Who Is The Sky Album chords by David Byrne
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 4th
- Difficulty: Advanced 🤯
Track listing: 01.EVERYBODY LAUGHS (with Ghost Train Orchestra) 02.WHEN WE ARE SINGING (with Ghost Train Orchestra) 03.MY APARTMENT IS MY FRIEND (with Ghost Train Orchestra) 04.A DOOR CALLED NO (with Ghost Train Orchestra) 05.WHAT IS THE REASON FOR IT? (with Ghost Train Orchestra) (featuring Hayley Williams) 06.I MET THE BUDDHA AT A DOWNTOWN PARTY (with Ghost Train Orchestra) 07.DON'T BE LIKE THAT (with Ghost Train Orchestra) 08.THE AVANT GARDE (with Ghost Train Orchestra) 09.MOISTURIZING THING (with Ghost Train Orchestra) 10.I'M AN OUTSIDER (with Ghost Train Orchestra) 11.SHE EXPLAINS THINGS TO ME (with Ghost Train Orchestra) 12.THE TRUTH (with Ghost Train Orchestra) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 01 - EVERYBODY LAUGHS (with Ghost Train Orchestra)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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CAPO: 4
Intro:
One two
G C G C
One, two, three, and--
Chorus 1:
G
Everybody laughs and everybody cries
C
Everybody lives and everybody dies
G
Everybody eats and everybody loves
C
Everybody knows what everybody does
Post-Chorus 1:
G C G
Everybody's going through the changes
C
Every complication
G C
What you say with gesture and expression
G C
In my imagination
Verse 1:
Bm
Every mobile phone
C
In every restaurant
Bm
Everyone we know
C
And everything you want
Instrumental:
G C G C
Chorus 2:
G
Everybody wonders what you're going to do
C
Everything is closer, everthing is true
G
Everybody's starting everything again
C
Everybody's outside, now they're coming in
Post-Chorus 2:
G C
Everybody's going through the garbage
G C
Looking for inspiration
G C
Some will find it staring at the ceiling
G C
Of the subway station
Verse 2:
Bm
Everyone you love
C
And every kind of way
Bm
And everything you know
C
And every single phase
Bm
Every change of heart
C
And every saving grace
Bm
Every song we sing
C
And every kind of place
Go!
Instrumental:
G C G C
G C G C
Chorus 3:
G
Everybody looks and everybody sees
C
Everybody's asking everybody "please"
G C
(Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh)
G
Everybody's going everywhere at once
C
Everybody's backside, everybody's front
G C
(Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh)
Bridge:
G
Hey
C
Hey hey hey hey
G
Hey
C
Hey hey hey hey
G
Hey
C
Hey hey hey hey
G
Hey
C
Hey hey hey hey
Ow!
Coda:
G C
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
G C
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
G C
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
G C
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
Instrumental:
G C G C
Outro:
G
Everybody dances, everybody stops
C G C
Everybody wants what everybody's got
G
Everybody wonders what you're gonna do
C G C
Everybody's wearing everybody's shoes
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Track 02 - WHEN WE ARE SINGING (with Ghost Train Orchestra)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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NO CAPO
Intro:
C B E
Verse 1:
C Bm E
When we are singing
C Bm E
I know the way we look
C Bm E
Swimming, drifting, floating on
C Bm E
And everything is true
C Bm E
Everything is true
Instrumental:
C Bm E
C Bm E
Verse 2:
C Bm E
When we are singing
C Bm E
When we're far away
C Bm E
What were you thinking of
C Bm E
In that distant place?
C Bm E
The look on someone's face, yeah
Chorus:
Cm D G Bb
When you turn the pages
Cm D G
I heard you call my name
We've got
Cm D G Bb
One foot in the pearly gates and
Cm E B
One foot in the flames
Instrumental:
C Bm E
C Bm E
Verse 3:
C D E
When we are singing
Em D E
Can you name that tunе?
C Bm E
The words go round in circles
C Bm E
But evеrything is true, yeah
C Bm E
Everything is true now
Chorus:
Cm D G Bb
When you turn the pages
Cm D G
I heard you call my name
We've got
Cm D G Bb
One foot in the pearly gates and
Cm E B
One foot in the flames
Instrumental:
C Bm E
C Bm E
C Bm E
Outro:
C Bm E
Everything is true, yeah
C Bm E
Everything is true
C Bm E
C Bm E
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Track 03 - MY APARTMENT IS MY FRIEND (with Ghost Train Orchestra)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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NO CAPO
Intro:
B Eb E Db
Bm
Verse 1:
Bm C
I know every part of you
Bm Am
We've been together for so long
Bm C
You've seen me at my very worst
B Am
But we always get along
Pre-Chorus:
E Fm E
You have witnessed my confusion
Fm C
My triumphs and my shame
Bbm F
The things that no one knows
Bbm C
The moments that we shared
Chorus:
Cm F
So forgive me if I hesitate
B C
If a tear comes now and then
Am F
You stood by me when darkness fell
B Eb E
My apartment is my friend
B Eb E
My apartment is my friend
Verse 2:
Bm C
The days of laughter and joy
Bm Am
When you held me in your arms
Bm C
Secure and safe within your halls
B Am
Free from fear and free from harm
Pre-Chorus:
E Fm E
You, when no one understood me
Fm C
It's a secret, just we two
Bbm F
Between the walls and windows
Bbm C
We're connected, me and you
Chorus:
Cm F
So forgive me if I hesitate
B C
If a tear comes now and then
Am F
You stood by me when darkness fell
B Eb E
My apartment is my friend
B Eb E
My apartment is my friend
Instrumental:
B Cm B Cm
G Abm G Abm
B Cm B Cm
G Abm G E
B Eb E Bb
B G C
Chorus:
Cm F
So forgive me if I hesitate
B C
If a tear comes now and then
Am F
You stood by me when darkness fell
B Eb E
My apartment is my friend
B Eb E
My apartment is my friend
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Track 04 - A DOOR CALLED NO (with Ghost Train Orchestra)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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CAPO: 2
Intro:
D G Em
A7 D
Verse 1:
D Em
I went to the place where I was told I should go
A D
But when I got there, there was a, a door called 'no'
D Em
I met with a man who said I should know
A D
That you cannot go in when the, the door says 'no'
Chorus:
D Em
He said, "Not so fast, you've got to go slow
A D
And these things take time if the, the door says 'no'"
D Em A
It said, "Don't open me, sir. There's a reason I'm closed, and
D
And no one can enter as everyone knows"
Instrumental:
D G A D
Verse 2:
D Em
Then I met a girl, she gave me a kiss
A D
I discovered a world where the door says 'yes'
D Em
I began to see things, there's more and not less
A D
Every atom and tree is shouting out 'yes'
Chorus:
D Em
Every thought that we have, every step, every guess
A D
Every sound, every stone, the whole world is 'yes'
D Em
From my head to my toes, even I can be blessed
A D
The change, it has come, it is forever 'yes'
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Track 05 - WHAT IS THE REASON FOR IT? (with Ghost Train Orchestra) (featuring Hayley Williams)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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NO CAPO
Intro:
Am Em Am Em
Am Em Am Em
Verse 1:
Am Em
Love is cold, love is hot
B G
Love can make you feel a lot
Am B7 E
Like someone else
Am Em
Love is new, love is old
B G
Love explains a story told
Am B7 E
To fool yourself
Chorus:
Am B Am
What is the reason for it?
B
Why is it there?
Am B Am Em
Is it my body or my brain?
Am B Am
Why do we talk about it?
B
What would that do?
Am B Am Em
Twenty-four hours every day
Verse 2:
Am Em
Love is here, love is gone
B7 Em
Love will prove anyone
Am B7 E
Can change their mind
Am Em
Love is time, love is space
B G
Love will have you find a place
Am B7 E
To come in-side
Chorus:
Am B Am
What is the reason for it?
B
Why is it there?
Am B Am Em
Is it my body or my brain?
Am B Am B
Nobody understands it, they all believe
Am B Am Em
That it will all make sense someday
Instrumental:
Am Em Am Em
Am Em Am Em
Verse 3:
Am Em
Love is war, love is peace
B G
Love is such a tasty treat
Am B7 E
But when it's done
Am
Love is odd
Em
Love is queer
B G Am B7 Em
Love will take you out of here to find someone
Chorus:
Am B Am
What is the reason for it?
B
Why is it there?
Am B Am Em
Is it my body or my brain?
Am B Am B
Nobody understands it, they all believe
Am B Am Em
That it will all make sense someday
Bridge:
Am B Am
Does it do something useful?
B
What is it for?
Am B Am Em
Is everyone else is the same as me?
Am B Am
What do we know about it?
B
We can not say
Am B Am Em
What does it do when they're asleep?
Instrumental:
Am Em Am Em
Am Em Am Em
Outro:
Am B
What is the reason for it?
Am B
What is the reason for it?
Am B Am
What is the reason for it?
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Track 06 - I MET THE BUDDHA AT A DOWNTOWN PARTY (with Ghost Train Orchestra)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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NO CAPO
Intro:
Am
Verse 1:
Am E C D
I met the Buddha at a downtown party
Am E C D
He was hanging by the pastries and the canapés
Dm A Dm A
Just stuffing himself like there was no tomorrow
Am E C D
With a beatific smile all over his face
C Em C A
I said, "Dude, should you really be eating
F G C G
All of that unhealthy stuff?
C Em Bb F
And you, being so enlightened and all
Dm G
Don't you think you've had enough "
Verse 2:
A E Bm D
He said, "I had to retire from that enlightenment biz
A E Bm E
I don't have the answers, and I never did
Dm A7 Fm G
They think I can help them, but I'm not that smart
C A7 D7 G C
So here, have a piece of this blue blueberry tart"
Instrumental:
C Em Bb A7
F G C G
C Em Bb F
Dm G
Verse 3:
C Em Bb A7
You can have all your sutras
F G C G
And all your mantras and prayers
C Em Bb F
Let's have another beverage
Dm G
By yonder tree out there
Refrain:
Am Em
Now I don't exist
Am Em
And neither do you
Dm F#
So you're damned if you don't
Dm F#
And damned if you do
Fm G
Well, all of this suffering's
Fm G
Just a temporary thing
C A7
Right here is nirvana
Dm G C
Where the little crawdads sing
Instrumental:
C Em Bb A7
F G C G
C Em Bb F
Dm G
Refrain:
Am Em
Now I don't exist
Am Em
And neither do you
Dm F#
So you're damned if you don't
Dm F#
And damned if you do
Fm G
Well, all of this suffering's
Fm G
Just a temporary thing
C A7
Right here is nirvana
Dm G C
Where the little crawdads sing
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Track 07 - DON'T BE LIKE THAT (with Ghost Train Orchestra)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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NO CAPO
Verse 1:
Bm
Don't be like that
A
Don't be so mean
Bm
And don't say those things
A
Don't laugh at me
Dm
Don't wear those clothes
A
Don't walk that way
Bm
Don't make that face
E
Don't call my name
Verse 2:
Bm
Don't smell so nice
A
Don't stand so close
Bm
Don't dance like that
A
On tippy toes
Dm
Don't say that word
A
Don't play that game
Bm
Don't start to cry
E
Don't change your ways
Chorus:
Bm A E
Don't say you do
F#m E A
When you mean you don't
Bm A E
Don't say you will
F#m E A
When you know you won't
Verse 3:
Bm
Don't say it's good
A
Don't say it's fine
Bm
Don't break my heart
A
Don't change your mind
Dm
Don't run so fast
A
Don't ever stop
Bm
Every word you say
E
Don't make shit up
Chorus:
Bm A E
Don't say you do
F#m E A
When you mean you don't
Bm A E
Don't say you will
F#m E A
When you know you won't
Bm A E
Don't stand so still
F#m E A
Don't be so nice
Bm A E
Don't take so long
F#m E A
This is my life
Instrumental:
Bm A Bm A
Dm A Bm E
Chorus:
Bm A E
Don't say you do
F#m E A
When you mean you don't
Bm A E
Don't say you will
F#m E A
When you know you won't
Bm A E
Don't stand so still
F#m E A
Don't be so nice
Bm A E
Don't take so long
F#m E A
This is my life
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Track 08 - THE AVANT GARDE (with Ghost Train Orchestra)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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CAPO: 3
Intro:
G F# F#dim
D# Cdim B Cm
Verse 1:
G F# F#dim
I saw a woman in a leotard
G F#
Now I'm not sure how I feel
F#dim
About the avant garde
G Am Gm D#dim
Now I like the idea their politics too.
G Cdim
But I'm not really sure
G Am
If that means that it's good
Pre-Chorus:
G F# G Cm
I wanna go there
yeah, yeah!
G F# G F#
I wanna go there
Chorus:
E F# A E
And when we go there you will observe
E F# A E
It's a passionate life, it's ahead of the curve
E F# A E
It's deceptively weighty, profoundly absurd
E F#
Well it's whatever fits
A E
It's the avant garde
E F#
And it doesn't mean shit
A E
It's the avant garde
Instrumental:
G F# G Cm
Vese 2:
G F# G Cm
Should I be more like the avant garde?
G F# G Cm
Would it be easy or would it be hard?
G Cm
Or would it be hard?
G Am
For a life that's exciting
G Cm
If one wants to go far
G C G
There's only one place
A
That's the avant garde
Pre-Chorus:
G F# G Cm
I wanna go there
G F# G Cm
I wanna go there
G F# G Cm
I'll take you with me
G F# G Cm
The things that we'll see
Chorus:
E F# A E
Just look around and you will observe
E F# A E
It's a passionate life, it's ahead of the curve
E F# A E
It's deceptively weighty, profoundly absurd
E F#
Well it's whatever fits
A E
It's the avant garde
E F#
And it doesn't mean shit
A E
It's the avant garde
Instrumental:
A B E
Pre-Chorus:
G F# G Cm
I wanna go there
G F# G Cm
I wanna go there
Chorus:
E F# A E
And when we go there, you will observe
E F# A E
It's a passionate life, it's ahead of the curve
E F# A E
It's deceptively weighty, profoundly absurd
E F#
Well it's whatever fits
A E
It's the avant garde
E F#
And it doesn't mean shit
A E
It's the avant garde
E F#
And it doesn't mean shit
A E
It's the avant garde
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Track 09 - MOISTURIZING THING (with Ghost Train Orchestra)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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NO CAPO
Intro:
Am E
Verse 1:
Am E
My love gave me a moisturizing thing
Am E
Said, "Hey David, put this on your skin
A Bm E F# G
It says it's anti-aging, antioxidant too
E F# G
Go ahead and try it, let's see what it can do"
Verse 2:
F#m E F# G
Woke up the next morning, and what do I see?
D E A
I look like a baby, but I am still me
F# G F# G E
My honey wakes up, she looks over and screams
A G#dim F# F#dim E7
That lotion is magic
I look like I'm three
Verse 3:
Am E Am
So smooth and so soft, not a wrinkle in sight
E A
My eyes are so big, my skin is so tight
Bm E F# G
A cute little dimple on my chubby chin
E F
A cute little tongue that goes out and in
Verse 4:
F#m E F# G
I might look like a baby, but inside I'm a man
D E A
I think and I talk, I'm still who I am
F# G F# G E
And when we go out, they ask for ID
A Bm C#dim Bbdim E7 F#
It's not always easy when you look like you're three
Bridge:
G E
They act like I'm stupid
A G#dim Gdim
It's a fucking cliché
G F#
Like I don't understand
G
Everything that they say
Verse 5:
A E Bm F#m
People judge us by the way that we look
A E Bm E
Look at the cover, and they don't read the book
Am E F E A
They do it to you, and they do it to me
E Bm F# G
Life isn't easy when you look like you're three
Outro:
A E Bm F#m
A E Bm E
(Oh-oh-oh)
Am E F E
(Mm)
A E Bm F# G
Life isn't easy when you look like you're three
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Track 10 - I'M AN OUTSIDER (with Ghost Train Orchestra)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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NO CAPO
Intro:
G Bm G D
Verse 1:
G
You know who I am
D
You know where I've been
Am
Now I'm outside your mind
E7 B7
And I'm trying to get in
G
I'm standing out here
D
By your red velvet rope
Am
Your bouncers all say
E7 B7
"Dude, you haven't a hope"
Chorus:
F C
Is it members only?
Dm G
The exclusive kind
F C Em
Is it too expensive?
B7 E7
The world of your mind
Verse 2:
G
But open the door
D
You will see who I am
Am
Let me into your mind
E7
Just give me a chance
Chorus:
F Fm C Em
I know what you're thinking
Dm G
You probably think it's strange
F Fm C Em
You wonder what would happen if you
B7 E A E
Welcomed me in there
Instrumental:
A E D E
Bridge:
A E D E
Is it like Las Vegas?
A E D Dm
Or a library?
F# Bm
In the cave of secrets
B7 E
I wonder what I'll see
A E D E
I met a talking zebra
A E D Dm
A man with fifty eyes
F# Bm
I saw a fountain made of honey
F#dim B
I climbed a mountain in the sky
Chorus:
F Fm C Em
I know what you're thinking
Dm G
You probably think it's strange
F Fm C Em
You wonder what would happen if you
B7 E A E
Welcomed me in there
Outro:
Em
You know who I am
Bm
You know where I've been
Am
Now I'm outside your mind
E7 B7
And I'm trying to get in
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Track 11 - SHE EXPLAINS THINGS TO ME (with Ghost Train Orchestra)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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NO CAPO
Intro:
C Em F C
She explains what is happening in the movies we watch
C Em F G
I ask, "Why did they do that, why did they stop?
Am D E F
Why did they say that on that TV show "
C G F G
And I ask myself, "Wow, how did she know "
Verse 1:
C Em F C
She explains what a character really meant
C Em F G
What was their motive? What was their intent?
Am D E F
She explains the things that we're supposed to infer
C G F C
Well, how come it's all so obvious to her?
Chorus:
E F E F
How did she know that? How did she see?
C F Dm G
Why is that funny? Can you explain to me?
E F E F
Can you explain my heart, explain my love
C F Dm G
Explain what's happening? Well, that's what it does
Verse 2:
C Em F C
She explains to me what a poem is about
C Em F G
Not what you think, you have to figure it out
Am D E F
She tells me that folks don't always mean what they say
C G F C
You can tell what they're thinking by the look on their face
Chorus:
E F E F
Now, how did she know that? How did she see?
C F Dm G
Why is that funny? Can you explain to me?
E F E F
Can you explain my heart, explain my love
C F Dm G
Explain what's happening? Well, that's what it does
Outro:
E F E F
C F Dm G
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Track 12 - THE TRUTH (with Ghost Train Orchestra)
WRITER/S: David Byrne
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NO CAPO
Verse 1:
Am F Am F
"The truth, my dear," said Norma Shearer
Am G Am G
"Is the last thing a man ever wants to hear."
Am F Am F
It's not a joke, it's not a game
Am G F Am
You hear it once, and you're never the same
Chorus:
Fm Bbm D#
We're poor little things
Fm Bbm Cm
Pathetic young dears
C# G#
As fragile as toast
Am D
And driven by fear
Verse 2:
Am F Am F
You won't forget unforgivable hurt
Am G E Am
And that it's a surprise only makes matters worse
Chorus:
Fm Bbm D#
Words at the wrong time
Fm Bbm Cm
Hit the heart like a fist
C# G#
I can barely stand up
Am D7
I wasn't ready for this!
Bridge:
G Em G C D
But you are my truth, and that's completely clear
Em Am D Em F#7
So I bеg to differ with Miss Norma Shearer
Bm G A Bm G A
It can't hurt mе now
I'll just let it go
Bm G A Bm G A
And burnt like these matches and worn like these clothes
Outro:
Bm G A
Now it's only a word
Bm G A
That's just how it goes
Bm G A
The truth cannot hurt me
Bm G A
I know what I know
G A G A Bm
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