Migration chords by James Taylor

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Words and Music by James Taylor, from hi s 1974 album, "Walking Man."

Verse 1:

N.C.
Distant hands in foreign lands
N.C.
Are turning hidden wheels
D/ED/E        A/EA/E
Causing things to come about
   Asus4/E     E MajorE
Which no one seems to feel
   D/ED/E      A/EA/E
All invisible from where we stand
    Asus4/E      E MajorE
The connections come to pass
   D/ED/E          A/EA/E
And though too strange to comprehend
    Asus4/E     E MajorE      Bm7Bm7
They affect us nonetheless, yes

Chorus:

  E MajorE      Bm7Bm7    E MajorE  A augmentedA
Once again a time of change
    C majorC       G+G  Bm7Bm7
Oh the change makes music
            E MajorE  Bm7Bm7
And the children will dance
E MajorE            Bm7Bm7
See the pieces of the picture
   E MajorE       A augmentedA
Rearrange themselves
   C majorC        G+G       Bm7Bm7
It feels just like a symphony to me
          E MajorE    Bm7Bm7  E MajorE  Am7Am7
With nothing left to chance

Bridge:

            D7sus4D7sus4 D MajorD
Just look over your shoulder
   G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B  C majorC     Bm7Bm7  E7E7
It's out of your hands, it's over  for now
A7A7
 Leave behind what you can
D7D7           G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B C majorC
 You can always return

Verse 2:

   F#7F#7   B7B7+5   E MajorE     Bm7Bm7
The rhythm remains unbroken, unspoken
   E MajorE       A augmentedA
But loud and clear
    C majorC    G+G  B minorBm     E MajorE Bm7Bm7   E MajorE  Bm7Bm7 E MajorE
It's a slow vibration, migration

Chorus:

Bm7Bm7   E MajorE      Bm7Bm7  E MajorE          Bm7Bm7
  Oh Mystery muse, how I hunger for an answer
E MajorE       Bm7Bm7   E MajorE           Bm7Bm7
 Unsung song, how I long to play the changes
E MajorE         Bm7Bm7    E MajorE           Bm7Bm7
 Hidden rhythm, haven't I always been your dancer?
E MajorE        Bm7Bm7   E MajorE          Bm7Bm7
 Sacred secrets of the meaning to my dreaming
  E MajorE   Bm7Bm7 E MajorE
Migration
Bm7Bm7  E MajorE   Bm7Bm7 E MajorE
  Migration
Bm7Bm7  E MajorE   Bm7Bm7 E MajorE
  Migration