Laughter Lines Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays568

Laughter Lines by Bastille is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
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Intro: Am  C  G  G (4x)  

Verse 1:   

       Am                    C                          G           G  
You took me to your favourite place on earth   
     Am                      C                          G               G  
To see the tree they cut down ten years from your birth   
       Am                     C                       G              G  
Our fingers traced in circles round its history   
      Am                                 C                               G       G  
We brushed our hands right back in time through centuries, as  

Fill  

       Am  
You he-e-e-e-ld   
   C                 G  
me do-o-o-o-own   
You said:   

      Am                 C                          G            D  
I'll see you in the future when we're older   
       Am                C         G               D  
And we are full of stories to be told   
Am        C                G          D  
Cross my heart and hope to die   
Am       C                  G            D  
I'll see you with your laughter lines    

Am   C    G    D  

Verse 2:  

Am                    C                          G  
Changes on our hands and on our faces   
G  
Oh-oh   
Am                 C                           G  
Memories are mapped out by the guides   
      G  
will trace, as   


       Am  
You he-e-e-e-eld  
    C                G  
me do-o-o-o-own   
You said:   

      Am                 C                          G            D  
I'll see you in the future when we're older   
       Am                C         G               D  
And we are full of stories to be told   
Am        C                G          D  
Cross my heart and hope to die   
Am       C                  G            D  
I'll see you with your laughter lines    


Bridge: 
  
Am  
Ashen faces in cold breeze   
C  
Ashen faces in cold breeze   
Am  
All the stories you will leave   
Oh-oh   
G  
All the stories you will leave   

      Am                C                         G           D  
I'll see you in the future when we're older   
       Am               C        G              D  
And we are full of stories to be told   
Am        C                G          D  
Cross my heart and hope to die   
Am       C                  G            D  
I'll see you with your laughter lines   

     Am                 C                          G            D  
I'll see you in the future when we're old  
     Am                 C                          G            D  
I'll see you in the future when we're old  
     Am                 C                          G            D  
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ooooooh  
     Am                 C                          G            D  
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ooooooh   

Outro: Am   C   G   G   (4x)  

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante