Persevere Chords - Gang Of Youths

Verse 1

C G G7 Am F I never got to kiss your head, ah, Emme C G F And the call came the week I got divorced C G Am F I thought I had a real understanding then of loss C G F But I didn't know a thing 'til you were gone C G Am F And I'm tired of trying to find some sort of meaningful thing C G F In making sense of such unspeakable loss C G Am F But as I'm staring at your folks, the sweetest people I know C G F I get a glimpse of what it is to be strong C G F Just holding hands and sobbing with sunglasses on

Chorus

F C F C 'Cause nothing tuned me in to absurdity as fast F C Am G As a gravestone with the name of a baby that has passed F C Am G I used to wanna be important, now I just wanna be alive F G And without fear You got to persevere

Instr

C G G7 Am F C G F (2x)

Verse 2

C G G7 Am F I couldn't count the times I've ragged on heaven C G F As an opiate invented by the weak C G F C It's an argument I hate 'cause I'm content to love the fates C G F But it comes up a lot with Emme's dad and me C G Am F So I'm shotgun in the car and we're just shooting the shit C G F And predictably, the talking turns to God C G Am F So I throw him forty lines how I don't think he exists C G F And he just smiles and takes a dignified pause C G F Says, "It's okay to feel unbelievably lost"

Chorus

F C F C But God is full of grace and his faithfulness is vast F C Am G There is safety in the moments when the shit has hit the fan F C Am G Not some vindictive motherfucker, nor is he shitty at his job F G What words to hear And I'm a mess by now F C F C 'Cause nothing tuned me in to my failure as fast F C Am G As grieving for a friend with more belief than I possessed F C Am "It's not some disembodied heaven," he assured me G F G Then he laughs and says through tears F C Am G "You got to persevere" F C Am G Persevere F C Am G Persevere F C Am G Persevere Instr break F C Am G

Solo

(played over top of break and outro)

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Outro

F C Am G We threw a party up in here, but God, it was bittersweet F C Am G I live hard 'cause I am scared that I won't mean anything F C Am G So now I'm praying to the ceiling, to the windows, to the walls F C Am G Against this sudden sinking feeling that there's nothing there at all And still we just persevere

Outro

F C Am G (repeat to fade)