Chords with lyrics
Key: C majorC
DmDm
So tired
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Soul searching
A minorAm
I followed the sounds to a cathedral
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Imagine my surprise to find that they were produded by Brian Eno
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DmDm
Past the gates
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Quite stark
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The roses trimmed and the windows dark
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I see the walls through a limestone crack
A minorAm Asus2Asus2
Not red, not blue, not yellow, but black
G minorGm A minorAm (barre)
And all the space left for you
G minorGm
If the sky was synthesized you'd probably know
DmDm BbmBbm
He taught me many things
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The wisdom of o' bleak stratagems
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The prophet of a sapphire soul
A minorAm Asus2Asus2
Presented through creative freedoms
G minorGm A minorAm (barre)
And everything I say is true
G minorGm
'Cause if i was telling lies it'd probably show
Chorus:
D MajorD B minorBm
I can tell that he's kind of smiling
G+G
But what does he know?
D MajorD B minorBm
We're always one step behind him
G+G
He's Brian Eno (Brian Eno)
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Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!)
Verse:
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When I was stuck he'd make me memorize elaborate curses
A minorAm Asus2Asus2
Tinctures and formulas to ditch the choir and flip the verses
G minorGm A minorAm
My whole foundation came unglued
G minorGm
When I tried to humanize by ambient light
Chorus:
D MajorD B minorBm
Dipping swords in metaphors yeah
G+G
But what does he know?
D MajorD B minorBm
He's go the whole world behind him
G+G
He's Brian Eno (Brian Eno)
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Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!)
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He promised pretty worlds and all the silence I could dream of
DmDm BbmBbm
Brian Peter George St. John
Le Baptiste de la Salle Eno
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Well all alone by the oldest stone where the shade trees grow
(What does he know?)
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The creature by the water feature with a ghostly glow
(Brian Eno!)
D MajorD B minorBm
Yeah, he's making sure that time's preserved well
G+G
We reap what we sow
(What does he know?)
D MajorD B minorBm
We're always one step behind him
G+G
He's Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!)
D MajorD B minorBm
Yeah, I can tell that he's doing well yeah
G+G
What does he know? (What does he know?!)
D MajorD B minorBm
I'm always one step behind him
G+G