Chords with lyrics
Track 2. NINE ON THE BORTLE
*This chord sheet is a transcription nearly exactly from http://daysndaze.com/lyricsnchords
any chords followed by an (*) are not original chords, but ones I use when playing and may be omitted
MUSIC BREAKS: A minorAm FF C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC FF G+G
VERSES: 1 2 & 4:: A minorAm Am C majorC G+G
VERSE 3:: A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
CHORUS 1:: A minorAm FF C majorC G+G A minorAm FF C majorC G+G C majorC E MajorE
CHORUS 2:: A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
BRIDGE:: A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
Intro:
A minorAm (x4)
A minorAm FF
Smoke clouds have thickened
C majorC G+G
to black out the stars
A minorAm C majorC
the night sky is lit now
FF G+G
by headlights of cars
A minorAm FF
and the moon holds no purpose
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G G MajorG
but pulling the tides anymore
Instrumental: (x2)
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm C majorC FF G+G
Verse 1:
A minorAm
Blow out the candles
A minorAm
blow out the candles
C majorC
throw on the light switch
G+G A minorAm
and bask in the fluorescent glow
A minorAm
we’re guided by satellites
C majorC
we don’t need stars anymore
G+G
can’t see stars anymore
Chorus 1:
A minorAm FF
With a nine on the bortle
C majorC G+G
we’ve blown out the stars
A minorAm FF
smashed all the lanterns
C majorC G+G
to burn down the barns
A minorAm FF
and with less than one hundredth
C majorC G+G Dm*
in sight to guide us home after dark
E minorEm E minorEm
we’re lost
Instrumental:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm C majorC FF G+G
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G C majorC E MajorE
Verse 2:
A minorAm
The streetlights have killed them
A minorAm
the street lights have killed them
C majorC G+G
we’ve laid to rest gods in a tomb
born of city lights
A minorAm
and out in the flatlands
A minorAm
we thought that we’d found them
C majorC
but still the horizon
G+G
did glow like a brush fire
Chorus 2:
A minorAm FF
With a nine on the bortle
C majorC G+G
we’ve blown out the stars
A minorAm FF
smashed all the lanterns
C majorC G+G
to burn down the barns
A minorAm FF
and the moon holds no purpose
C majorC C majorC G+G
save pulling the tides on a planet
G+G DmDm *
encrusted in fluorescent lights
Instrumental:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm C majorC FF G+G
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G C majorC E MajorE
Accelerando
Bridge:
A minorAm FF
Smoke clouds have thickened
C majorC G+G
to black out the stars
A minorAm C majorC
the night sky is lit now
FF G+G
by headlights of cars
A minorAm FF
and the moon holds no purpose
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G G MajorG
but pulling the tides anymore
Instrumental:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm C majorC FF G+G
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G C majorC E MajorE
Verse 3:
A minorAm FF
300 miles we’d sail off the coast
C majorC G+G
to be reunited with the skies of our hosts
A minorAm
and at night soon the rivers
FF C majorC G+G
reflect nothing more than the moon
Chorus 1:
A minorAm FF
With a nine on the bortle
C majorC G+G
we’ve blown out the stars
A minorAm FF
smashed all the lanterns
C majorC G+G
to burn down the barns
A minorAm FF
and with less than one hundredth
C majorC G+G DmDm *
in sight to guide us home after dark
E minorEm E minorEm
we’re lost
Instrumental:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm C majorC FF G+G
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G C majorC E MajorE
Verse 4:
A minorAm A minorAm
300 miles 300 miles
C majorC
out into the ocean
G+G
we’d sail to remember them
A minorAm E minorEm Em E minorEm * A minorAm E minorEm Em E minorEm * C majorC G+G
300 miles out into the ocean we’d sail
Chorus 2:
A minorAm FF
With a nine on the bortle
C majorC G+G
we’ve blown out the stars
A minorAm FF
smashed all the lanterns
C majorC G+G
to burn down the barns
A minorAm FF
and the moon holds no purpose
C majorC C majorC G+G
save pulling the tides on a planet
G+G DmDm *
encrusted in fluorescent lights
Bridge:
A minorAm FF
C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF
C majorC G+G
Chorus 1:
A minorAm FF
With a nine on the bortle
C majorC G+G
we’ve blown out the stars
A minorAm FF
smashed all the lanterns
C majorC G+G
to burn down the barns
A minorAm FF
and with less than one hundredth
C majorC G+G DmDm *
in sight to guide us home after dark
E minorEm E minorEm
we’re lost
CHORUS 1: + VERSE 1: (Sung over each other)
A minorAm FF
C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF
C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF
C majorC G+G DmDm *
E minorEm Em
CHORUS 1: + CHORUS 2: (Sung over each other)
A minorAm FF
C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF
C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF
C majorC G+G DmDm *
E minorEm Em
CHORUS 1: + CHORUS 2: + VERSE 2: (Sung over each other)
A minorAm FF
C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF
C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF
C majorC G+G DmDm *