Cemetery Chords
Cemetery by Charlie Simpson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Am, F, C, G and C/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Am F C G (2x)
Verse
Am F
Welcome to my cemetery gate
C G
I lost your love that I had buried in here
Am F C
'Cause you're the one that stole my heart down the river
Am F C G
I don't need you to tell me that Im alright
Am F
Something in the air, there's something in the water
C C/B
dragging me down
Pre-Chorus
F C G F
I just hope your heart stays stable when you're caned and unable to speak
G
to me again
F C
We never made it to the start of the race
G Am
Guess we thought that in the end we would be saved
F C G
There's someone up in the sky looking down over me
Verse 2
Am F C G
Draw me selfish, call me what you will, I don't care about you anymore
Am F C
You fucked me up and broke my heart into smithereens
Am F C G
I don't need you to tell me that Im alright
Am F C
There's something in the air, there's something in the water dragging
C/B
me down
Pre-Chorus
F C G F
I just hope your mind stays stable when you're caned and unable to speak
G
to me again
F C
We never made it to the start of the race
G Am
Guess we thought that in the end we would be saved
F C G
There's someone up in the sky looking down over me
F C
We took the blankets and we slept on the beach
G Am
Chewed our candy till we couldn't feel our teeth
F C G
Is this the way its gonna be until our time is up?