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Achilles Come Down by Gang Of Youths - Guitar Chords
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Version 1
[Intro]
Am C Am C E
[Verse 1]
Am G C Dm
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down
Am G Am
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
Am G Am Dm
You’re scaring us and all of us, some of us love you
Am G C
Achilles, it’s not much but there’s proof
Am G C Dm
You crazy-ass cosmonaut, remember your virtue
Am G C
Redemption lies plainly in truth
Am G C Dm
Just humor us, Achilles, Achilles, come down
Am G Am
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
[Instrumental]
Am C Am C E x2
[Verse 2]
Am G C Dm
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down
Am G C
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
Am G C Dm
The self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken
Am G C
Remember the pact of our youth
Am G Am Dm
Where you go, I’m going, so jump and I’m jumping
Am G Am
Since there is no me without you
Am G C Dm
Soldier on, Achilles, Achilles, come down
Am G Am
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
[Pre-Chorus]
Am G C Dm
Loathe the way they light candles in Rome
Am G Am
But love the sweet air of the votives
Am G C Dm
Hurt and grieve but don’t suffer alone
Am G F
Engage with the pain as a motive
[Chorus]
Fm C Am
Today of all days, see
E F G C
How the most dangerous thing is to love
E F G C
How you will heal and you’ll rise above
[Instrumental]
Am C Am C E x2
[Verse 3]
Am G C Dm
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, jump now
Am G C
You are absent of cause or excuse
Am G Am Dm
So self-indulgent and self-referential
Am Em Am
No audience could ever want you
Am G C Dm
You crave the applause yet hate the attention
Am G C
Then miss it, your act is a ruse
Am G C Dm
It is empty, Achilles, so end it all now
Am Em Am
It's a pointless resistance for you
[Instrumental]
Am C Am C E x2
[Verse 4]
Am G C Dm
Achilles, Achilles, just put down the bottle
Am G C
Don’t listen to what you’ve consumed
Am G C Dm
It’s chaos, confusion, and wholly unworthy
Am Em Am
Of feeding and it’s wholly untrue
Am G C Dm
You may feel no purpose nor a point for existing
Am G C
It’s all just conjecture and gloom
Am G C Dm
There may not be meaning, so find one and seize it
Am Em Am
Do not waste yourself on this roof
[Pre-Chorus]
Am G C Dm
Hear those bells ring deep in the soul
Am G Am
Chiming away for a moment
Am G C Dm
Feel your breath course frankly below
Am G F
See life as a worthy opponent
[Chorus]
Fm C Am
Today of all days, see
E F G C
How the most dangerous thing is to love
E F G C
How you will heal and you’ll rise above
E F G C
Crowned by an overture bold and beyond
E7 F G C
Ah, it’s more courageous to overcome
[Instrumental]
Am C Am C E x2
[Verse 5]
C Em
You want the acclaim, the mother of mothers
Am
(It’s not worth it, Achilles)
Am E
More poignant than fame or the taste of another
C
(Don’t listen, Achilles)
C Em
Be real and just jump, you dense motherfucker
Am
(You’re worth more, Achilles)
Am E
You will not be more than a rat in the gutter
C
(So much more than a rat)
C Em
You want my opinion, my opinion you’ve got
(No one asked your opinion)
Am E
You asked for my counsel, I gave you my thoughts
(No one asked for your thoughts)
C Dm
Be done with this now and jump off the roof
(Be done with this now and get off the roof)
Am E7 C
Can you hear me, Achilles? I’m talking to you
[Bridge]
Dm Am
I’m talking to you
Am F
I’m talking to you
F Fm
I’m talking to you
Fm C
Achilles, come down
C Dm
Achilles, come down
[Instrumental]
Am C Am C E x2
[Pre-Chorus]
Am G C Dm
Throw yourself into the unknown
Am G Am
With a pace and a fury defiant
Am G C Dm
Clothe yourself in beauty untold
Am G F
And see life as a means to a triumph
[Chorus]
Fm C Am
Today of all days, see
E F G C
How the most dangerous thing is to love
E F G C
How you will heal and you’ll rise above
E F G C
Crowned by an overture bold and beyond
E7 F G C
Ah, it’s more courageous to overcome
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