Tightrope (acoustic) chords

Ryan Adams

Key: 

Simplify chords 

Capo: 2st fret

  			 
 


Intro 
 Gsus2    Em7      Em7 
 Gsus2    Em7      Em7 
  
verse 1       
       Gsus2             Em7        Em7 
Strong winds and my   heads on     fire 
 Gsus2                 Em7              Em7 
Walk another day a    cross the high    wire 
 C/G                                 D/A  
I'm on a tightrope watch it as it swings  
 C/G                                 D/A  
Like a countdown ticker on New Year's Eve 

verse 2       
       Gsus2          Em7             Em7 
We run the numbers, spinning in the side 
 Gsus2                 Em7                              Em7 
 Counting all the reasons that we are broken and we lied 
 C/G                                D/A  
I'm on a tightrope watch it as it swings  
 C/G                                            D/A  
Heating up the metal, putting pressure on the springs 

        Em7     F#                G     C        
And     all     I     want is for   you    to  
Dsus2  .Cadd9. Dsus2 Cadd9 Dsus2 Cadd9  
  make          me smi ..             le…       
        Em7      F#                G     C         
And     all     I     want is   for   you   to      
Dsus2  .Cadd9. Dsus2 Cadd9 Dsus2 Cadd9  
  drive         me   wil ..          d…  

verse 3       
            Gsus2            Em7            Em7 
Pretty      candles on a    birthday        cake 
 Gsus2                            Em7          Em7 
Covered in confetti with the     caffeine     shakes 
 C/G                                   D/A  
Fuck all that money, everything is trash  
 C/G                                      D/A  
Papers in the glove box, light it up and pass 

verse 4 
 Gsus2                        Em7        Em7 
Flip on the news we  watch it til we      sleep 
          Gsus2                                     Em7    
Ain't       nothing but static and the  panic and the feeling manic 
 C/G                                     D/A  
I'm on a tightrope watch it as it swings  
 C/G                                              D/A  
Heating up the metal, putting pressure on the springs 

        Em7     F#                G     C        
And     all     I     want is for   you    to  
Dsus2  .Cadd9. Dsus2 Cadd9 Dsus2 Cadd9  
  make          me smi ..             le…       
        Em7      F#                G     C         
And     all     I     want is   for   you   to      
Dsus2  .Cadd9. Dsus2 Cadd9 Dsus2 Cadd9  
  drive         me   wil ..          d…  

Outro 
 Gsus2    Em7      Em7 
 Gsus2    Em7      Em7 
 C/G  slide D/A   C/G slide  D/A   C/G  slide  D/A   C/G