Mariana Trench

Cadd9  x3203x     C   x3201x     Em    02200x     C      x3201x     D5  xx023x
                  D5  xx023x     E     02210x     F      13321x     Em  02200x
                  Em  022000     Am    x0221x     Am     x0221x     F   13321x
                  F   13321x     G     32000x     G      32000x     G   32000x
                  G   32000x     F     13321x     Cmaj7  x3200x
                  E   02210x     C     x3201x
                  Am  x0221x     Am/G  3x221x
                                 D/F#  2x023x
Capo 4th fret (or transpose +4 for piano chords)

Intro

Cadd9

Verse 1

N.C.        C                     D5
Well they’d better save some space for me
        Em               F
In that growing cottage industry
      G      E       Am
Where selfishness is currency
       F
People spend more than they make
     C                   D5
So I wrapped my head in bandages
         Em               F
From the string of happy accidents
  G          E   Am
I guess maybe I asked for it
    F
But who am I to say

Pre-Chorus 1

    Em                 E               Am           G
The closing bell death tolls, hear the market crash
         F                   G              C    G
A crying trader swears he’ll get out of the game
            Em               E                Am    Am/G  D/F#
The cowboy drinks himself to death, fresh out of rehab
              F                              G
While they’re loading all the rifles on the range

Chorus 1

N.C.            C
Look up at that Everest
                  F
Look down in that Mariana Trench
                Am                                    G
Look now as the crumbling 405 falls down, oh when the big one hits
                 C
Look out for the plainclothes
                      F
Look out for what the wiretap knows
                Am                                     G
Look out on the ever-widening money trail and where it goes
C  Cmaj7  C

Verse 2

N.C.       C               D5
It takes a lot of gall to try to please
        Em          F
These dehumanizing entities
    G           E    Am
I befriended all my enemies
            F
They had my back against the wall
     C                D5
Oh a coward is what a coward does
     Em           F
I suppose maybe I always was
        G         E      Am
But I’m sick of it, I’ve had enough
            F
And now I’m ready for the war

Pre-Chorus 2

    Em            E                 Am        G
The lion bows his head down to the ringmaster
         F                      G                    C  G
With the tightrope stretched so high above the crowd
          Em        N.C.               Am          Am/G  D/F#
All these faces are contortionists, it must have hurt
            F                          G
’Cause they all looked as unhappy as a clown

Chorus 2

N.C.              C
Look long at that Stonehenge
                 F
Look quick is it something you missed
               Am                                            G
Look into that smoldering building’s bombed out fog until it finally lifts
                C
Look up at that big wave
                  F
Look down at your other brother’s grave
                Am                                            G
Look hard for a harder something to sacrifice, that’s what it takes
That’s what it takes

Bridge

D5                Em
   That’s what it takes, hmm
D5                Em
   That’s what it takes, ha
D5                Em
   That’s what it takes, ha
F         G
   Ha, ha, ha

Chorus 3

                C
Look up at that Everest
N.C.              F
Look down in that Mariana Trench
                Am                                    G
Look now as the crumbling 405 falls down, oh when the big one hits
                 C
Look out for the plainclothes
                    F
Speak soft what the wiretap knows
                Am                                     G
Look out on the ever-widening money trail and where it goes