Nine On The Bortle chords by Days N Daze
Guitar 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: Am F C G Am C F G
VERSES: 1 2 & 4:: Am Am C G
VERSE 3:: Am F C G
CHORUS 1:: Am F C G Am F C G C E
CHORUS 2:: Am F C G
BRIDGE:: Am F C G
Intro:
Am (x4)
Am F
Smoke clouds have thickened
C G
to black out the stars
Am C
the night sky is lit now
F G
by headlights of cars
Am F
and the moon holds no purpose
C G Am F G G
but pulling the tides anymore
Instrumental: (x2)
Am F C G
Am C F G
Verse 1:
Am
Blow out the candles
Am
blow out the candles
C
throw on the light switch
G Am
and bask in the fluorescent glow
Am
we’re guided by satellites
C
we don’t need stars anymore
G
can’t see stars anymore
Chorus 1:
Am F
With a nine on the bortle
C G
we’ve blown out the stars
Am F
smashed all the lanterns
C G
to burn down the barns
Am F
and with less than one hundredth
C G Dm*
in sight to guide us home after dark
Em Em
we’re lost
Instrumental:
Am F C G
Am C F G
Am F C G C E
Verse 2:
Am
The streetlights have killed them
Am
the street lights have killed them
C G
we’ve laid to rest gods in a tomb
born of city lights
Am
and out in the flatlands
Am
we thought that we’d found them
C
but still the horizon
G
did glow like a brush fire
Chorus 2:
Am F
With a nine on the bortle
C G
we’ve blown out the stars
Am F
smashed all the lanterns
C G
to burn down the barns
Am F
and the moon holds no purpose
C C G
save pulling the tides on a planet
G Dm *
encrusted in fluorescent lights
Instrumental:
Am F C G
Am C F G
Am F C G C E
Accelerando
Bridge:
Am F
Smoke clouds have thickened
C G
to black out the stars
Am C
the night sky is lit now
F G
by headlights of cars
Am F
and the moon holds no purpose
C G Am F G G
but pulling the tides anymore
Instrumental:
Am F C G
Am C F G
Am F C G C E
Verse 3:
Am F
300 miles we’d sail off the coast
C G
to be reunited with the skies of our hosts
Am
and at night soon the rivers
F C G
reflect nothing more than the moon
Chorus 1:
Am F
With a nine on the bortle
C G
we’ve blown out the stars
Am F
smashed all the lanterns
C G
to burn down the barns
Am F
and with less than one hundredth
C G Dm *
in sight to guide us home after dark
Em Em
we’re lost
Instrumental:
Am F C G
Am C F G
Am F C G C E
Verse 4:
Am Am
300 miles 300 miles
C
out into the ocean
G
we’d sail to remember them
Am Em Em Em * Am Em Em Em * C G
300 miles out into the ocean we’d sail
Chorus 2:
Am F
With a nine on the bortle
C G
we’ve blown out the stars
Am F
smashed all the lanterns
C G
to burn down the barns
Am F
and the moon holds no purpose
C C G
save pulling the tides on a planet
G Dm *
encrusted in fluorescent lights
Bridge:
Am F
C G
Am F
C G
Chorus 1:
Am F
With a nine on the bortle
C G
we’ve blown out the stars
Am F
smashed all the lanterns
C G
to burn down the barns
Am F
and with less than one hundredth
C G Dm *
in sight to guide us home after dark
Em Em
we’re lost
CHORUS 1: + VERSE 1: (Sung over each other)
Am F
C G
Am F
C G
Am F
C G Dm *
Em Em
CHORUS 1: + CHORUS 2: (Sung over each other)
Am F
C G
Am F
C G
Am F
C G Dm *
Em Em
CHORUS 1: + CHORUS 2: + VERSE 2: (Sung over each other)
Am F
C G
Am F
C G
Am F
C G Dm * Last updated:
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