Apocalypse Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays798

Apocalypse by Cigarettes After Sex is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Dm, Am, C, Bb and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: F  Dm  Am  

      F                                   Dm                    Am  C 
You leapt from crumbling bridges watching cityscapes turn to dust 
        F                           Dm                Am  C 
Filming helicopters crashing in the ocean from way above 

        Bb 
Got the music in you baby 
        Dm 
Tell me why 
        Bb 
Got the music in you baby 
        Dm 
Tell me why 
        Bb                                C                  F C 
You've been locked in here forever & you just can't say goodbye 

F                               Dm                      Am C 
Kisses on the foreheads of the lovers wrapped in your arms 
            F                            Dm                  Am C 
You've been hiding them in hollowed out pianos left in the dark 

        Bb 
Got the music in you baby 
        Dm 
Tell me why 
        Bb 
Got the music in you baby 
        Dm 
Tell me why 
        Bb                                C                  F 
You've been locked in here forever & you just can't say goodbye 

Gm 
  Your lips 

My lips 
       Am 
Apocalypse   

Bb 
Go & sneak us through the rivers 
         Gm                   F 
Flood is rising up on your knees 
      Dm 
Oh please 
Bb 
Come out & haunt me 

I know you want me 
C 
Come out & haunt me 
F                                Dm                       Am  C 
Sharing all your secrets with each other since you were kids 
         F                                Dm                          Am   C 
Sleeping soundly with the locket that she gave you clutched in your fist 

        Bb 
Got the music in you baby 
        Dm 
Tell me why 
        Bb 
Got the music in you baby 
        Dm 
Tell me why 
        Bb                                C                  F 
You've been locked in here forever & you just can't say goodbye 

( Bb  Dm ) (2x) 
        Bb                                C                  F 
You've been locked in here forever & you just can't say goodbye 

( F  Dm  Am  C ) (2x) 

F  Dm                Am 
   When you're all alone 
C                  F 
I will reach for you 
Dm                   Am 
When you're feeling low 
C                 F  Dm  Am  C 
I will be there too 

( F  Dm  Am  C ) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante