Beginners Mind

Track 8 of The People's Key, Bright Eyes' final album.



Capo 1



F               A

Hold on tight beginners mind,

   Dm                 C

The wheel is spinning too

Gm                    C

Fast to make your move

    A              Dm

The worst must be assumed

   F                  A  

Oh how they'll try to pull and pry 

Dm                 C

Away what you know now

Gm                   C

Beat and beat it out 

        A                        Dm

Leave a drum that makes no sound

  Bb              A             Gm                    C

A snuff film on a Jumbo-tron for all the world to see



  Gm              C

A tail napkin epitaph

     F            Dm          

Some psychobabble telegram

 Gm                    C

Message written in the sand

   F             Dm

The tide rolls in

Gm                  C

Swear you'll do the opposite

   F                 Dm

Of all those tangled hypocrites

    Gm             C            F                  

Who say that the experiment has failed

Dm

Don't go there

Bb

You're getting nowhere

C

You're getting nowhere



F                A

Stay a while my inner child

    Dm                 C

I'd like to learn your trick

Gm                      C       

Know what makes you tick



A                     Dm

Nurse you when you're sick

   F                   A

Oh how you've grown so cynical

     Dm                       C

Hard lines carved in your face

    Gm                C

The sunshine so cliché 

          A       Dm 

Just like love and pain

    Bb                     A                          Gm                 C                   

You tried your best on the Rorschach test but there's just nothing to see



     Gm            C   

Heard terabytes of perfect pitch

     F                 Dm

Some universal elegance

Gm                        C 

Stack the seventh and the fifth

 F            Dm

Along the grid

Gm                      C

Swear you’ll be the opposite

   F               Dm

Of all the stilted hypocrites

    Gm                 C           F     Dm                    

You know what made you infamous to them, don't you?

Bb 

You keep starting over

C

You keep starting over

A

You keep starting over

Dm

You keep starting over

Bb

Keep starting over

C

Keep starting over

F               A

Hold on tight beginners mind

      Dm              C 

The currents far too strong

        Gm              C

It will carry you along

            A                 Dm

Till you're just like everyone



F               A

Stay a while my inner child

    Dm                C

I'd like to learn your trick

Gm                      C       

Know what makes you tick

A                     Dm

Nurse you when you're sick



Bb A Gm C



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