Lax Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays517

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.

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C
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16
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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? 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante