Darren Criss – The Muse chords ver. 4

The Muse by Darren Criss

Capo 3

Intro: Em

Verse:
Em                        Am            You're a diamond that I'm afraid to touch
Em                                AmYou're damn near flawless and I'm sure you'd cut
      C                    D on my eyes, my hands, my head, my heart
    D#dim            Em You tear this canvas skin apart
    D#dim           B7              Em     D D#dim EmOh, what a waste of human art that'd be

Em                           AmYou're a dungeon, but you're made of glass
Em                     AmYour prisoners have no idea they're trapped
           C            D'cause you look so beautiful inside
   D#dim              EmIt makes us feel like we're alive
     D#dim           B7                 Ebut lord knows we'll never survive your walls

Chorus:
E              Am             EBut didn't you know that all along
           Am                 EYou didn't need to hear your song
                 Amand if you don't know that 
         C               Cm     D Emthen you might as well be dead

Interlude: Em D Em

Verse:
Em                           Am          Medusa's child preserved her former looks
EmShe kept her out of all the storybooks
        C              Djust to get back at all of the men
    D#dim               Emwho have tried time and time again
   D#dim              B7             Em     D D#dim Emto claim the right of her demise and end

Em                               AmA million years go by and you're still around
Em                         AmYou're knocking us off our feet; you're knocking us down
       C                Dbut we still can't leave you alone
    D#dim            EmThe way you move one would be prone
   D#dim              B7           Eto want to be turned into stone by you

Chorus:
E              Am             EBut didn't you know that all along
           Am                 EYou didn't need to hear your song
                 Amand if you don't know that 
         C               Cmthen you might as well be dead

Bridge:
G          D         CYou make me feel so alive
         Bm                  Ambut its consequence: I want to be dead
G     D        CWas it how you arrived?
        Bm             Am             CI can't tell or was it in the way you left...
            Emus.... here?

Instrumental: Em D Am C Cm

Chorus:
E              Am             EBut didn't you know that all along
           Am                 EYou didn't need to hear your song
                 Amand if you don't know that 
         C               Cmthen you might as well be, you might as well, oh

E          Am                EYou didn't need to hear your song
                Am           E'cause you just knew it all along
           AmYou didn't know that so
    C             Cm              (Em)you might as well, might as well be dead