Keane – The Starting Line chords

Chords used:

C - 332010 / 032010
Em - 022000
G - 320033 / 320003
F - 133211
Am - 002210
Bb - 113331



Intro:


C Em G C (2x)


Verse 1:


C               Em  This town was a lovers stage 
     G                  Cbut now you can't recognise
C                         Em              Gthe streetlights that are daggers to your eyes
F                     AmYou can't find your bearings
       F                  Cyou're slipping into the ground
    F            Am            Em        GThe scene has no colour and no sound.


Verse 2:


C            EmYou still believe in me 
 G                     Cafter the things I've done
 C           Em             GYou fear for what we have become
F               AmThe ground is uneven
F                       Cyou stumble from day to day
F                   Am        You tread where its easy
              Em           although your feet are like lead
        G                Fand you gotta get underway


Chorus:


F          C                Em      AmDrag your heart up to the starting line
F            C                   GForget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F       C            Em     AmIts too easy to get left behind
Dm                 I know you've been kicked around
    F                                           C     Em    G   Cbut tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me.


Verse 3:


C               Em         G                   AmEach heart is a paper kite blown around by the breeze
C                      Em                  GLove wont rest till it brings you to your knees
F            Am    F                    CSome find it easy, some will never even know
F                         AmYou think youve done your journey,
           Em                          Gthen you stumble and find that theres such a long way to go


Chorus:


(F)        C              Em       AmDrag your heart up to the starting line
F            C                   GForget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F       C            Em     AmIts too easy to get left behind
Dm I know you've been kicked around
FYou wanna be lost but now your found
Bblets take the back way into town
FDrink to the bad times
                   C     Em     G     C Lay them down on me

C Em G C   


Verse 4:


C             EmGirl, I still believe in you
         G               Cyour too good to fall so low
C                  Em            Gwe're gonna find a better life I know
F              AmThings will be clearer
F                    Cas soon as we make a start
F                  Amwe'll be that much nearer
          Em                     G                  F                    we're too old to just stand here waiting to break apart


Chorus:


(F)        C              Em       AmDrag your heart up to the starting line
F            C                   GForget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F       C            Em     AmIts too easy to get left behind
DmI know you've been kicked around
F                                               C     Em     G     Cbut tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me.     On me...

C     Em     G     COn me...