Basic Space chords by The xx (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Eb 
Nick just waits to fly
Dm 
Easy to take
You could take me in for us
Eb 
Make me a deal
A day apiece
Dm 
Take it off, just stay a week

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Verse 2

I'll take you in pieces

We can take it all apart

I've softened shipwrecks right from the start

I've been underwater

Breathin' out and in

I think I'm losin' where you end and I begin

Chorus 1

Basic space

Openin

Don't look away

When there's nothin' There

Verse 3
Eb 
I'm setting us in stone
Dm 
Piece by piece before I'm alone
Eb 
Air tight before we break
Dm 
Keep it in
Keep us safe

Verse 4
Eb 
This pool of boiling wax
Dm 
I'm giving in that is sick
Got to fill this in
Eb 
Gotta just
Dm 
Why don't we learn how to keep what I have

Chorus 2
Preserved
Eb 
Basic space
Dm 
Openin
Eb 
Don't look away
Dm 
When there's nothin' there

Interlude 1

Verse 5
Eb 
Hot wax
Has left me with a sign
Dm 
Wouldn't know if I've been left behind
Eb 
Second skin
Dm 
Second skin

Verse 6

I can let it out

I still let you in

I can let it out

I still let you in

Outro 1

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: Bb majorBPM: 116

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1

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This is the definitive original version of Basic Space by The xx, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of Bb major. It suits players who want to learn Basic Space the way The xx intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.