Sisyphus - Andrew Bird, guitar chords

Published: 2022-12-19 16:25
Selection chords: Ethan Cooper

B7 x2
Em D Am Am
Em D Am Am
Em D C C
G  Am C C
G  Am C C

Verse:
 Am             D
Sisyphus peered into the mist
             G                       C
A stoneʼs throw from the precipice, paused
        Am                        D                         G
Did he jump or did he fall as he gazed into the maw of the morning mist?
        C                             Am                     D              G
Did he raise both fists and say, "To hell with this" and just let the rock roll?

Chorus:
Am        D             G         C
  Let it roll, let it crash down low
           Am                     B7             Em  E  Am
Thereʼs a house down there but I lost it long ago
        D             G         C
Let it roll, let it crash down low
        Am                     B7            Em
See my house down there but I lost it long ago

Em D Am Am
Em D Am Am
Em D C C

                 G            Am                 C
Well, I let the rock roll on down to the town below
           G                     Am            E
We had a house down there but I lost it long ago
               Am
Lost it long ago
    D          G      E  Am
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
   D           G   E  Am
Na-na-na-na-na-na
      D               G
Iʼm letting it roll away
           C                 Am
Itʼs got nothing to do with fate
       B7                   Em   E E
And everything to do with you

Verse:
            Am                       D                    G
Iʼd rather fail like a mortal than flail like a god on a lightning rod
            C                   Am  D  G   C
History forgets the moderates
               Am
For those who sit
                   D
Recalcitrant and taciturn
               G                         C                       Am  D  G   C
You know Iʼd rather turn and burn than scale this edifice, yeah
             Am
Whereʼs my accomplice?
     D                                G
So take my hand, weʼll do more than stand
                      C
Take my hand, weʼll claim this land
  Am                D                 G
Take my hand, and weʼll let the rock roll

Chorus:
Am        D             G         C
  Let it roll, let it crash down low
           Am                     B7             Em  E  Am
Thereʼs a house down there but I lost it long ago
        D             G         C
Let it roll, let it crash down low
        Am                     E             Am
See my house down there but I lost it long ago
 A             Dm
Lost it long ago

   G           C     A  Dm
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
   G           C    Dm
Na-na-na-na-na-na
      G              C
Iʼm letting it roll away
          Am                 Bb
Itʼs got nothing to do with fate
         B7
And everything to do with

Em D Am Am
Em D Am Am
Em D C C
G  Am C C
G  Am C C

Outro:
 Am             D
Sisyphus peered into the mist
            G                        C
A stoneʼs throw from the precipice, paused