Tragedy Time (acoustic) Chords

KeyC Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays388

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.

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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 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante