Macklemore – Excavate chords

[Chorus: Saint Claire]
Em

 G                  C                  EmFill my lungs up, pour my heart out, peel my bones away
 G                 C             G                  EmCrack my window, shed my shadow, excavate my pain


[Verse 1: Macklemore]
GIf I could read the world my notebook and these thoughts in it
CWould they judge me or love me for what I've written?
Em                 GTryna get closer to spirit that enters the body
CIt's the vessel like I'm not in it
Em                         GIn fifty-something years, I won't be here
CThere'll be a kid with some headphones coverin' his ears
Em                         GWalkin' 'round a hallway, dreamin' of ideas
CFind himself in the sound 'cause music is a mirror
Em                     GWhat you looking for? What you headed towards?
CWhat's your name worth when they mention yours?
Em                    GWhen you leave here, are you stepping forward?
CCan you remember your intention when they question yours?
GThey're gonna question yours, they're gonna question yours
  CI've been to rock bottom and I'm headed North
Em                                      GIf you don't love yourself, what's the respect for?
           CIf you don't love life, the check won't correct yours

Excavate


[Chorus: Saint Claire]
G                 C                  EmFill my lungs up, pour my heart out, peel my bones away
G                 C               EmCrack my window, shed my shadow, excavate my pain
G                    CAnd I found peace
            EmAnd I found peace
      GAnd I found peace


[Verse 2: Macklemore]
GI had this vision of my death
                      CSurrounded by people I love and respect
                 EmIn the baby blue Cadillac hearse
G                    CPullin' me 'round the block that I rep
                  Em                    GThe greatest fear that I've ever kept
CIs dying with regrets
                Em                   GLike was I just alive for success?
                        C                                EmOr did I leave a better life for the rest?
                  GMy greatest achievement isn't the dollars
C                                             EmMy greatest achievement isn't the followers
                  GMy greatest achievement isn't the accolades
CMy greatest achievement is my daughter
Em                        GWakin' up in the morning, bein' a father
CWatchin' the light kiss her eyelids
Em          GHearin' her sing along to Chance
CAnd bein' like, "Yeah, that's my kid"
GThe light started to glow
CAnd the saxophone from Coltrane started to blow
Em                           GTender, laying in the snow, turn on my headphones
CCouple miles to go before I run out of road
GExcavate


[Chorus: Saint Claire]
G                  C                 EmFill my lungs up, pour my heart out, peel my bones away
 G               C                EmCrack my window, shed my shadow, excavate my pain
G                   CAnd I found peace
            EmAnd I found peace
      G           CAnd I found peace
            EmAnd i found peace



[Outro: Macklemore]
G                              CHold me up into the light and study every part of me
        Em               G                CI'm an open book, no, I don't mind, but sometimes I'm hard to read
      Em                  G                     CJust flesh and bone, I'm headed home, but this life is so hard to leave
     Em                  G                 CBut who am I when they cut the lights and nobody's watching me?
  G                             CHold me up into the light and study every part of me
         Em               G               CI'm an open book, no, I don't mind, but sometimes I'm hard to read
       Em                  G                     CJust flesh and bone, I'm headed home, but this life is so hard to leave
      Em                G                 CBut who am I when they cut the lights and nobody's watching me?
 G      C      EmGemini