Atlas
ATLAS
As recorded by Guns N' Roses
2025 release
Tune down 1/2 step
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
F
Why should I try and judge the things they say
G
That just wonāt budge, Iām lettingā
go
F
Andā
sheltered from theā
blind
F
So you managed to be kind
G C
Butā
still enough to show me how to keep it together
D F
When Iām crying out in vain
F
No matter whoās to blame
G C G
Thereās still a ways to go
F
So, if you ask me to believe your heart wonāt follow you
G
Itās got a mind of its own
[Pre-Chorus]
Gb C
When it says āRunā and the road gets rough
Am
And youāre the one
G B Gb
Whose shoulders just aināt wide enough
C Am
Whose shoulders shrug when theyāve had enough
[Chorus]
D C
Iād be the last to say, "donāt follow your heart"
Em C G
But thereās more to what it takes to be a man
D C
Than what you've known
C
What youāve shown
Em C G C D
Than that we know you understand
[Verse 2]
F
It's not the thing, if I were you
F
I would say all that I do
G C D
To be half as strong, or still belong
F
If you should take the time
F
To look back at what you find
G
Your heart misadventures
[Pre-Chorus]
Gb C
When it says āRunā and the road gets rough
Am
And youāre the one
G B Gb
Whose shoulders just aināt wide enough
C Am
Whose shoulders shrug when theyāve had enough
[Chorus]
D C
Iād be the last to say, "donāt follow your heart"
Em C G
But thereās more to what it takes to be a man
D C
Than what you've known
C
What youāve shown
Em C G
Than that we know you understand
D C
In fact, I never said, "donāt follow your heart"
Em C G
If I thought that's what it takes to make a man
D C
From what you've known
G C G
All that youāve been shown
Em G
Gee, even now I'd hope you'd understand
[Guitar Solo]
Bb C G Bb F G Bb C G Bb F Gb C A
[Out-Chorus]
D C
Iād be the last to say, "donāt follow your heart"
Em C G
But thereās more to what it takes to be a man
D C
Than what you've known
C
What youāve shown
Em C G
Than that we know you understand
D C
In fact, I never said, "donāt follow your heart"
Em C G
If I thought that's what it takes to make a man
D C
From what you've known
G C G
All that youāve been shown
Em G
Gee, even now I'd hope you'd understand
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