Keep It Even chords by Parquet Courts

From "Human Performances" (2016)


Verse:

     D             Dm             C
There's a drawer in my house that I try to keep closed but it's open
     G             F           C
There's a commitment that I made to be somewhere but it's broken
  F       Fm6      C            G
An oblique mantra in my head, it lies there on the floor like a bed that would
F        Dm       C
Collapse like a trap, if it was spoken


Chorus:

Am        G
You gotta keep it even, even when you're uptight
Am        A
Even when you're happy, even when you're reaching for some
D                 Dm            C
Line I've had in mind, it's been repressed over time, so I'm breathing
 G               F          C
Seduced by an excuse that could not be made but I'm speaking


Instrumental:

Am Am C  C
G  F  C  C
Am Am G  G
Am Am A  A


Verse:

     D             Dm            C
There's a phone with a number that I try not to call but it's ringing
  G             F         C
For someone I've tried to keep to myself but I'm singing
   F            Fm6       C       G
It's logic that's twisted and paraphrased and justified by a distance
   F      Dm        C
That separates a bond, bound of persistence


Chorus:

Am        G
You gotta keep it even, even when you're uptight
Am        A
Even when you're happy, even when you're reaching for
   D             Dm             C