The Eternal Tao chords by The Voidz

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:

e|-----------------|------------------|
B|-----9-----8-----|-----9------8-8---|
G|-5-8---5-8-------|-5-8----5-8-----5-|
D|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|

N.C.
Hi, I'm Fred. Hi, my name's Mike and if you're sitting there watching this tape smoking your cigarette,
N.C.
well, hit the fast forward button because I don't smoke and I don't like people who do smoke
N.C.
I'm not afraid to get sand on my tuxedo if you're not afraid to let the wind mess your
N.C.
hair up a little bit when I take the top down. Perhaps even a, a nice bath with some champagne

Verse 1:

Cm G# Cm (Repeated quickly, one strum on each chord)

Cm G# Gm
T.E.?
Cm G# Gm
T.E.T.
Cm G# Gm  Cm G# Gm
Cannot be whispered
Cm G# Gm
T.E.
Cm G# Gm
T.E.T
Cm G# Gm  Cm G# Gm
The Tao can't be sung
Cm G# Gm Cm G# Gm
I long  to know
Cm G# Gm  Cm G# Gm
what is beyond me
Cm G# Gm Cm G# Gm
I try   to change
Cm G# Gm   Cm G# Gm
what I should not change
Cm G# Gm   Cm G# G
Realistically optimistic
Cm G# Gm      Cm G# Gm
I'm a philosopher, not a mystic
Cm G# Gm       Cm G# Gm
No more playing now, I'm on a mission
Cm G# Gm    Cm G# Gm
But I forgive a man if he doesn't listen
Cm G# Gm   Cm G# Gm
I see Lucifer makes a good living
Cm G# Gm    Cm G# Gm
A philosophy so limiting


Pre-Chorus 1:
Cm        G#    Gm
Everyone got decisions to make
Cm       G#      Gm
Oh, yeah, baby, got bills to pay
Cm        G#      Gm
The truth lies beyond what you see
Cm        G#      Gm
        I'm not mad at you


Chorus:
Fm      Bb
When I get my turn
       Eb
When I get my turn
       G# Gm
Staying on my toes
       Fm
Oh, they will see
           Bb
Forget everything you heard
           Eb
Forget everything you heard
           G#    Gm
You don't know who's feeding it to you
Fm     Bb
When I was sixteen
      Eb
When I was sixteen
      G# Gm
Nobody believed
       Fm
"Music's for you"
        Bb
When my turn it comes
        Eb
When my turn it comes
        G#   Gm
I will tear the system apart


Interlude:
Cm           G#
Now we build statues of robots
      Gm      Cm
Humanity is already a memory


Pre-Chorus 2:
Cm         G#       Gm
Nothing's black or white, it's all grey
Cm       G#     Gm
Honesty without tack is cruelty
Cm          G#      Gm
Nothing turns me on like what you say
Cm      G#    Gm
Bending towards pending demise


Chorus:

Fm      Bb
When I get my turn
       Eb
When I get my turn
       G# Gm
Staying on my toes
       Fm
Oh, they will see
           Bb
Forget everything you heard
           Eb
Forget everything you heard
           G#    Gm
You don't know who's feeding it to you
Fm     Bb
When I was sixteen
      Eb
When I was sixteen
      G# Gm
Nobody believed
       Fm
"Music's for you"
          Bb
It's harder than I thought
          Eb
But when my time it comes
     G#  Gm
Will I be prepared?

I guess we'll see


Bridge:
Fm   Bb
End of the daydream
Eb      G#  Gm
Nine zillion lane highway
Fm      Bb      Eb
Was not part of the deal


Outro:
G#  Gm       Fm
   When I get my way
       Bb
When I get my way (Nothing is ever)
       Eb
When I get my way (Deleted anymore)
       G#
When I get my way
Gm       Fm
When I get my way
       Bb
When I get my way (The mind wants to play)
       Eb
When I get my way
        G#   Gm     Fm
(Free from the assembly line of thought)