Its Only Me Chords

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Its Only Me by Elvis Perkins is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords Am, G, Fmaj7, C, F, E, Dm and Esus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro (with harmonica):  
Am G Am G Am - Fmaj7 C G Am x2 

G         Am    G            Am 
I heard a sound when I was a child 
Fmaj7        C                   G           Am 
someone was walking through the pillow that night 
    G    Am        G        Am 
the snow muted the pitch of night 
Fmaj7     C                     G        Am 
a shadow approached across the field in white 
G         Am G         Am 
it's only me it's only me  
        Fmaj7            C        G        Am 
and the sound of my own heart it startled me 
G     Am              G    Am 
as I drifted from the dark room  
Fmaj7 C                G    Am 
face lifted from the paper moon 
G         Am     G     Am 
reflected in the orbit bath  
Fmaj7          C             G         F 
he manages to say before he starts to laugh 
E                F         E                Dm   
you can't always trust the darkness and the dust 
Esus4       E    F             G              C  
but me I'm just a man it's more than I can understand 
     G    C  G        C 
it's only me its only me 
 Fmaj7        C        G        Am 
(Harmonica) 

G         Am    G     Am 
The white noise falls away  
Fmaj7    C     G       Am 
to reveal the perfect day 
G           Am           G      Am 
where roses bloomed out of thin air  
Fmaj7        C                G      Am 
and music rose from down the buried stairs 
G         Am   G         Am 
it's only mine it's only mine  
Fmaj7              C             G            Am 
I grew it in the shade when the sun couldn't shine 
G                  Am      G              Am 
now there's always someone waiting at the mirror 
Fmaj7                C        G                 Am 
she stares like she knows me like a headlights deer 
G             Am          G     Am 
and there's a twin in the other room 
Fmaj7         C         G                     F 
she's always sowing and singing her songs of doom 
E                F         E                  Dm  
and at times I don't know why tears come to my eyes 
Esus4       E    F             G              Am       
and what if I go blind as they flow out of my mind 
G          C  G          C 
it worries me it worries me 
Fmaj7         C             G           F 
that there's someone on my mind that I don't see 

F                  C                  F               C 
I close my eyes to disappear into the fields of stars between my ears 
F                G          F           C           G        F     E 
the dark as they overlap we follow one another as we fade to black 
F    E   Dm   Esus4   E 

F C G C   G     C     G         C    F C G C 
      it's only night it's only night 

G         Am    G            Am 
An ultrasound when I was alive  
Fmaj7        C                G           Am 
the shadows go spying on the ones in the wild 
G              Am    G         Am 
they dip their arrows into the sea 
Fmaj7      C                G        Am 
they wash their arms as they wait for me 
G             Am     G         Am 
they wait for me they wait for me 
G            Am    G         Am 
hey wait for me hey wait for me 

Thanks to Elvis Perkins 
And a shout out to Prathepa because I told you so ;) 
    	

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100 BPM Andante