Gang of Youths - Persevere
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Dave's acoustic version here is intense and awesome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhI8IMQtup8
The chords sound best if you get the hammer-on's going on the C, Am and F chords in the verse
(Hammer-on/pull-off on the middle note in each chord)
[Verse 1]
I Cnever got to kGiss yG7our Amhead, ah, EFmme
And the Ccall came the Gweek I got diFvorced
I Cthought I had a Greal underAmstanding then of Floss
But I Cdidn't know a Gthing 'til you were Fgone
And I'm Ctired of trying to Gfind some sort of Ammeaningful Fthing
In making Csense of such Gunspeakable Floss
But as I'm Cstaring at your Gfolks, the sweetest Ampeople I Fknow
I get a Cglimpse of what it Gis to be Fstrong
Just holding Chands and sobbinGg with sunglasses Fon
[Chorus]
F'Cause nothing tuned me Cin to abFsurdity as Cfast
As a Fgravestone with the Cname of a Ambaby that has Gpassed
I used to Fwanna be Cimportant, now I just Amwanna be Galive
And withoutF fear G
You got to persevere
[Instrumental]
C G G7 Am F
C(x2G) F
[Verse 2]
I Ccouldn't count the Gtimes G7I've Amragged on Fheaven
As an Copiate Ginvented by the Fweak
It's an Cargument I Ghate 'cause I'm Fcontent to love the Cfates
But it Ccomes up a lot with GEmme's dad and Fme
So I'mC shotgun in the Gcar and we're just Amshooting the Fshit
And Cpredictably, the Gtalking turns to FGod
So I Cthrow him Gforty lines how I don't Amthink he Fexists
And he just Csmiles and takes a Gdignified Fpause
Says, "It's oCkay to feel Gunbelievably Flost"
[Chorus]
But FGod is full of Cgrace and his Ffaithfulness is Cvast
There is Fsafety in the Cmoments when the Amshit has hit the Gfan
Not some Fvindictive Cmotherfucker, nor is Amhe shitty at his Gjob
What words to Fhear G
And I'm a mess by now
'Cause noFthing tuned me Cin to my Ffailure as Cfast
As Fgrieving for a Cfriend with more Ambelief than I Gpossessed
"It's not some Fdisembodied Cheaven," he Amassured me
Then he Glaughs and says through Ftears G
"You got to FperseCvere" Am G
FPerseCvere Am G
FPerseCvere Am G
FPerseCvere Am G
[Instrumental break]
F C Am G
[Solo] (played over top of break and outro)
e|-3-5-------------------|
B|-----5-3-5---3---------|
G|-----------5---4-2-0---| x8
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
[Outro]
We threw a Fparty up in Chere, but AmGod, it was bitterGsweet
I live Fhard 'cause I am Cscared that I Amwon't mean Ganything
So now I'm Fpraying to the Cceiling, to the Amwindows, to the Gwalls
Against this Fsudden sinking Cfeeling that there's Amnothing there at Gall
And still we just persevere
[Outro]
F(reCpeaAmt toG fade)