Escape Chords

by Muse
KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays518

Escape by Muse is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, F#, Bm and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			D   G 
 
D                        G               D                        G 
You would say anything and you would try anything 
D                        G               D                        G 
to escape your meaningless and your insignificance 
F#                         G             F#                   G 
You're uncontrollable and we are unloveable 
F#                       Bm                            G 
And I don't want you to think that I care 
                                                F# 
I never would, I never could again 
 
D                                 G 
Why can't you just love her? 
D                        G 
And why be such a monster? 
D                        G 
You bully from a distance 
D                        G 
Your brain needs some assistance 
 
F#                                  G 
But I'll still take all the blame 
F#                                   G 
Cos you and me are both one and the same 
F#m                          G 
And it's driving me mad 
F#m                          G 
And it's driving me mad 
F#                            Bm 
I'll take back all the things that I said 
G 
I didn't realise I was talking to the living dead 
F#                          Bm                         G 
But I don't want you to think that I care 
I never would 
                      F# 
I never could again 
 
D                        G         D                        G 
You would say anything and you would try anything 
D                        G         D                        G 
To escape your meaningless and your insignificance 
 
D 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante