Halloween Chords
by Roger Harvey
Halloween by Roger Harvey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Bb, Dm and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
F C Bb x4
verse 1
F C
You found a new friend
Bb F
When were you planning on telling me?
Dm
No, that's not fair
C Bb F C
Now I'm an asshole for asking, I'm sorry
F C Bb F
And I started drinking like you did when you were nineteen
Dm C Bb F
When you first moved to the city with a fake ID
Dm C Bb F
Crushing bags of things like it's halloween
Dm C
Another native kid
Bb F
Akin to scattered leaves
Gm C
In a place where the wild and more mild-mannered agree
Chorus
F C Bb
How many times can the human heart break?
F C Bb
Before it feels forced, before it feels fake?
F C Bb
How many times can you get what you want?
C
Just to throw it away
Bb
Throw it away
verse 2
F C Bb F
And now I spend all my nights in the bars with the neon hues
Dm C Bb
Every face here reminds me of you
F C
And I keep falling so far out of tune
F C Bb F
And I've been out dancing with kick drums and hotel rooms
Dm C Bb F
And I always want just a little more
Dm C Bb F
As if I don't recall what I've seen before
Dm C Bb F
For an all night drive to some distant shore
Gm C
To a place where the weather will wash me and make me feel pure
Chorus
F C Bb
How many times can the human heart break?
F C Bb
Before it feels forced, before it feels fake?
F C Bb
How many times can you get what you want?
C
Just to throw it away
Bb
Throw it away
Outro
C
Just to throw it away
Bb
Throw it away
F C Bb x4
F