Chords with lyrics
Son Volt – “Atmosphere”
From the record “Okemah and the Melody of Riot”
Words and Music by Jay Farrar
Tabs by Tim Prizer ([email protected])
**Note: All of the chords listed below may at first seem a bit overwhelming, but
actually they are all just very slight variations of themselves. In fact, most
of the C-chords and F-chords simply involve a 3-1-0 progression on the little e-string.
Chords used (eBGDAE) – names of some may be incorrect:
C2 – 31023x
Csus4Csus4 – 11023x
Cadd9Cadd9 – 03023x
C majorC – 01023x
Cmaj7Cmaj7 – 00023x
C/BC/B – 01002x
FF – 1123xx
F/GF/G – 3123xx
F/E – 0123xx
F* - 112331
A minorAm – 01220x
Dsus2Dsus2 – 0320xx
Intro: [C2] [Csus4Csus4] [Cadd9Cadd9] [C majorC] x2, then [FF] [F/GF/G] [FF] [F/E]
[C majorC]Love is the pavement
With spit in your heart [C2] [Csus4Csus4] [Cmaj7Cmaj7] [C majorC]
[C majorC]Slow diamonds no laughter
Sweep the hell[FF]hound trail
[C majorC]Translate the faces
Wash off the dust [C2] [Csus4Csus4] [Cmaj7Cmaj7] [C majorC]
[C majorC]Smoke plume twilight
American [FF]tears
[FF] [FF] [FF]
[C majorC] [C majorC] [A minorAm] [A minorAm]
[C majorC]Prairie burnt eyes tell the hell and break through the [A minorAm]lens
[C majorC]Feed the buildings by the coast a flagrant [A minorAm]dance [FF]
[Dsus2Dsus2]Wounded in the world by a single twist of [C majorC]hate
And it’s all [C/BC/B]over now
[F*]You’re headed for the atmosphere
[F*]You’re headed for the atmo[C2]sphere
Intro chords
[C majorC]Pick up the blessings
Meet the new sky [C2] [Csus4Csus4] [Cmaj7Cmaj7] [C majorC]
[C majorC]Summoned to live up to
The speculation [FF]din
[C majorC]
[FF]Getting that old time feeling [C majorC]again
[FF]Madmen on both sides of the [C majorC]fence
[FF]Getting that old time feeling [C majorC]again
[FF]Madmen on both sides of the [C majorC]fence [FF]
[FF] [FF] [FF]
[C majorC] [C majorC] [A minorAm] [A minorAm]
[C majorC]Melody of riot in the wilderness of oxy[A minorAm]gen
[C majorC]Mercy on the waterfall mist in the middle class [A minorAm]sea [FF]
[Dsus2Dsus2]Wounded in the world by a single twist of [C majorC]hate
And it’s all [C/BC/B]over now
[F*]You’re headed for the atmosphere
[F*]You’re headed for the atmo[C2]sphere
Intro chords
[FF] [FF] [FF]
end on [C majorC]
