The Flinch Chords
by Dave Hause
The Flinch by Dave Hause is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, G, F and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C
Verse
C
Maybe next year is the line that you hear
Am G F
In the city I got stuck waiting
C
For something to give, so tentative
Am G F
That mantra I just kept saying
C Am G F
Whoa-oh-oh
C Am G F
Whoa-oh-oh
Verse
C
Everyone around this cold hard town
Am G F
Has a dream that they can't seem to quite run down
C
Your car gets towed or you run out of road
Am G F
You learn how to fight but The Flinch just grows
Am G
But I don't wanna look back now
C F Am
Regret is like a street beat down
C F G
It keeps you on your knees
Am G
The ringing of that broken bell
C F Am
It always seems to cast a spell
C F
I know I flinched before
G
I ain't flinching anymore
Interlude
C Am G F
Verse
C
She came along like one of those songs
Am G F
That you hear and you can't stop singing
C
The Flinch started in like a phantom limb
Am G F
That broken bell's always ringing
Am G
But I don't want to look back now
C F Am
Or waste a lyric about leaving town
C F G Am
Her face is all I see, she's waiting by the sea
G C
The ringing of that broken bell
F Am
It always seems to cast a spell
C F
I was young and I flinched before
G
I ain't flinching anymore
Bridge
Dm F
Always stuck in my own way
C G
Always falling down
Dm F
Her song's the home I want to stay
C G
It's like a brand new sound
Outro
Am G C F Am C F
I don't want to look back now
G Am
She's waiting by the sea
G
The ringing of that broken bell
C F
It always seems to cast its spell
Am C F
I was young and I flinched before
G C Dm F
I ain't flinching anymore
G C Dm F
I ain't flinching anymore
G C Dm F
I ain't flinching anymore
G C Dm F
I don't want to look back now
G C
I ain't flinching anymore