Newton Faulkner - Against The Grain Chords

Newton Faulkner - Against The Grain Guitar Chords

Tuning: DGDGAD

[Guitar tuned down a further semitone to match recording]


 CHORDS USED [in order of appearance]:
     F#maj7   B     F#      Eb    Abm11   F#/Bb   Bsus2
Db]----0-------0-------0-------2-------0-------0-------0----|
Ab]----5-------3-------2-------2-------3-------5-------5----|
Gb]----0-------0-------0-------4-------0-------0-------0----|
Db]----4-------3-------0-------2-------0-------0-------0----|
Gb]----0-------0-------0-------4-------2-------4-------5----|
Db]----------------------------2----------------------------|

    C#7/Ab  F#add9    C#/F   C#sus4   Ebm7     Bb      B9     Am6
Db]----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------9-------0-------x----|
Ab]----x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------4----|
Gb]----5-------4-------2-------0-------0-------8-------9-------0----|
Db]----0-------0-------0-------4-------0-------9-------10------x----|
Gb]----x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------3----|
Db]----7-------5-------4-------0-------2-------9-------10-----------|


 INTRO:
F#maj7 - B - F# - F# (x2)

 VERSE 1:
         F#maj7         B     F#         F#
  I have tried but it's hard to fight it
               F#maj7      B    F#         F#
  I can't just watch as it falls apart
              F#maj7     B          F#           F#
  If we could break the mould, make it in from the cold
            F#maj7      B       F#         F#
  Lose your mind, never lose your heart

 PRE-CHORUS 1:
           Eb
  I don't mind working hard for it
                 F#
  I'll bend the hands 'til the space appears
                 Eb
  I'll move the pieces until we all fit
               F#                  Abm11      F#/Bb
  From near to far and from far to near

 CHORUS 1:
        Bsus2                             F#
  And I know that I'm going against the grain
        Abm11     F#/Bb    Bsus2
  And I know this makes no sense
        Bsus2               F#         Abm11   F#/Bb    Bsus2
  The changes I've tried to make, they make no differ - ence
        Bsus2                F#                     Eb
  But I know that I'll try again, although it's so hard
   F#   Bsus2
  Hard, hard

 TRANSITION:
F#maj7 - B - F# - F# (x2)

 VERSE 2:
        F#maj7     B     F#         F#
  Given time it'll finally focus
           F#maj7        B      F#         F#
  And in a moment that's been and gone
             F#maj7             B        F#           F#
  And in the afterglow, from my head to my soul
        F#maj7    B    F#         F#
  I can see all I have ignored

 PRE-CHORUS 2:
               Eb
  And I don't mind working hard for it
                 F#
  I'll bend the hands 'til the space appears
                 Eb
  I'll move the pieces until we all fit
               F#                  Abm11      F#/Bb
  From near to far and from far to near

 CHORUS 2:
        Bsus2                             F#
  And I know that I'm going against the grain
        Abm11     F#/Bb    Bsus2
  And I know this makes no sense
        Bsus2               F#         Abm11   F#/Bb    Bsus2
  The changes I've tried to make, they make no differ - ence
        Bsus2                F#                     Eb
  But I know that I'll try again, although it's so hard
   F#   Bsus2
  Hard, hard

 TRANSITION:
F#maj7 - B - F# - F# (x2)

 BRIDGE:
     C#7/Ab                     F#add9
  If life's so short then we're wasting time
  C#/F                   F#add9
  Love is the last thing on our minds
  C#7/Ab        F#add9          C#/F       C#/F
  It's so simple but so hard to see
      C#sus4       Ebm7
  And you are not alone in this
   Bb                B9
  Sense of loss and loneliness
  C#7/Ab               F#add9          C#/F       C#/F
  Take your shoes off, run towards the sea

 CHORUS 3:
        Bsus2                             F#
  And I know that I'm going against the grain
        Abm11     F#/Bb    Bsus2
  And I know this makes no sense
        Bsus2               F#         Abm11   F#/Bb    Bsus2
  The changes I've tried to make, they make no differ - ence
        Bsus2                F#                     Eb
  But I know that I'll try again, although it's so hard
   F#   Bsus2
  Hard, hard

 TRANSITION:
F#maj7 - B - F# - F# (x2)

 OUTRO:
             F#/Bb    Am6       F#
  I know the sun will keep on shining down
      Am6                    F#
  As long as you're around

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