Failure Chords
Failure by Sixpence None the Richer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, G, Am, Fm and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tom: C
Dm G
The clock in the hall is louder now
C Am
I don't know what to do about it
Dm G
As I hear it make its metronomic rounds
C Am
There's nothing I can do about it
Fm C G Am
With its constant tick, like the footsteps of someone approaching
E
I don't want to meet
Fm C G Am
She's a messenger with the message my journey is over
E
And I failed to make it
Dm G C Am
Time's not my friend anymore
Dm G C Am
Dm G
My dreams at night are stranger now
C Am
And I don't know what to do about it
Dm G
In every scene you're taken away from me
C Am
And there's nothing I can do about it
Fm C G Am
I am running from the footsteps of someone approaching
E
I don't want to meet
Fm C G Am
She's a messenger with the message my journey is over
E
And I failed to make it
Dm G C Am
Time's not my friend anymore