Myths Made Plain Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]If [Bm]you'r[D]e[Bm][D]
wondering [A]how we [D]landed [G]here
You were watching the [A]waves
and [D]drinking [G]beer
You don't even remem
[A]ber [D]standing up
[Bm]Truly I don't eith[Em]er

[Verse 2]
At some point you [A]waded [D]to your [G]waist
As you slipped further [A]out
[D]the stakes were raised
[G]Finally you were sur
[A]rounded [D]an d for what
[Bm]A water darker and deepe[Em]r[A]

[Verse 3]
[G]
In 1997 I be[A]came myself
[D]And 20 minutes later I [G]began to melt
The cycle leads to and
[A]the course of time
[D]The shifting definitions that
com[G]prise a life

[Verse 4]
[G]The people I become [A]and the people
I don't recognize
[D]

[Verse 5]
If you're wondering [A]who
ar[D]ranged the mess
[G]Some exceptions wer[A]e made I gra[D]nt,
I [G]guess
While we all let [A]the peak of [D]the parade
[Bm]The underbelly went [Em]lethal
[A]

[Verse 6]
[G]In 2007 tried to bui[A]ld a bridge
[D]Between know how I was living
and how [G]I could live
Tricked myself into thinking
I'd [A]done enough
[D]Once I got across I didn't [G]blow it up

[Verse 7]
[G]Yeah I closed some lanes,
[A]all it really takes is [D]one

[Verse 8]
[Em]Open name to tear apart
[F#m]all yo[D]ur w[F#m]orks[G]
So fine [D]you are, [Em]delicate[F#m]
unachieve all [G]your half [D]philosophy
Style [Em]points, blind [F#m]belief a
whirling [D]per[G] pe[D]tuity
[Em]The ocean warm that knows
[F#m]you did the same before

[Verse 9]
[G]So in 2017 we did awa[A]y with facts
[D]All negotiation with [G]a battle axe
The gruesome ideology
[A]is center shame
[D]American identity was [G]laid
to waste
We're black lit and exposed
Sug[A]ar stripped and it's
[Bm]made [E]cle[G]an

[Verse 10]
The people I [A]become
The people I can't replicate
[D]