Futile Road Chords

KeyEm Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays496

Futile Road by Jamestown Story is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords Em, G, C/G, Cadd9, Dsus2, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
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Intro:
Em  G  C/G 

verse  

         Em      G 
Hold me down, I need a prescription 
Cadd9 
My heart can't feel this empty anymore 
            Em        G 
Choke them down, and hope for a reaction, 
    Cadd9 
or live another day at war 
C/G                      G             Cadd9        Dsus2  
Days spent dazed, a classic case Of mis concepted ways 


G                        Em                       C 
This has always been my life, it will always be a place  
                               Dsus2 
where I spend too much time on hold 
     G 
The things I've done and said each day,  
        Em                          C 
keep haunting every move I make So I'll keep walking,  
               Dsus2                       Em   G 
searching for control, down this futile road 
                   C/G 
(down this futile road) 

verse  

         Em             G 
Hold me down, all my recklessness has damaged,  
    Cadd9                           Em     G 
my body beyond all repair,  I'm not down, and out yet, 
                          Cadd9 
I'm just out and down the search for understanding isn't fair 
C/G                     G 
Days spent dazed, an all too common case 
   Cadd9         Dsus2 D 
Of misconcepted ways 

  
G                        Em                       C 
This has always been my life, it will always be a place  
                               Dsus2 
where I spend too much time on hold 
     G 
The things I've done and said each day,  
        Em                          C 
keep haunting every move I make So I'll keep walking,  
               Dsus2                       Em   G 
searching for control, down this futile road 

Bridge 

C                   Dsus2                Em 
And after all this time nothings changed 
C                      D                Em 
I've lasted all this time and nothings changed 
C                   Dsus2               Em 
And after all this time nothings changed 
C                      D               
I've lasted all this time 


G                        Em                       C 
This has always been my life, it will always be a place  
                               Dsus2 
where I spend too much time on hold 
     G 
The things I've done and said each day,  
        Em                          C 
keep haunting every move I make So I'll keep walking,  
                Dsus2                       Em   G 
searching for control, down this futile road 
                  C/G            Em     D 
down this futile road  down this ro-----ad 
                  C/G 
down this futile road
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante