They Were Wrong Chords
They Were Wrong by Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Am, G, F#m, E, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetics Zeros – They Were Wrong
Intro :
Em Am G
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---0---------0-1----0--------------|
G|-----0-----0-----2----0------------|
D|-------2-2---------2----0----------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|x4
Em Am F#m Em
e|------0-0--------------------------|
B|----1-----1------0-2---------------|
G|--2---------2--0-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|------------------------2--0-------|x1
Em Am G
"Here son watch the dog eat dog"
Em Am G
He spoke with eyes of the stiffest blue
Em Am G
He peeled my fists, said "let it go"
Am Em G
Saying "hope like that and you'll never grow"
F#m E
Mmmmm
D Am G
I'll go dancing with disease, darling please
D
They are wrong
Am G
I'll go swinging, singing peace, darling please
Em
They are wrong,
Am G D
I say they been here for too long - they are wrong,
Em
They are wrong
Em Am G
e|--------------------------------------|
B|---0---------0--1---2--0---0----------|
G|-----0-----0------2------0------------|
D|-------2-2----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|x4
Em Am F#m Em
e|------0-0--------------------------|
B|----1-----1------0-2---------------|
G|--2---------2--0-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------2--0------|x1
Em Am G
So, to my child not yet born
Em Am G
I've just one world of which to warn
Em Am G
It lives in the mouths of choking dreams
Am Em C
Sickness like that you've never seen
F#m Em
Mmmmm
D Am G
I'll go dancing with disease, darling please
D
They are wrong
Am G
I'll go swinging, singing peace, darling please
Em
They are wrong,
Am G D
I say they been here for too long - they are wrong