Control - Biting Elbows, guitar chords

Published: 2019-12-22 17:19
Selection chords: Katie Paterson

Intro: G x4

G               D             Em Em
You and I will burn down this hotel
G                D             Em Em
For our troubles we will go to hell
G        D                  Em Em
Hold on, Do not start just yet
G                D             Em Em
I can feel that nervous bead of sweat
G        D        Em   Em
Control, control, control
G        D
Control, control
     Em  Em
Iʼve got no

G            D
Oh my baby, donʼt you cry
Em                Em                G   D
My heart beats a thousand times per minute
                    Em     Em
When you look at me like that
G             D
Talk my way into the sea
Em                    Em        G    D
Thatʼs exactly where Iʼll be, I mean it
                    Em     Em
When you look at me like that

G            D       Em  Em
Control, control, control
G             D
Control, control
     Em   Em
Iʼve got no

       Bm           G   D  D
And I havenʼt felt so alive
            Bm          G   D  D
Iʼve got a fire burninʼ up inside
         Bm        G     D  D
No I havenʼt felt this alive
              Bm    G         D  D
Not in a very long, very long time

Bm G D D x4

G               D
Now the room is up in flames
Em               Em
Endorphins shoot through my veins
G         D                   Em  Em
I feel it and I know you feel it too
G                   D
Matches, lighters, gasoline
Em               Em
Itʼs an everyday routine
G                    D
For what you make me do
Em                 Em
I almost love you (almost love you)
G        D     Em      Em
Control, Control, Control
G            D
Control, Control
     Em  Em
Iʼve got no

       Bm           G   D  D
And I havenʼt felt so alive
            Bm          G   D  D
Iʼve got a fire burninʼ up inside
         Bm        G     D  D
No I havenʼt felt this alive
              Bm    G         D  D
Not in a very long, very long time

Bm G D A x4
Bm x4

Bm               G
I canʼt wait anymore
            Em
For all the things
                G
That I want you for
Bm
Make that call
        G
Break protocol
           Em
You know I lack control
           G
You know I lack control
       G        A
And it feeds on mistakes
        Bm          D
That it needs me to make

       Bm           G   D  D
And I havenʼt felt so alive
            Bm          G   D  D
Iʼve got a fire burninʼ up inside
         Bm        G     D  D
No I havenʼt felt this alive
              Bm    G         D  D
Not in a very long, very long time

Bm G D A x4