--|-----4--| 
a-----3--|--5--5--| 
e--5--5--|--------| 

On the guitar, you can play the classic chords: 

Am 
Close those eyes down, 
D 
We all fall down, 
Am 
Into the space, 
D 
Gone with no trace, 
Am 
Feel your heart slow, 
D 
Where will we go, 
Am 
Into the sunlight, 
D 
Or the dead of night. 



Chorus (1:04) 

Am                           D 
There’s nobody here for me now, 
Am                           D 
There’s nobody here for me now, 
F                            G 
There’s nobody here for me now. 



PostChorus (1:52) 

Am D  



Verse (2:07) 

Am 
So much running scared, 
D 
Living breathing dead. 



Bridge (2:24) 

F Am F Am 



Chorus (2:56) 

Am                           D 
There’s nobody here for me now, 
Am                           D 
There’s nobody here for me now. 



Verse (3:28) 

Am 
Silence fills you through, 
D 
Time to tell the truth, 
Am 
See the words on signs, 
D 
It ends with a blink of an eye. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante