Brick By Boring Brick

Chords

Standard

CAPO 1

Intro: Em B C G C x4
Em             B     C
She lives in a fairy tale
G                          C
Somewhere to far for us to find.
Em            B         C
Forgotten the taste and smell
G                              C
Of the world that she's left behind.
Em       B    C      G
It's all about the exposure
                C
The lens i told her.
Em            B          C
The angles are all wrong now.
      G                          C
She's ripping wings off of butterflies.

Pre-Chorus:
D                                Em C
Keep your feet on the ground
D                                Em B C
When your head's in the clouds

Chorus:
G
Well go get your shovel
    B
And we'll dig a deep hole
   Em               C
To bury the castle, bury the castle. x2
Em          B     C
Ba Da Ba Ba Da Ba Ba Ha !

Em            B         C
So one day he found her crying
G                      C
Coiled up on the dirty ground.
Em                 B       C
Her prince finally came to save her
G                          C
And the rest you can figure out.
Em            B
Well it was a trick
C       G            C
And the clock struck twelve

Well make sure
Em                 B       C         G
To build your home brick by boring brick
                       C
Or the wolf's gonna blow it down.

Pre-Chorus:
D                               Em C
When your head's in the clouds
D                               Em B C
Keep your feet on the ground

Chorus:
G
Well go get your shovel
    B
And we'll dig a deep hole
   Em               C
To bury the castle, bury the castle x2

Am C G D

Am
Well you built up a world of magic
C
Because your real life is tragic
G                              D
Yeah you built up a world of magic
            G                                B
But if it's not real you can hold it in your hand
                          Em
You can feel it with your heart
    C
And i won't believe it
    G
But if it's true
                         B
You can see it with your eyes
                Em
Oh, even in the dark
           C
And that's where i want to be, yeah

Chorus (again):
G
Well go get your shovel
    B
And we'll dig a deep hole
   Em               C
To bury the castle, bury the castle x2

Em B C G C x2

Em          B     C
Ba Da Ba Ba Da Ba Ba Da
G                    C
Ba Da Ba Ba Ba Da Ba Ba x3
Em          B     C
Ba Da Ba Ba Da Ba Ba Da
G
Ba Da Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba ( Stop directly after the last "Ba" with G)