Basic Space Chords
by The XX
Basic Space by The XX is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, F and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Bb Bb Bb Bb F F F F
Bb Bb
Neck, chest, waist to floor
F F
Easy to take, you could take me in fours
Bb Bb
Make me a deal, a day a piece
F F
Take it all, just stay a week
Bb Bb
I'll take you in pieces, we can take it all apart
F F
I've suffered shipwrecks right from the start
Bb Bb
I've been underwater, breathing out and in
F F
I think I'm losing where you end and I begin
Eb Bb
Basic space, open air
Eb Bb
Don't look away, when there's nothing there
Eb
I'm setting us in stone
Bb
Piece by piece, before I'm alone
Eb
Air tight, before we break
Bb
Keep it in, keep us safe
Eb
It's a pool of boiling wax I'm getting in
Bb
Let it set got to seal this in,
Eb
Can't adjust, Can't relearn
Bb
Got to keep what I have, preserve
Eb Bb
Basic space, open air
Eb Bb
Don't look away, when there's nothing there
Bb
Hot wax has left me with a shine
F
Wouldn't know if I'd been left behind
Bb F
Second skin, second skin
Bb F
I can't let it out, I still let you in
Bb F
I can't let it out, I still let you in