Bottled Wind Chords
Bottled Wind by Polar Bear Club is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#m. It uses the chords E, G#m, F#m, B, A and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E G#m F#m (x2)
E
Yeah, you're lookin' tired and broken
G#m F#m E
Like the pillar of a dock, dead sitting
G#m F#m
The water hitting you, but never breaking through
E G#m F#m
Is "going places" getting somewhere now?
E
You should be running faster or down days will shatter you,
G#m F#m
Talking on what's overdue
B A
Let me ask you once and not again,
B A
Are we half asleep or walking dead?
B A
Let me tell you how the times have changed
B A
The wasteland isn't just for the teenaged
E G#m F#m E
You look so together, slightly disheveled like the free spirit that you are
G#m F#m
It's so impressive, doing what's done by few, living your life in bloom
E G#m F#m
Might feel like the wait staff on the midnight train
E
You've got your heart in your pocket, heavier than river rocks
G#m F#m
How slow till it's full stop?
B A
Let me ask you once and not again,
B A
Are we half asleep or walking dead?
B A
Let me tell you how the times have changed
B A
The wasteland isn't just for the teenaged
F#m A C#m
Ginny eyes, is this my exciting life?
B F#m
Or just a lie, 'cause the borderline gets thinner
A C#m
(Between here) Between here and that small town
B
I can't outrun it on
A
Bottled wind
A E B F#m
Bottled wind
I can't outrun it on
A E B
Bottled wind
A
It's only E
It's only worth what's usin' it
E G#m F#m (play twice just like intro)
Yeaaaah!
E
Let me ask you once and not again,
G#m
Are we half asleep or walking dead?
E
Let me tell you how the times have changed
C#m B
The wasteland isn't just for the teenaged
A
I'll tell it and be done,
G#m F#m E
Swimming is how sinking isn't sunk.