Airfield Chords
Airfield by Enter Shikari is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, 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
F C
A field, desolate
G
And underfoot
F
A tarmac river flows
F C
I wait to depart
G
An inconceivable aught
F
When you're no wings and all elbows
F C
Oh, it's so cold
G
I watch my breath unfold
F
It wraps us in a cloud of gloom
F C
Through adversity
G F
Hope must not become the casualty
Bridge
F C
It's common for people to believe
Am
Everything happens for a reason
F
I'm sorry that's false, and it's poison
F C
But even if there is no purpose
Am
To the things that you have gone through
F
An ordeal can reveal an airfield
Verse
F C
Stop, disown fear
G
And I'll be here
F
If you need a friend, my dear
F G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Am G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
F G
But that don't mean you're out
Am G
No, it don't mean you're out, now
F G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Am G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
F G
But that don't mean you're out
Am G
No, it don't mean you're out, now
F G
It don't mean you're out, now
Am G
It don't mean you're out
F G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Am G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
F G
But that don't mean you're out
Am Em
No, it don't mean you're out, now
F G
It don't mean you're out, now
Am G
It don't mean you're out
No, it don't!
F G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Am G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
F G
But that don't mean you're out
Am Em
No, it don't mean you're out, now
F G
It don't mean you're out, now
Am G
It don't mean you're out
(No, it don't!)
F G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Am G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
F G
But that don't mean you're out
Am Em
No, it don't mean you're out, now
F G
It don't mean you're out, now
Am G
It don't mean you're out
F G Am G
Verse
F
When the wind's against you
G
Remember this insight:
Am
That's the optimal condition
G
For birds to take flight
F
Now the wind's against you
G C
Don't give up the fight