Archipelago chords by Miike Snow

Chords with lyrics

so uh! ive never made full tabs/chords for any song before so i dunno how good this is
i noticed there wasnt anything for this song on here and i figured id take it upon myself to change that
enjoy!


IMPORTANT NOTE: this was written for fA#DG tuning. the fingerpicking wont work for other tuning unless you
transpose the chords, but if you dont fingerpick you should be fine


[Intro]

G+G|--------0--7-----0--3-------0-------|
D MajorD|-----3-------------------3-------3--|
A augmentedA|-0----------------------------4-----|
FF|------------------------------------|

Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb FF

[Verse]

Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb       FF  Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb
Please, the ward he offers me a pack of cigarettes.
   Eb MajorEb       FF   Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
They aren’t his, and yet I feel it coming on
     Eb MajorEb     FF        Eb MajorEb
I feel it coming on a sense of welling grief
  Bb majorBb           Eb MajorEb      FF       Eb MajorEb
And though they‘re serving samovar, somehow I’d rather be


[Chorus]

     Bb majorBb         Eb MajorEb
Up in an airplane above the archipelago.
 G minorGm       C minorCm  FF   Bb majorBb         Eb MajorEb
I stuttered in my armour in an airplane above the archipelago.
    G minorGm               C minorCm     FF
Now I see where you grew up, and the murderer in me.


[Instrumental]

G+G|---------------2-2-----5-5--2-2--10-10--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5|
D MajorD|-----------0-0---------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--0-0------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
FF|-------0-0---------0-0-------------------------------------------------|


G+G|------------0--2-3--------------0--2-3--------2-3------------|
D MajorD|---0-------------------1-0-----------------1---------1-0-----|
A augmentedA|-0----0--------------------2-0----------------------------2-0| x2
FF|---------0----------0-------------------0---------0----------|

[Verse 2]

Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb       FF
Please, the blanket and the sheets,
  Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb     FF
The leaves the gardener rakes are articles of faith.
  Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb         Eb MajorEb    FF          Eb MajorEb
The company believes I’m running derelict around these foreign streets.
  Bb majorBb       Eb MajorEb        FF        Bb majorBb
The colonel knows I want to crack his head for taking me


[Chorus]

     Bb majorBb         Eb MajorEb
Up in an airplane above the archipelago.
 G minorGm       C minorCm  FF   Bb majorBb         Eb MajorEb
I stuttered in my armour in an airplane above the archipelago.
    G minorGm               C minorCm     FF
I could see where you grew up, and the murderer in me.


[Instrumental]

G+G|---------------2-2-----5-5--2-2--10-10--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5|
D MajorD|-----------0-0---------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--0-0------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
FF|-------0-0---------0-0-------------------------------------------------|


[Bridge]
(you can play chords or fingerpick here, either one)

G+G|------------0--2-3--------------0--2-3--------2-3------------|
D MajorD|---0-------------------1-0-----------------1---------1-0-----|
A augmentedA|-0----0--------------------2-0----------------------------2-0|
FF|---------0----------0-------------------0---------0----------|

   Bb majorBb        Eb MajorEb   FF       Eb MajorEb
They said there was an ice age forty thousand years ago.
Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb    FF       Eb MajorEb
Incidents of road rage warring on the streets below.
[x2]

 Below...     Below...     Below...
G+G|------------0--2-3--------------0--2-3--------2-3------------|
D MajorD|---0-------------------1-0-----------------1---------1-0-----|
A augmentedA|-0----0--------------------2-0----------------------------2-0| x4
FF|---------0----------0-------------------0---------0----------|


[Chorus]

     Bb majorBb         Eb MajorEb
Up in an airplane above the archipelago.
 G minorGm       C minorCm  FF   Bb majorBb         Eb MajorEb
I stuttered in my armour in an airplane above the archipelago.
    G minorGm               C minorCm     FF

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