The Architect chords by Kacey Musgraves

♫ Verse 1:
   B
Even something as small as an apple
   C           B
It's simple and somehow complex
B           C
Sweet and divine, the perfect design
    B      B  B
Can I speak to the architect?

♫ Verse 2:
       B
And there's a canyon that cuts through the desert
    C           B
Did it get there because of a flood?
B         C
Was it devised? Or were you surprised
   B      B    B
When you saw how grand it was?

♫ Chorus:
    Cm             C
Was it thought out at all or just paint on a wall?
     B         B
Is there anything that you regret?
 B              C
I don't understand, are there blueprints or plans?
    Cm     B  B
Can I speak to the architect?

♫ Verse 3:
  B
Som times I look in the mirror
  C           B
And wish I could make a r quest
    B         C
Could I pray it away? shapeable clay?
   B    B     B
Or is this as good as it gets?

♫ Verse 4:
  B
One day, you're on top of the mountain
  C              B
So high that you'll never come down
     B             C
Then the wind at your back carries ember and ash
    B        B      B
That it burns your whole house to the ground

♫ Chorus:
    Cm             C
Was it thought out at all or just paint on a wall?
     B         B
Is there anything that you regret?
 B              C
I don't understand, are there blueprints or plans?
    Cm     B  B
Can I speak to the architect?

♫ Instrumental:
Cm   B   Gm  C

Cm   B   Gm  C

B


♫ Verse 5:
 B
I thought that I was too broken
  C         B
And maybe too hard to love
   B     B/G      C
I was in a weird place, then I saw the right face
     B      B       B
And the stars and the planets lined up

♫ Chorus:
    Cm           C
Does it happen by chance? Is it all happenstance?
  B          B
Do have any say in this mess?
B         C
Is it too late to make some more space?
    Cm     B  B
Can I speak to the architect?
   B            C
This life that we make, is it random or fate?
    Cm     B  B
Can I speak to the architect?
Cm     B  B
Is there an architect?