These are Fingertips chords by Lana Del Rey on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
[Verse 1]
F Em
When I look back, tracing
F
fingertips over plastic bags
Em C
Thinking, \"I wish I could
Bm Em
extrapolate some small intention
Bm Em
Or maybe just get your attention
C D
for a minute or two\"
[Verse 2]
F
Will I die? Or will I
Em
get to that ten-year mark?
F
Where I beat the extinction
Em
of telomeres?
Dm
And if I do, will you be there
E7
with me, Father, Sister,
Brother?
[Verse 3]
F
Charlie, stop smoking
G
Caroline, will you be with me?
Will the baby be alright?
F G
Will I have one of mine?
F
Can I handle it even if I do?
G
It\'s said that my mind
Is not fit, or so they said,
F
to carry a child
C Am
I guess I\'ll be fine
[Verse 4]
F
It wasn\'t my idea, the cocktail
of things that twists
Dm
neurons inside
G
But without them, I\'d die
E7
They say there\'s irony in the music,
F
it\'s a tragedy, I
Dm G
See nothing Greek in it
Give me a mausoleum in Rhode
Island with Dad, Grandma,
E7
Grandpa, and Dave
F
Who hung himself real high
Dm G
In the National Park sky,
it\'s a shame and I\'m
G#dim
crying right now
Am
To get to you, save you,
E7
if I take my life
Find your astral body,
G D#dim
put it into my eyes
F
Give you two seconds to cry
G
Take you home, I, I\'ll
give you a blanket
Your spirit can sit and
G#dim Am
watch TV by my side
D G
\'Cause, baby, I
Ran through a time when
E7
I felt you were doing it
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[Verse 5]
F
I couldn\'t handle it,
I was in Monaco
F
I couldn\'t hear what
they said on the telephone
G
I had to sing for the
prince in two hours
G
Sat in the shower
E7 Dm
Gave myself two seconds to cry
Dm G
It\'s a shame that we die
[Verse 6]
When I was fifteen, naked,
C
next-door neighbors did a drive-by
Pulled me up by my waist,
F C
long hair to the beach side
F
I wanted to go out like you,
swim with the fishes
C
That he caught on
Rhode Island beaches
But, sometimes, it\'s
Em F
just not your time
[Verse 7]
G
Caroline, what kind
of was she to
E
say I\'d end up in institutions?
F
All I wanted to do was kiss
G C
Aaron Greene and sit by
Am F
The lake, twisting lime into
G
the drinks that they made
Have a babe at sixteen,
E7
the town I was born in,
F
and died
[Verse 8]
Am G
Aaron ended up dead and not me
What the fuck\'s wrong
C
in your head to send me away,
never to come back?
G
Exotic places and people don\'t
E7
take the place of being
F
your child
Fm C
I give myself two seconds to cry
[Verse 9]
Am G
Let it crash over me
Like the waves in the sea
E7 F
Call me Aphrodite
G
As they bow down to me
[Verse 10]
Dm E
Sunbather, moon chaser,
F G
queen of empathy
E7
I give myself two seconds
F
to breathe
And go back to being
G
a serene queen
I just needed two seconds
E7 F
to be me
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