Before Your Very Eyes chords by Atoms For Peace

Chords with lyrics

This is my first guitar tab - I noticed there wasn't one
around for this song. I don't think I have the whole thing
exactly right - in the second verse, I think the progression
changes for a while, and then it goes back to the original.
I don't know the second progression though - a youtube video
by user Simon Smith (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Brxw48oP0)
has some suggestions, but I couldn't get his version to work with
the lyrics. So please, if you can correct this - go ahead!
In the meantime, this is the version I use, and it actually works for the whole song.

P.S. There's a great cover of this song by this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv3yCHdI-hk
The Little Unsaid - he uses a capo on the 5th fret and does a lot of quick
finger picking, so I'm not exactly sure how he plays it, but it's great if
you are looking for an acoustic rendition.

Standard Tuning

Intro: G minorGm FF G minorGm FF Eb MajorEb DmDm x2

Now, the actual riff that you hear is based on those chords.
So when you see Gm, this is the riff that is being played:

Gm:
e--------------------------------
b---------------11-11--10--------
g-------------------------12-----
d--------------------------------
a--10---10-10-10-----------------
E--------------------------------

Then you switch to F:
e--------------------------------
b-------------10-10--8-----------
g----------------------10--------
d--------------------------------
a--8--8-8-8----------------------
E--------------------------------

Eb MajorEb goes like this:
e--------------------------------
b-------------8-8--6-------------
g--------------------8-----------
d--------------------------------
a--6--6-6-6----------------------
E--------------------------------

And then you end with Dm:
e--------------------------------
b-------------6-6--5-------------
g--------------------7-----------
d--------------------------------
a--5--5-5-5----------------------
E--------------------------------

Verse 1:
G minorGm       FF
Look out of the window
G minorGm         FF
What's passing you by
Eb MajorEb         DmDm
If you really want this?
G minorGm       FF
bad enough.
G minorGm        FF
You're young and good-looking
Eb MajorEb       DmDm
The keys to the kingdom
G minorGm   FF   G minorGm   FF

Chorus:
    Eb MajorEb    DmDm    G minorGm
Soon or laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaater
    FF     G minorGm
Soon or laaaaaaaaater
    FF     Eb MajorEb
Soon or laaaaaaaaater
   DmDm       G minorGm
And before your very eyes
   FF       G minorGm
And before your very eyes
   FF       Eb MajorEb     DmDm
And before your very eyes

(here's where the chord progression changes, but I don't know how, I think this works too:

Verse 2 (version 1):
G minorGm        FF
Old soul on young shoulders
G minorGm            FF
How you'll look when you're older
Eb MajorEb      DmDm
Time's fickle card game
G minorGm            FF
With you and I
G minorGm          FF
You have to take your chances
Eb MajorEb      DmDm
The book of forgiveness
G minorGm   FF   G minorGm   FF

Chorus:
    Eb MajorEb    DmDm    G minorGm
Soon or laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaater
    FF     G minorGm
Soon or laaaaaaaaater
    FF     Eb MajorEb
Soon or laaaaaaaaater
   DmDm       G minorGm
And before your very eyes
   FF       G minorGm
And before your very eyes
   FF       Eb MajorEb     DmDm
And before your very eyes         (x2)



OK, so here's the way Verse 2 could be:

Verse 2 (version 2):
Eb MajorEb        DmDm
Old soul on young shoulders
Eb MajorEb             DmDm
How you'll look when you're older
C minorCm      DmDm
Time's fickle card game
C minorCm
With you and I
Eb MajorEb          DmDm
You have to take your chances
Eb MajorEb      DmDm
The book of forgiveness
C minorCm   DmDm   C minorCm   Bbmaj

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