CHORDS: Alvvays – After The Earthquake Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are After The Earthquake chords by Alvvays on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
A  A  D  D 
A  A  G  G 
A  A  G  G 

[Verse 1]
           A
After the earthquake
                  G
Pictures hanging diagonally
                           A
Drive through crying in a milkshake
                    G
It wasn’t built to last

[Verse 2]
            A
Up in the front seat
                            G
You were playing with the station
                          A
And I was fidgeting with the heat
                     D     
Looking back to the vibrant 
          G            Em
days of racket in the hall

[Chorus]
  D              A
Caution to the breeze
                      Em  
Say you’ll climb your way 
             D       A
out of your wake now-ow
                Em
Velvet curtain drawn
  D              A
Flowers at your feet
                   C  
Say you’ll contemplate
              G          A
 how you’re weighed down

[Instrumental]
Em  D  A  A 
Em  D  A  A 

[Verse 3]
                   A       
The pulse of the brakelight 
                   G
is the colour of burning embers
                            A
If you wake up, will you remember
                     G
The awful things I said 
at the edge of the bed?

[Verse 4]
                   A
Thrashing like a great white
         As they rolled 
                G
you up on a stretcher
(I feel the   northern
 tide        crashing)
And the faint words of 
           A
Jessica Fletcher
(on   the   pines)
                            
         Were drowned out by 
       D       G            Em
the sound of racket in the hall
(I feel the    northern    tide 
    crashing on the pines)


[Chorus]
  D            A
Caution to the breeze
                      Em 
Say you’ll climb your way 
              D       A
out of your wake now-ow

[Bridge 1]
      Dmaj7              
Those days, I’d never let
          Gmaj7
 you fall apart
           Dmaj7         
But things fade  like the 
                      Gmaj7
scent of a brand new  car
Why would I ever fall in
 Dmaj7
 love  again
     E7               Em 
When every detail is over
       D        A
 the guardrail?
                      Em 
Say you’ll climb your way 
              D    A
out of your wake now


[Chorus]
 A                 C   
Say you’ll contemplate 
            Em      A
how you’re weighed down

[Post-Chorus]
                   Em  D  A
Are you awake now?
                   Em  D  A
Are you awake now?

[Outro]
              Em
Racket in the hall
  D              A
Caution to the breeze
                Em
Velvet curtain drawn
  D              A
Flowers at your feet

[Outro]
Em  D  A  A
C   G  A 

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