Fault Line Chords
Fault Line by Michelle Branch is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, Bm, Em, C, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G Bm Em C (2x)
verse 1
G Bm Em C
I feel safe when we are standing in the wreckage
G Bm Em C
Are we hopeless pulled in opposite directions
Am Em D
Just when I was thinking that I couldn't be lonely any longer
Am Em D
You start to pull me under when I try to keep my head above the water
G
Tremble and shake
Bm Em
We can't rewrite all our mistakes
C
Lovers on a fault line
G
The things we say
Bm
When we're both right
Em C G
We ricochet, lovers on a fault line
Bm
And we both know
Em
You and I will never change
C G
But we're holding on until we feel it break
Bm Em
It's too late to be the first to walk away
C
When we're lovers on a fault line
G Bm Em C
verse 2
G Bm
You kissed me too hard
Em C
I thought you had the best intentions
G Bm
You took it too far
Em C
Always desperate for attention
Am Em D
Just when I was thinking that I couldn't be lonely any longer
Am Em D
You start to pull me under when I try to keep my head above the water
G
Tremble and shake
Bm Em
We can't rewrite all our mistakes
C
Lovers on a fault line
G
The things we say
Bm
When we're both right
Em C G
We ricochet, lovers on a fault line
Bm
And we both know
Em
You and I will never change
C G
But we're holding on until we feel it break
Bm Em
It's too late to be the first to walk away
C
When we're lovers on a fault line
C Em G Am
Bridge
C Em G
I'm scared that I am drowning in an open sea
Am
You're standing on the shore not even noticing
C Em D C
Just when I was thinking that I couldn't be lonely any longer
G Bm Em C (2x)
G
Tremble and shake
Bm Em
We can't rewrite all our mistakes
C
Lovers on a fault line
G
The things we say
Bm
When we're both right
Em C G
We ricochet, lovers on a fault line
Bm
And we both know
Em
You and I will never change
C G
But we're holding on until we feel it break
Bm Em
It's too late to be the first to walk away
C
When we're lovers on a fault line
Outro
G Bm Em C
I feel safe when we are standing in the wreckage