Highly Strung Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]
[C][D][C][D][C][F#][D][Em][C][D][C][D]
[C][Em]
The [E]beat, [Em]the

[Verse 1]
beat at my temples;
My pulse, my [D]pulse [Em]in a rush.[D]
I'm [Em]feeling increas[D]ingly [Em]mental,
Legs shak[D]ing, [Em]my face fl[D]ushed.[D#]

[Interlude 1]
[C][F#][D][Em][C]
[F#][D][C][Em][C][D][C][Em][C][F#][D][C][Em][D][Em]
[D]
The [Em]lights [D]so

[Verse 2]
[Em]bright in a dazzle,
The [D]pumping that thumps at my [Em]chest.
I'm feeling increas[D]ingly [Em]frazzled,
Need some comfort,
need [D]some [Em]bedr[D]est
Or some kind of [Em]intervention,
Cold [D]sweat beading up on my [E]brow,[Em][D]
The [Em]hairs on my [D]neck at at[Em]tention.
[D]I don't k[Em]now w[D]hy but s[C]omehow

[Verse 3]
[D]I'm highly strung, I'm stressed as hell,
I bite my tongue, I hold my breath as [C]well.
[D]The iron lung, the diving bell...
Time to depressurise, my nerves are shot to [C]hell.

[Interlude 2]
[C][D][F#][C#][F#][C][Em][E][G][C][D][C][F#][C#][E][Em]
[F#][E][F#][D][E][C][E][F#][D][F#][D][E][Em][D][Em][D][Esus4][E][Em][D]
[Em][F#m][Em][D]

[Verse 4]
[Em]The beat, the [D]heat is [Em]astounding,
The pressure,
[D]the tension [Em]full- blown,
[D]The static is cracking [Em]around me.
[D]I can't [Em]hold [D]on, I can't [Em]let g[D]o...

[Interlude 3]
[Em][C][D][C][D][C][Em][F#]
[D][F#][Em][F#][D][F#][D][E][Em][D][D#][D][D#][G][D][B][D]

[Verse 5]
I'm highly strung, [D]panic attack,
Can't do this one, can't go on with the [C]act.
[D]I'm frozen on the topmost rung,
I can't go on, I'm just too highly [C]string.

[Verse 6]
[D]Hold her steady as she goes,
Just be ready, on your [Am]toes,
Hold her [D]steady... there she blows!

[Verse 7]
The case is [D]shut, the song is sung,
The wire's been cut and
the acrobat's well [C]hung.