Routine chords by Steven Wilson

Chords with lyrics

Routine

Verse 1

F# minorF#m   D MajorD   F# minorF#m      D MajorD
  What do I do with all the children's clothes 
C majorC     E minorEm     E minorEm       D MajorD
 such tiny things that still smell of them
F# minorF#m     D MajorD     F# minorF#m   D MajorD
  And the footprints in the hallway
C majorC    E minorEm  E minorEm     D MajorD
onto my knees scrub them away

F# minorF#m ? D MajorD ? F# minorF#m ? D MajorD  |  C majorC ? E minorEm ? E minorEm ? D MajorD

F# minorF#m      D MajorD    F# minorF#m      D MajorD
  And how to be of use make the tea and the soup
C majorC      E minorEm    E minorEm     D MajorD
All of their favorites throw them away
F# minorF#m        D MajorD     F# minorF#m   D MajorD
  And all their schoolbooks and the running shoes
C majorC      E minorEm      E minorEm      D MajorD
Washing and cleaning the dirty still sink


F# minorF#m ? D MajorD ? F# minorF#m ? D MajorD  |  C majorC ? E minorEm ? E minorEm ? D MajorD

Refrain:

F# minorF#m   E MajorE      D MajorD
Routine keeps me in line
F# minorF#m   E MajorE    D MajorD
Helps me pass the time
C# minorC#m  BB    A augmentedA
Concentrate my mind 
FF  G+G   A augmentedA
Helps me to sleep

Verse 2

F# minorF#m     D MajorD     F# minorF#m      D MajorD
  And keep making beds and keep the cat fed
C majorC    E minorEm   E minorEm     D MajorD
Open the windows let the air in
F# minorF#m       D MajorD     F# minorF#m      D MajorD
  And keep the house clean and keep the routine
C majorC       E minorEm     E minorEm      D MajorD
Paintings they make still stuck to the fridge

Interlude:

F# minorF#m      D MajorD   F# minorF#m       D MajorD
  La-la  la-da    la-la   la-da
C majorC     E minorEm  E minorEm  D MajorD
Da-da-da   la-la-da-da                || x4 (the two lattest without lyrics)


C# minorC#m ? D MajorD ? B minorBm ? F# minorF#m ? C# minorC#m ? A augmentedA ? E MajorE
C# minorC#m ? D MajorD ? B minorBm ? F# minorF#m ? C# minorC#m ? A augmentedA ? G+G ? FF ? E MajorE        || (a chord/beat)

(I couldn't figure out exactly the chords in the guitar picking part
here but I reckon the notes are something around F#F# - G+G ? A augmentedA ? BB ? C majorC ? D MajorD ? E MajorE)


The solo goes with the verse's chords but transposed two steps higher:

G# minorG#m ? E MajorE ? G# minorG#m ? E MajorE | D MajorD ? F# minorF#m ? F# minorF#m ? E MajorE   || x6


Verse 3

G# minorG#m   E MajorE    G# minorG#m  E MajorE
  Keep cleaning keep ironing
D MajorD       F# minorF#m     F# minorF#m       E MajorE
Cooking their meals on the stainless steel hob
G# minorG#m   E MajorE   G# minorG#m  E MajorE
  Keep washing keep scrubbing

D MajorD ? C# minorC#m ? BB ? A augmentedA ? G# minorG#m ? F# minorF#m ? E MajorE ? Eb MajorEb           || (a chord/beat)
Long until the dark comes to bruise the sky

C# minorC#m ? BB ? A augmentedA ? G# minorG#m ? C majorC ? Eb MajorEb                || (a chord/beat)
Deep in the debt to night


G# minorG#m ? E MajorE ? G# minorG#m ? D MajorD
G# minorG#m ? E MajorE ? G# minorG#m

Part C majorC

Breaks into heavy distortion:

G5G5 ? F#5F#5 ? A5A5
B5B5 ? A5A5 ? G5G5 ? F#5F#5 ? A5A5
B5B5 ? A5A5 ? G#5G#5 ? G5G5 ? F#5F#5

Refrain:

F# minorF#m   E MajorE      D MajorD
Routine keeps me in line
F# minorF#m   E MajorE    D MajorD
Helps me pass the time
C# minorC#m  BB    A augmentedA
(Concentrate my mind)
FF  G+G   A augmentedA
Helps me to sleep

F# minorF#m   E MajorE      D MajorD
Routine keeps me in line
F# minorF#m   E MajorE    D MajorD
Helps me pass the time
C# minorC#m  BB    A augmentedA
(Concentrate my mind)
FF  G+G   A augmentedA
Helps me to sleep

F#5F#5 - E5E5 - F#5F#5 - E5E5 - G5G5 - C5C5                   || (with distortion, chords changing quickly)

Part D MajorD

E minorEm ? A augmentedA ? Dsus2Dsus2 ? D MajorD

E minorEm            A augmentedA   Dsus2Dsus2    D MajorD
  The most beautiful morning forever
E minorEm            A augmentedA      Dsus2Dsus2    D MajorD
  Like the ones from far off, far off away
E minorEm           A augmentedA         Dsus2Dsus2     D MajorD
  With the hum of the bees in the jasmine sway


Outro:

      E minorEm       A augmentedA
Don't ever let go 
      Dsus2Dsus2       D MajorD
Try to let go
      E minorEm       A augmentedA
Don't ever let go 
      Dsus2Dsus2       D MajorD
Try to let go
E minorEm ? A augmentedA ? Dsus2Dsus2 ? D MajorD                         || (slows down towards the end)