Verse 1: C G Milemarker twenty-seven says we’re on the way to Heaven Dm C And I smile at the passenger seat F Forty miles from Chicago There is snow on the windshield And you’re downtown dragging your feet C G Now I’m circling the block around Union Central Station Am Bb And there are bullets flying into the car F It’s the same as it’s always been Fm It’s the same as it’s always been C Two-hundred miles from Chicago: There is blood on the windshield G And I am reeling as you gather your things F I said I don’t know what to do anymore As if I knew what to do before Fm I can xxxx up almost anything Chorus: C Em I don’t think that I would exactly call it love F But it’s dripping down my consciousness Fm As you’re slipping down my lungs Verse 2: C G I want to build you a protest out of sticks and rocks Am Bb I find in the backyard behind the house you grew up in F Fm In loving memory of all our nonconformity C G I want to sing you a signal that reaches only the ears Am Bb Of young disenfranchised straight white boys F Fm Because that would feel normal, and none of this does Chorus: C Em I don’t think that I would exactly call it love F But it’s dripping down my consciousness Fm As you’re slipping down my lungs C Em So save it for a rainy day and maybe then you’ll see F Fm That I am like the earth, old man, there’s no way around me Verse 3: C G But even in my dreams Dm F I still don’t know the difference between C G Dm F What it is I want and what it is I need C G I wanna see you be brave F I wanna see you surviving C I wanna see both of us G F Prospering and thriving separately C G I want the catharsis of knowing Dm F Something bad’s about to happen C G Dm F But also knowing that I can’t do anything about it C G Because your new house just don’t shut Bb F Quite like the one you grew up in used to C G I wanna come and visit Dm F I wanna see this through, but C G Dm F I never will because you’re just not what I need C G And I am just not what you want Dm F Though you’re in everyone I meet and C G Dm F We’ll say xxxx the banks but we’ll still use them every day C G And when we fight amongst ourselves Dm F The banks will say “Okay C G Bb F Have you been spending all your capital on causes you deem just? C G Bb F You keep doing what you can, we’ll keep doing what we must.” C G So despite what you have learned Bb F In songs for which you’d take a bullet C G You won’t find objective truth Bb F In a final rhyming couplet C7 A couplet, a couplet, a couplet... This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.
Banks chords by Lincoln
Suggested strumeverywhere 4/4
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Also works: island strum d – d u – u d u
How to play Banks on ukulele
A solid first pick for Banks on ukulele is the everywhere 4/4: d – d u – u d –. This arrangement is in C major. This one leans on trickier shapes, with the chords at the proficient level.
10 ukulele chords used in "Banks" by Lincoln: A, Am, Bb, C, C7, Dm, Em, F, Fm and G
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