Tragedy Time (acoustic) Chords
by Rise Against
Tragedy Time (acoustic) by Rise Against is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords C, G, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro C G Am G F
verse 1 Am G C F Am G F
Am
on the edges of the sharpest knives
G
in the middle of the darkest nights
C
always knew that i would find you here
F
in a puddle of the bravest tears
Am
i've seen enough to know
G F
it's lonely where you are
PreChorus 1 C F G
C F
above the crowd, feet dangling
G
from a rooftop
C
she waits from ledges
F G
for a voice to talk her down
Chorus 1 C G Am G F
and nothing matters but the
C
pain when you're alone
G
the never-ending nights
when you're awake
Am
when you're praying
G F
that tomorrow it's ok
there will be a time to
C
crack another smile
G
maybe not today or for awhile
Am
but we're holding on to
G F
laugh again someday
laugh again someday
verse 2 Am G C F Am G F
Am
all that matters is the time we had
G
doesn't matter how it all went bad
C
never wonder what it might be like
F
shut the door, say goodbye
Am
when faced with tragedy
G F
we come alive or come undone
PreChorus 2 C F G
C
don't look back
F G
let it shape you like an ocean
C
even the deepest scars
F G
in time will fade
Chorus 2 C G Am G F
and nothing matters but the
C
pain when you're alone
G
or the nights when your awake
Am G F
praying that tomorrow it's ok
there will be a time
C
to crack another smile
G
maybe not today or for awhile
Am
but we're holding on
G F
to laugh again someday
Am
but we're holding on
G F
to laugh again someday
Post-Chorus C F Am G C F G F
C G
C F
sometimes you have to go back
Am G
to know just where you have been
C
but we're old enough
F
to know that
G
what has been will be again
F
and again
Bridge F G Am C F G
G Am C F G Am C
F G
and the bravest of faces
Am C
are the ones where we fake it
F G
in the roles that we play
Chorus 3 C G Am G F
but nothing matters when
C
the pain is all but gone
G
when you are finally awake
Am G
despite the overwhelming odds;
F
tomorrow came
and when they see
C
you crack a smile
G
and you decide to stay awhile
Am
you'll be ready then
F
to laugh again
nothing matters but the pain
C
we are tragedy
G
we are sympathy
Am G F
you see what you want to see
C
we are misery
G
and distant memories
Am G F
but we all learn to laugh again