The Mistake Chords
The Mistake by Manchester Orchestra is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, G, C, F and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Dm G C F (x2)
verse 1
Dm G
I don't want to die alone
C F
Tell me there's another option for me
Dm G
Standing like I should've known
C F
I knew you'd accidentally look right inside of me
Dm G
There's nothing anybody could say
C F
There was nothing anybody could do
Dm G C F
You made up your absent mind and now the rest of us are here to amuse you
F C Dm C
Everybody I know makes the same mistakes
F C Dm C
Packaged up in different boxes, masking shame
Dm G C F (x2)
verse 2
Dm G
Laying on the carpet spilled
C F
You told me you were fairly sure that you'd marry him
Dm G C F
Embryonic accidents, a native knife, you gotta finally bury it
Dm G
There's nothing anybody could say
C F
There was nothing anybody could do
Dm G
Everybody's got their day
C F
So number wisely if you know what's best for you, man
F C Dm C
Everybody I know makes the same mistakes
F C Dm C
Packaged up in different boxes, masking shame
F C Dm C
Everybody I know makes the same mistakes
F C Dm C
Packaged up in different boxes, masking shame
Bridge
Am G F C
I don't want to walk away from you
Am G F C
I don't want to walk away from you
Am G F C
I don't want to walk away from you
Am G F
I don't want to walk away, but you let me
verse 3
Dm G C F
And now the wheels are falling off of the car
Dm G C F
Beside the hundred meter grave in the yard
Dm G C F
Dm G C F
Everybody here feels sorry for us