Russian Dolls Chords
by Máximo Park
Russian Dolls by Máximo Park is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm7, F#m7, E, Em, B, Bm, Am, D, A, F#m, G#m and C#m7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Bm7 F#m7
verse 1
E Em
Electric cables
B Bm
Beneath the Atlantic
E Em
There's a radar
B Bm
Beneath the black water
E Em
Rain flecks the paint
B Bm
Inevitably
E Em
At the end of the telescope
B
By the pier
Pre-Chorus
Am Em
I know you'd rather I didn't say
Am
That I want to look after you
Em
But I'd expect you to say the same
For me someday
D A Bm
This knowledge gives me no pleasure
D A Bm
You can't kill yourself before you're born
Chorus
Bm7 F#m7
Particles like Russian dolls
Bm7 F#m7
Folding items ever smaller
verse 2
E Em
Grey wire fences
B Bm
Section off the wilderness
E Em B Bm
A lonely cluster of woodland stands apart
E Em
Like the fingers of a hand
B Bm
Gently browning
E Em
Flat sections of cheap paint
B Bm
Float by like butterflies
Pre-Chorus
Am Em
I know you'd rather I didn't say
Am
That I want to look after you
Em
But I'd expect you to say the same
For me someday
D A Bm
My demeanour is made to measure
D A Bm
Nothing stirs beneath the farce of daily life
Chorus
Bm7 F#m7
Particles like Russian dolls
Bm7 F#m7
Folding items ever smaller
Bm7 F#m7
If life never ended we'd have no urgency
Bm7 F#m7
Connect to boredom and repetition
BRIDGE
F#m G#m C#m7 Bm
F#m G#m C#m7
F#m G#m C#m7 Bm
F#m G#m
Chorus
Bm7 F#m7
Particles like Russian dolls
Bm7 F#m7
Folding items ever smaller
Bm7 F#m7
If life never ended we'd have no urgency
Bm7 F#m7
Connect to boredom and repetition