Between The Bars - Elliott Smith, guitar chords

Published: 2019-12-19 19:27
Selection chords: Ethan Cooper

Em7              C
Drink up, baby, stay up all night.
           G
With the things you could do,
     B7
You wonʼt but you might.
       Em7
The potential youʼll be,
       C
That youʼll never see,
      G        G7         C
The promises youʼll only make.

      Em7
Drink up with me now,
        C
And forget all about
       G
The pressure of days.
B7
Do what I say,
          Em7
And Iʼll make you okay,
      C
And drive them away
     G       G7          C
The images stuck in your head

C   D
People youʼve been before
          C     D     Em
That you donʼt want around anymore —
      C         D
That push and shove and wonʼt bendto your will.
C                 Cm
I’ll keep them still.

Em7               C
Drink up, baby, look at the stars.
      G
Iʼll kiss you again
B7
Between the bars,
            Em7
Where Iʼm seeing you there,
            C
With your hands in the air,
G            B7         C
Waiting to finally be caught.

      Em7
Drink up one more time,
     C
And Iʼll make you mine.
G
Keep you apart,
B7
Deep in my heart,
      Em7
Separate from the rest,
         C
Where I like you the best,
      G       B7          C
And keep the things you forgot.

    C    D
The people youʼve been before
          C     D     Em
That you donʼt want around anymore —
       C       D
That push and shove and wonʼt bend to your will.
C                 Cm
Iʼll keep them still.

Em7