Manchester Orchestra - Girl With Broken Wings (5 Stories)

The version from 5 Stories...

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Music

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• wolves
• at
• night
• can
• barely
• breath
• sleeper
• 1972

[Rhiank321]

this version doesnt really sound right to me, it is too upbeat for the sadness in the song

[FastforwardTheRewind]

Both versions are lovely, but the slower one accentuates the pain in the lyrics so much more.

[AmethystINK]

Oh hell naw. Slower is way, way better. There's more pain his voice and this one sounds stupid and pop-like. Pleh.

[TwiliPrimid]

:'(



[izvunzemen]

It sounds just right to me. Even if you care so much for this person you love with all your heart, they should not be so fucking stupid and should learn how to fail. Sadness is like happiness. Everybody deserves it.

[deafrockboy]

@RedRoomKids thats the main thing but at the end when he just say la la he use another chord instead of A at the beginning

[RedRoomKids]

@hoopswwyoyo

E major, C# minor, A major, B major, E major for first part, then when it changes its A major, C# minor, E major (those 3 twice) then A major, C# minor, E major, power chord B, Power chord A, A major, B major.

That's how it is in standard tuning, at least. He might be down a half step or something though, I'm not sure. I basically use the bar chords for all of those, because then it's easier to get that blank strum he does.

[xtiredxemox]

@andydrew2u That lyric's not a joke, dark or otherwise. I know plenty of kids with parents like that. You've got the rest right though.

[you1986tube]

@Rhiank321 it gives me hope that she didn't kill herself. the slower tempo version multiplies how much of a downer this song really is - though a good one none the less.

[emmamamamusic]

I don't think it's a bad thing that this version has a faster tempo, it just creates a different style. The slower version really emphasises the sadness of the story in the song, whereas this song creates the feel of how the girl in the story would come across to strangers (such as the listeners of the song). She would come across as a normal, happy girl, yet she hides a horrible life, and this song comes across a normal, happy song, yet the happy chords hide the horrible story the lyrics tell.

[andydrew2u]

I like how upbeat it is. Because i realize it has a sad message but the lyrics are somewhat bittersweet and sarcastic, i mean "on a black cadillac she is landing hard, yet her parents' biggest worry is the car" that's kind of a dark joke. I think the contrast between the upbeat music and the melancholy message is what Hull was going for, but i could be wrong. Regardless of what version, the lyrics are fuckn incredible.

[hoopswwyoyo]

does anyone know the chords for this? :)