Tightrope (acoustic) Chords
by Ryan Adams
Tightrope (acoustic) by Ryan Adams is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Gsus2, Em7, C/G, D/A, F#, G, C, Dsus2 and Cadd9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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