Jejune Stars Chords
by Bright Eyes
Jejune Stars by Bright Eyes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Em, C, G, D, Am and D/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em C G
Em C
Em G
Every new day is a gift, it's a song of redemption
Em G
Any expression of love is the way to return
C G
To that place that I think of so often, but now never mention
D Em
The one the voice in the back of my head says that I don't deserve
Em
Come fire, come water, come karma
G
We're all in transition
Em G
The wheel I'm becoming erases the physical mind
C G
Until all that remains is a staircase of misinformation
D Em
And the code we inherit, the basis, the essence of life
Am D
So I go, umbrella under my arm
G C
Into the green of the radar
Am D G
How'd it get so dark in the day?
Am D
It's just so bizarre
G C
Is it true what we're made of?
Am D G
Why do I hide from the rain?
Em C G
Em
Inside's so cloudy, nostalgia
G
But there are no features
Em
Look at ourselves through a porthole
G
The passage of time
C G
See that sunny day that we snuck out, hid under the bleachers
D
Kissed as the band marched
G
Everything fell into line
Em
Am D
So I go, umbrella under my arm
G C
Into the green of the radar
Am D G
How'd I get so lost? I'm amazed.
Am D
It's just so bizarre
G C
All the things I'm afraid of.
Am D G
Why do I hide from the rain?
Am D G C
Am D G x2
Em
Sure I have my doubts
C
But I know it now
G D/F# C
We are Jejune stars
Em
So it starts again
C
At our childhood's end
G D/F# C
I'll die young at heart
Em
Am D
So I go, umbrella under my arm
G C
Into the green of the radar
Am D G
How'd it get so dark in the day?
Am D
It's just so bizarre
G C
Is it true what we're made of?
Am D G
Why do I hide from the rain?