Brill Bruisers Chords
Brill Bruisers by New Pornographers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, A/G, D/F#, Em and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
:: Intro ::
A D (just guitar)
or A A/G D/F# D (with bass line)
boh baah ba ba bah boh
A A/G D/F# D
boh baah ba ba baah
A A/G D/F# D
boh baah ba ba bah boh
A A/G D/F# D
boh baah ba ba baah
## If you want the bass line,
continue to play { A A/G D/F# D }
instead of just { A D } ##
:: Verse ::
A D
Out on the waves
A D
Over the railing asking the crowd
A D
Send you back
Em G
To stage its sail it's sailing away
A D
They left behind
A D
Looking for searchlights leading the charge
A D
The mass appeal
Em G
To brilliant bruisers taking the wheel
:: Chorus ::
A Em G D
And the sea was alright and it was our right to
A Em G D
It's all we know now to never go back
A D
boh baah ba ba bah boh
A D
boh baah ba ba baah
A D
boh baah ba ba bah boh
A D
boh baah ba ba baah
:: Verse ::
A D
Now the grenade
A D
And it's seconds before the bang
A D
Wanted to keep
Em G
Much of that leader of your gang
A D
Born at the hearts
A D
Of brilliant bruisers where we find them
A D
And 'til we do
Em G
We'll have to drift until we ??? them
:: Chorus ::
A Em G D
And the sea was alright and it was our right to
A Em G D
It's all we know now to never go back
D Em Em A
:: Interlude ::
D Em A
With the junkyard science to hang on and do a bang-on impression
D Em A
Will young sorrow it's tied in firing of the sirens
D Em A
Go in fighting to crying the rising star dying
D Em
Of this own virus it's tied in the firing of the sirens
A D
A D
A D
boh baah ba ba bah boh
A D
boh baah ba ba baah
:: Chorus ::
A Em G D
And the sea was alright and it was our right to
A Em G D
It's all we know now to never go back
A Em G D
And the sea was alright and it was our right to
A Em G D
It's all we know now to never go back