Lax Chords
by Conor Oberst
Lax by Conor Oberst is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
C F C
I'll pick you up, just tell me when you land
C G
It's raining in LA, and everyone's gone mad
Am G C F
I'd love to take you to the desert, but you hate makin' plans
C G C
I'll pick you up, just tell me when you land
C F C
Now all my songs, they're sounding out of tune
C G
The ocean's just a trinket, a gift from me to you
Am G C F
I wanna sing your praises, cos you've been feeling blue
C G C
But all my songs are sounding out of tune
Am
You're a drag queen's dress
Em
You're a plastic knife
F G
You're pretty dangerous and so untrue
C
No, it's all been said
F
A couple million times
C G C
But why'd you make me fall in love with you?
verse 2
C F C
The last time I dropped you off at LAX
C G
I kissed you on the forehead, I wished you all the best
Am G C F
I realized you never stay put, the last time that you left
C G C
The last time I dropped you off at LAX
C F C
But if you want to come back in the spring
C G
We could go to the movies, we could do anything
Am G C F
It's all within reason, it's all been in my dreams
C G C
If you want to come back in the spring
Am Em
You're a toy I like, you're a traffic light
F G
You're the thing I stop and go for when i'm blue
C F
Yeah, I'll never know if it's wrong or right
C G C
But why'd you make me fall in love with you?
C F
Yeah, I'll never know if it's wrong or right
C G C
But why'd you make me fall in love with you?