Awkward Backward

Album: Cadet (2025)
Key: D Major
Tempo: ~147 Bpm (4/4; Also Feels Like A Half-Time ~74)
Tuning : Standard (G C F A# D G)
Capo: none

Strumming: Steady Driving Eighths, Palm-Muted In The Verses, Open Up
In The Choruses. Main Loop Is D - Bm - G - D, Two Bars Each.
Synths Ring A Dmaj7 / Gmaj7 Color Throughout, So Dmaj7 And Gmaj7
Also Work In Place Of D And G.

Intro
F   F   Dm   Dm   A#   A#   F   F

Verse 1
FMaybe I'm Lost In A Forest
DmMaybe I'm Lost On This Lsd
A#Now YFou Are The Color Of Courage
The One That I CCall In Emergency
FI Can't Tell Awkward From Backwards
DmI Could Make Mountains From Jealousy
A#Holding Us Up, Sunlight
FMaking You Leave

Interlude
F   F   Dm   Dm   A#   A#   F   F
F   F   Dm   Dm   A#   A#   F

Chorus
Maybe ThisF Time
My DmHeart's Too Hard To Find
I A#Got Home From The RFaces
There Was Nothing Left In Sight
CMaybe You're FRight (Huh?)
Your DmHeart's Too Good For Mine
And A#I Should Really Leave Instead Of TFrying To Fit InsCide
Maybe It's FTime

Instrumental
F   Dm   Dm   A#   A#   F   F

Verse 2
FWhat If I Don't Know Your Story
DmMaybe You Left Out The Gory Parts
A#I Know How To Draw Out Your SFadness
CYou Know How To Drive Me To FMadness

Pre-Chorus
FHarmonies Fall When You Call Out My Name
DmLight Up The Night As You Pull Down The Rain
A#I'll Be The One To Collect All The PCain

Chorus
C#Maybe ThisF Time
My DmHeart's Too Hard To Find
I A#Got Home From The RFaces
There Was Nothing Left In Sight
CMaybe You're FRight (Huh?)
Your DmHeart's Too Good For Mine
And A#I Should Really Leave Instead Of TFrying To Fit InsCide
Maybe It's FTime

Instrumental
F   Dm   Dm   A#   A#   F   F
F   F   Dm   Dm   A#   A#   F   F
F   F   Dm/F   Dm/F   A#/F   A#/F

Breakdown
F(BasFs HoFlds FA D FPedaFl; DFmaj7A# ColoFr)  F    F    F​

Outro
DmEven With My Heart Back
A#Even If My Heart Backs Down
FYou Don't Wanna Talk Like That To Me Now
DmEven With My Heart Stacked
A#Even When I'm Passing Out
FYou Don't Wanna Fall Asleep With Me Now

DmEven With My Heart Back
A#Even If My Heart Backs Down
FYou Don't Wanna Talk Like That To Me Now
DmEven With My Heart Stacked
A#Even When I'm Passing Out
FYou Don't Wanna Fall Asleep With Me Now

Dm   Dm   A#   A#   F   F   F