The Eternal Tao chords by The Voidz

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:

e|-----------------|------------------|
B|-----9-----8-----|-----9------8-8---|
G|-5-8---5-8-------|-5-8----5-8-----5-|
D|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|

N.C.
Hi, I'm Fred. Hi, my name's Mike and if you're sitting there watching this tape smoking your cigarette,
N.C.
well, hit the fast forward button because I don't smoke and I don't like people who do smoke
N.C.
I'm not afraid to get sand on my tuxedo if you're not afraid to let the wind mess your
N.C.
hair up a little bit when I take the top down. Perhaps even a, a nice bath with some champagne

Verse 1:

Cm G# Cm (Repeated quickly, one strum on each chord)

Cm G# Gm
T.E.?
Cm G# Gm
T.E.T.
Cm G# Gm   Cm G# Gm
Cannot be whispered
Cm G# Gm
T.E.
Cm G# Gm
T.E.T
Cm G# Gm   Cm G# Gm
The Tao can't be sung
Cm G# Gm  Cm G# Gm
I long    to know
Cm G# Gm    Cm G# Gm
what is beyond me
Cm G# Gm  Cm G# Gm
I try     to change
Cm G# Gm      Cm G# Gm
what I should not change
Cm G# Gm      Cm G# G
Realistically optimistic
Cm G# Gm           Cm G# Gm
I'm a philosopher, not a mystic
Cm G# Gm             Cm G# Gm
No more playing now, I'm on a mission
Cm G# Gm       Cm G# Gm
But I forgive a man if he doesn't listen
Cm G# Gm      Cm G# Gm
I see Lucifer makes a good living
Cm G# Gm       Cm G# Gm
A philosophy so limiting


Pre-Chorus 1:
Cm               G#       Gm
Everyone got decisions to make
Cm              G#           Gm
Oh, yeah, baby, got bills to pay
Cm               G#            Gm
The truth lies beyond what you see
Cm               G#            Gm
               I'm not mad at you


Chorus:
Fm            Bb
When I get my turn
              Eb
When I get my turn
              G#  Gm
Staying on my toes
              Fm
Oh, they will see
                      Bb
Forget everything you heard
                      Eb
Forget everything you heard
                     G#        Gm
You don't know who's feeding it to you
Fm          Bb
When I was sixteen
            Eb
When I was sixteen
            G#  Gm
Nobody believed
              Fm
"Music's for you"
                Bb
When my turn it comes
                Eb
When my turn it comes
                G#     Gm
I will tear the system apart


Interlude:
Cm                      G#
Now we build statues of robots
           Gm           Cm
Humanity is already a memory


Pre-Chorus 2:
Cm                  G#             Gm
Nothing's black or white, it's all grey
Cm              G#          Gm
Honesty without tack is cruelty
Cm                   G#           Gm
Nothing turns me on like what you say
Cm            G#       Gm
Bending towards pending demise


Chorus:

Fm            Bb
When I get my turn
              Eb
When I get my turn
              G#  Gm
Staying on my toes
              Fm
Oh, they will see
                      Bb
Forget everything you heard
                      Eb
Forget everything you heard
                     G#        Gm
You don't know who's feeding it to you
Fm          Bb
When I was sixteen
            Eb
When I was sixteen
            G#  Gm
Nobody believed
              Fm
"Music's for you"
                   Bb
It's harder than I thought
                    Eb
But when my time it comes
          G#   Gm
Will I be prepared?

I guess we'll see


Bridge:
Fm     Bb
End of the daydream
Eb           G#   Gm
Nine zillion lane highway
Fm           Bb           Eb
Was not part of the deal


Outro:
G#   Gm             Fm
     When I get my way
             Bb
When I get my way (Nothing is ever)
             Eb
When I get my way (Deleted anymore)
              G#
When I get my way
Gm             Fm
When I get my way
              Bb
When I get my way (The mind wants to play)
              Eb
When I get my way
               G#      Gm         Fm
(Free from the assembly line of thought)