Boxelder Chords
Boxelder by Motion City Soundtrack is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, B, F#, F, Cm and D#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(Listen to the timing & rhythm & it should make sense)
Intro/Verse - Riff 1
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Hey Box Elder, where'd you go?
Hey Box Elder, take me with you
Loneliness, I don't exist, that's fine, okay
A slickened wrist and all of this will end, okay?
Hey Box Elder, I'm terrified of everything at night
Hey Box Elder, I'm terrified of what I lack inside me
Pre Chorus
Bb B F# B F# F
Caught me talking to myself again
One by one, we all go marching in
B F# Cm Bb
I hate myself and no one else
But I lie so well, that you'd never tell
If I let you in, it would end us both
B
I care too much to leave this host
Verse - Riff 1
Loneliness, I don't exist, that's fine, okay
December's gift, a constant fist to spine, okay
I'm terrified of everything at night
Hey Box Elder
A dying wish to care if I exist
Hey Box Elder
Pre Chorus
Bb B F# B F# F
Caught me talking to myself again
One by one, we all go marching in
B F# Cm Bb
I hate myself and no one else
But I lie so well, that you'd never tell
If I let you in, it would end us both
B
I care too much to leave this host
B F# Cm Bb
When loneliness comes crashing in
I will always sink, I'll never swim
It's the game I play, it's the course I curse
B
The constant captive at my worst
Bridge (Listen to timing & rhythm)
F# B D# Cm
When I'm at my worst
When I'm at my worst
When I'm at my worst
F# B D# Cm
Hey Box Elder,
Take me with you
Hey Box Elder,
Take me with you
Riff 1