Heavy Storm Chords
Heavy Storm by First Aid Kit is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, F, G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Am C (4x) F C F C Am C Am C G
Verse 1
Am C Am C
I wish I could believe in something bigger
Am C Am C
More than these trees, these winds, these oceans
G Am C Am C
I wish I could believe what they tell me
Am C Am C
I saw, I saw, I saw my brother pack his bags and leave
Am C Am C
We made our goodbyes and now he is settled down in the city
G Am C Am C
Where he doesnt have to be himself
F C
He used to play an untuned guitar
F C
While he sang about me and he sung about the stars
F C
I used to dream about another time
G Em Am C Am C
And now its all clear that's the only time I wish would come back
Verse 2
Am C Am C
I wish I could hold on a little longer
Am C Am C
Still my worried stomach and calm my hunger
G Am C Am C
I wish I could believe what they taught me
Am C Am C
I saw, I saw, I saw, I saw an old photograph
Am C Am C
And the picture that appeared, well it took me back
G Am C Am C
To the time when she was around
F C
She used to play that old mandolin
F C
The moon and the sea invited her in
F C
I wish that I had told her by then
G Em Am C Am C
But she knew deep down that she only wished that time would come back
Bridge
G F
A new day awaits me
G C
I could be gone today
G F
A new day awaits me
G Am
We could be here to stay
F C
We used to wait for our heavy storms
F C
To take us away while something new would form
F C
I wish that I could have known by then
G Em Am
We all know now that we're never getting back to those times