Garbage - Control: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Control" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

    Fm
The world might end, The night might fall.
 D#
Rain on down and cover us all,
     Fm                              A#m
And drown us with the burdens of our sins.
Fm
Maybe I'll look you in the eye,
G#
Tell you, you don't wanna die.
D#                                       C
Maybe I'll hold my breath and jump right in.
D#                                      Fm
Maybe I'll hold my breath and jump right in.

F
I never saw you coming from inside
my little prison,
     D#                             F
Your autograph would really buy me time.
         F
If you think you are the reason,
Give me something to believe in.
     D#                               F
It's always darkest right before the dawn.
     D#                               F
It's always darkest right before the dawn.

Chorus:
A#m                     C#
I confess I've lost control,
          F#                     D#
I let my guard down,  I let the truth out.
A#m                     C#
I confess I've lost control,
          F#                     D#
I let my guard down,  I let the truth out.

A final celebration
A bad hallucination
Flip a coin and see which way I fall
The charlatan is singing
We love to watch him killing
And suffer through a never ending day
Suffer through a never ending day

Chorus:
I can feel I've lost control
I let my guard down
I let the truth out
Oh I can feel I've lost control
You let your guard down
You let the truth out

I was trapped like a prisoner in my skin
I was punished like an animal for my sins
I was bound and I was caged and I was tricked
And I was suffocating
I was suffocating

Chorus:
I can feel I've lost control
Oh I concede we've lost control
I was suffocating
I confess I've lost control
And I was suffocating
I was suffocating
I concede we've lost control
Feel my hunger
Feel my hunger

I was suffocating


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

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 "Control" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Control" by Garbage.

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