This is an amazing song. It’s simple and raw with a lot of emotion. I found the chords at chordify.net, but they aren’t exactly right. Here’s what I think they should be. (The climbing bass line is what gives this song a lot of its tension, so I’ve included it. I don’t really play guitar, but I just worked some of this out on a keyboard and it seems right. Let me know if there are any corrections in the comments below.)
This Is A Flag. There Is No Wind – Los Campesinos!
[Intro] x2
E/B E/G#
Caug Caug/F#
C#m C#m
A/C# A/C#
E (not voiced)
CAN WE ALL PLEASE JUST CALM THE FUCK DOWN?
E/B E/G#
An analogy that makes sense to most
Caug Caug/F#
This opportunity it found me unmarked at the far post
C#m C#m
But I blazed it right against the crossbar
A/C# A/C#
Of the pub that you had worked in since you moved here from Bath spa
E/B E/G#
We agreed we couldn’t trust the guy that didn’t like a single sport
Caug Caug/F#
But those bow-legged suitors hadn’t given me much of a thought
C#m C#m
They said it smelled delicious but it smelt of burning flesh
A/C# A/C#
Not meant to be malicious but this is the cross we bear
E/B F#m/C# A
The story of the winter I forgot how to speak / my mind was
E/B F#m/C# A
like a nation’s flag but my breeze was too weak. / How they
E/B F#m/C# A
dragged me to the hospital sayin’ I had gone deaf, / but I
E
heard everything they said. It’s just I
A
had no interest.
[break]
E/B E/G#
Our friends have put the two of us on suicide watch
Caug Caug/F#
And every second spent away we spend watching the clock
C#m C#m
There are photos of us holding hands outside of the frame
A/C# A/C#
I was there, but wonder where our fingers were all the same
E/B E/G#
It’s like a self-restraint (It’s the size of a fingernail)
Caug Caug/F#
And then we chew it down (Yeah we chew it down all the same)
C#m C#m
Sad eyes for sad goodbyes
It’s a crime
A/C#
It’s a crime
It’s a crime
It’s a crime
E/B F#m/C# A
The story of the winter I forgot how to speak / my mind was
E/B F#m/C# A
like a nation’s flag but my breeze was too weak. / How they
E/B F#m/C# A
dragged me to the hospital sayin’ I had gone deaf, / but I
E
heard everything they said. It’s just I
A
had no interest.
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