Signal chords by Sylvan Esso

Chords with lyrics

Sylvan Esso
“Signal”
What Now (2017)


Chords used:
   GbGb  AbAb  EbmEbm   DbDb  BB
e|---2-----4-----6---|---4-----2---|
BB|---2-----4-----7---|---6-----4---|
G+G|---3-----5-----8---|---6-----4---|
D MajorD|---4-----6-----8---|---6-----4---|
A augmentedA|---4-----6-----6---|---4-----2---|
E MajorE|---2-----4---------|-------------|

*Please check below the tab for an alternative tuning approach*

[Intro}
(0:00-0:21)
GbGb   AbAb   EbmEbm   EbmEbm
GbGb   AbAb   EbmEbm   EbmEbm

Verse 1:
(0:21-0:43)
GbGb
 Little birdie making car alarm sounds
AbAb
 In the tree next to your house
EbmEbm
 Little baby know to smile for the picture
EbmEbm
 Then go back to drawing that flower
GbGb
 And a smokey chimney too
AbAb
 And an arrow pointing at their room
EbmEbm
 And the stars above
EbmEbm
 Was that a satellite you drew, my love?


Chorus:
(0:43-1:16)
DbDb       AbAb
 It's a signal in the noise
BB         GbGb
 It's a bell in a mine
DbDb        AbAb
 It's a black dog in a junkyard
BB            GbGb
 Gonna chase you down in time
GbGb   AbAb
      Chase you down in time
EbmEbm   EbmEbm

Verse 2:
(1:16-1:37)
GbGb                  AbAb
 Can you catch up to the cars on the highway? Run them down
EbmEbm                EbmEbm
 Can you throw yourself off of an airplane? Breath ripped out
GbGb                AbAb
 While you showboat. While you slow float. While the Earth gets large and loud
EbmEbm
  Are you breathing now?
EbmEbm
  0 Here's the ground


Verse 3:
(1:38-1:59)
GbGb
 Don't you want to catch you
AbAb
 Don't you want to catch you
EbmEbm
 Make you feel your pulse
EbmEbm
Make your feet fly
GbGb
 Don't you want to catch you
AbAb
 Don't you want to catch you
EbmEbm
 Drag you down in the dirt
EbmEbm
Make you feel alive


Chorus:
(1:59-2:21)
DbDb       AbAb
 It's a signal in the noise
BB         GbGb
 It's a bell in a mine
DbDb        AbAb
 It's a black dog in a junkyard
BB            GbGb
 Gonna chase you down in time

Bridge:
(2:21-2:43)
GbGb   AbAb   EbmEbm   EbmEbm
GbGb   AbAb   EbmEbm   EbmEbm


Chorus:
(2:43-3:29)
DbDb       AbAb
 It's a signal in the noise
BB         GbGb
 It's a bell in a mine
DbDb        AbAb
 It's a black dog in a junkyard
BB            GbGb
 Gonna chase you down in time
DbDb       AbAb
 It's a signal in the noise
BB         GbGb
 It's a bell in a mine
DbDb        AbAb
 It's a black dog in a junkyard
BB            GbGb
 Gonna chase you down in time


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Hi all,
For the sake of making this song no hassle to play, I’ve tabbed it out in
standard tuning (as seen above). If you really wanted to add a little more
flair, you could tune down to Eb MajorEb standard which would allow you to play the
Eb MajorEb chord at two different octaves shown here:

Verse:
   GbGb  AbAb  EbmEbm  EbmEbm
eb|---3-----5-----7-----0---|
Bb majorBb|---3-----5-----8-----0---|
GbGb|---4-----6-----9-----0---|
DbDb|---5-----7-----9-----2---|
AbAb|---5-----7-----7-----2---|
Eb MajorEb|---3-----5-----------0---|

This would also open up the chorus to be played with simple open chords
as seen here:

Chorus:
   DbDb  AbAb  BB   GbGb
eb|---2-----0-----0-----3---|
Bb majorBb|---3-----2-----1-----0---|
GbGb|---2-----2-----0-----0---|
DbDb|---0-----2-----2-----0---|
AbAb|---------0-----3-----2---|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------3---|

It’s up to you how to play it.