Clairo - Idle Town: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Idle Town" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Idle Town Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Clairo

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Idle Town" smoothly on your guitar.

                C
This town will never change
                         G
People come and go, it's all the same
                        C
Speed the roads on our doubting days
                     G
To any place that's far away

I never learned anybody's name
We all vowed that we wouldn't stay
Kissing signs on the interstate
All we do for now is sit and wait

C                G    C                G
Ah, in our idle town. Ah, in our idle town

Chorus:
       C                        G
Yeah, we invent our own little games (in our idle town)
          C                         G
When the lights out at the stadium fade (in our idle town)
  C                       G
Making life a spinning arcade (in our idle town)
 C                       G                 C
And curfew's at midnight, we watch the sunrise
G                   C
We watch the sunrise
G
We watch the sun

Springtime when the air is thin
We're getting antsy and they're noticing
While everybody's off partying
We're watching stars over ice-cream

And now we're kicking up to seventh gear
And we're breathing in the atmosphere
And I don't even need a sip of beer
Yeah I can feel it all

In our idle town, in our idle town

Chorus

C                     G
And they watched the sunrise
                     C         G
Blinking out of red eyes, and sore minds
C                    G                   C
The airplanes keep flying by, and they cry
                           G
'Cause they've never even touched the sky
C                       G
No, they'll never even touch the sky

Chorus:
Yeah we invent our own little games (in our idle town)
And everybody's trying to escape (in our idle town)
Killing time at the yellow café (in our idle town)
And curfew's at midnight (in our idle town)

Yeah I think that we'll all be okay (in our idle town)
The idle town will stay as it stays (in our idle town)
And everyone I love's in this place (in our idle town)
So curfew's at midnight
We watch the sunrise

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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C

Guitar chord C

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Idle Town" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Idle Town" by Clairo.