Aloft chords by Van Der Graaf Generator
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: Dm Verse 1: F F G F Whispers of a wind to lift you off the ground F F G F The breath of air that'll take you where it will F F G Am This flight of fancy carries you until Am G6 you know for sure D5 Dsus2 There's no going back D5 Dsus2 to where you were before D5 Dsus2 Now you've lost the knack
Verse 2:
F F G F
With best-laid plans you once flattered to deceive
F F G F
Of fatted calf were intent to eat your fill
F F G Am
Perpetual motion carries you but still
Am G6
you know for sure
D5 Dsus2
That you can't keep track
D5 Dsus2
and you can't keep score
D5 Dsus2
There's no going back anymore
Interlude:
Dsus4 Dm (4x)
Chorus 1:
D5 Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2
You were tethered, eyes and ears peeled tightly on the ground
D5 Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2 Dm Gm6
Wondering whether what goes up is certain to come down .
Gm Gm7 Gm6 D5
Steady measures, learn to take the whole thing in the round
Instrumental:
Dm
Gm
Chorus 2:
D5 Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2
Keep on talking for that's all that's keeping you aloft;
D5 Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2 Gm6
It was awkward holding in your breath before the off
Gm Gm6 Gm7
Now you travel, though you're not so eager to arrive
Gm
On the journey what respect you earn is token
C Bb
Faith in progress goes unspoken
Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2 D5
And that's all that's keeping you alive
Chorus 3:
A F
And you know it's not the going, it's the getting there
A F
That'll slow you, so you really can't remember where
Gm
You were heading when you started
D5
All was eloquence
A D5
Or was it all hot air Published:
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