Aloft chords by
Van Der Graaf Generator

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Key: D minor

Intro 1

Verse 1
C C 
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Whispers
D D 
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C C 
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of a wind to lift you off the ground,
D D 
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The breath of air that'll take
C C 
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you where it will,
D D 
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Em Em 
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This flight of fancy carries you until
Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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you know for sure
Am Am 
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There's no going back
To where you were before,
Now you've lost the knack.
C C 
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With best- laid plans you

Verse 2
D D 
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C C 
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once flattered to deceive,
D D 
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Of fatted calf were intent
C C 
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to eat your fill.
D D 
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Perpetual motion carries you but
Em Em 
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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still you know for sure
Am Am 
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That you can't keep track
And you can't keep score
E E 
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C C 
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There's no going back any
more.
Am Am 
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E E 
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Em Em 
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Am Am 
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Verse 3
You were tethered
Eyes and ears peeled tightly
on the ground,
Wondering whether
What goes up is certain
Dm Dm 
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to come down...
D D 
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Steady measures,
G G 
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D D 
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Learn to take the whole thing in
Bm Bm 2
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Am Am 
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the round.

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Am Am 
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Keep on talking,
For that's all that's keeping you aloft
It was awkward
Dm Dm 
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Holding in your breath before the off.
D D 
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Now you travel,
G G 
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D D 
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Dm Dm 
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though you're not so eager to arrive.
C C 
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On the journey what respect
you earn is token,
G G 
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F F 
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Faith in progress goes unspoken
C C 
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Am Am 
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And that's all that's keeping you alive.
E E 
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Am Am 
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And you know it's

Verse 5
E E 
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not the going,
Dm Dm 
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it's the getting there
E E 
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Am Am 
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That'll slow you,
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Dm Dm 
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so you really can't remember where
D D 
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Dm Dm 
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You were heading when you started;
C C 
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Am Am 
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All was eloquence but now it's
Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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all hot air.

Interlude 2

Draw breath in apprehen

Verse 6
F F 
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sion,
Dm Dm 
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D D 
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Dm Dm 
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D D 
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No safety features left in place,
E E 
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F F 
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Your sentence in suspension.
Dm Dm 
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D D 
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Dm Dm 
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You're clinging on,
D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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a basket case.
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E E 
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F F 
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You didn't want to tell me
Dm Dm 
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F F 
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Dm Dm 
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About your secret passion.
D D 
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E E 
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F F 
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Dm Dm 
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What dummy would you sell me
D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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With such unfashionable haste?

Interlude 3

C#m

Verse 7
Am Am 
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Hold it steady,
Can't afford to let direction drift.
Are you ready?
Dm Dm 
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The denouement when it comes is swift.
D D 
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G G 
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Are you joking? Were you hoping
D D 
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Dm Dm 
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for some jolly japes?
C C 
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Eat those words or spit them out before
they choke you.
G G 
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Failing progress
F F 
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From this moment
C C 
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Am Am 
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E E 
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Am Am 
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I  don't see you mak ing your escape.

Verse 8
E E 
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And you know it's not the going,
Dm Dm 
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it's the getting there
E E 
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That'll get you, that'll get you,
Am Am 
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no- one lets you
E E 
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Know you're slowly in the process
Dm Dm 
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of forgetting where
D D 
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Dm Dm 
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You were heading when you started.
C C 
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Am Am 
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All was eloquence
E E 
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Am Am 
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Or was it all hot air ?
C C 
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D D 
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C C 
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Verse 9

So the pay- off's due,

Now you've told your tale.

All the words you used

Are exhaled.

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