Artist: City and Colour Song: Mizzy C Album: If I Should Go Before You (2015) TUNING: Standard ( ) e|---0-------------2------0-----0--------5-----| B|---5------0------2------0-----0--------5-----| G|---6-----6p4-----2------1-----2--------6-----| |---6------6------4------2-----4--------7-----| E|----------5------2------0----(2)-------5-----| [Intro] - | | | x4 [Verse] I keep recycling stories from my youth That I’ve told before Conversations with myself have become such a bore Struggling to find the rhythm in these blues of mine I’ve been living out of focus barren of life and light [Chorus] If I try to change direction I might not find what I’m looking for But this bitter disposition By now has surely run its course [Interlude] | | | x4 [Verse] Now I’ve been given the gift of persistence But it’s become a curse Unraveling backwards in the distance I hear a dirge I can see a man on his face there’s no trace of time There’s a strange and mad idea that I must find [Chorus] If I try to change direction I might not find what I’m looking for But this bitter disposition By now has surely run its course [Bridge] x4 "I wanna change direction" |------------| |------------| |------------| |------------| E|--7--9--------5--7-7h9--0--2b-| The hammer on is only played on the 1st repeat and the bend release is only played on the 4th repeat [Chorus] x2 If I try to change direction I might not find what I’m looking for But this bitter disposition By now has surely run its course [Outro] x2 "oooooooooh oooooooooooh" | | |