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Key: E minor•
Verse 1
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If there is no such thing as time,

you're already there,

And you're controlling

this cycle

You say, "Man, look what we found here,

Einstein,"

Or whoever you're talking to, Tesla

- whoever you're talking to

Problems of the future can be solved by man
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kind because you create them

And you have to believe in the future,

it's what we have to do
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We progress,
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we always progress - we try to

So the Sumerian tablets,

they say the same thing like Genesis said

That there were chariots of fire

that came into the sky

And these beings got out of them, and
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they walked like a man

But they had reptilian features

They had snake-like eyes, eyes, a tail,

and, uh, scales, right?

And they were - they were here,

and they made slaves out of the people
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And where they landed in is what

the Bible calls the Garden of Eden
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They were trying to inbreed with the

people here

The women would die,

the babies would abort

But after two thousand years

they started taking
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The babies started being born

and living

And they had tails,

they had a few reptilian features
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They could phase shift from

one dimension to another dimension

And the people who know say it's from the fourth

dimension - the next dimension
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Space is expanding, there are spirits com ing from the center,

right?

We're going counterclockwise

There's supposed to be eight other
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universes going counterclockwise

And that's called

Superuniverse, you know?
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And love's always been the message

It's just - circumstances happen,
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right?

People freak out, just flat flip out,

you know?
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Well, that's where Hitler came from,

Hitler came from that way

He was an outspoken, charismatic yeller

And, and all these people said
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"Hey, we'll use this guy, hey,

look at all these people listening to this guy"

You know what I mean? And so

that's just what the trip's like, that
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You know? It still exists, and their bloodline goes back

- back into Sumerian times
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You know, they didn't call it reptilian,

they didn't call it that

But they did, because they called him Satan,

they called him the Devil

And it's the same damn trip
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It's a negative force,

coming in on a positive force

Because it's a third dimension, right?
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And for it to solidify or to crystallize,

it has to have both elements, right?
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And you have to keep it in balance,
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or it will, it will
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One of them will destroy
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the other
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Verse 2

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I do my best to sleep through the
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caterwaul

The classicist, the posturing avant-garde
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I I bought a grey macaw,

named him Jules Verne
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He'll probably outlive me,
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he's a bright bird
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Keeps me company,
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I teach him new words
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Verse 3

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I saw a hologram at
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the theme park
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She looked as real as me through
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Bm
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the white fog

Then she melted down to
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her ankles

Turned into a million-watt candle

candle
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If I knew where she went,
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I would follow
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Verse 4
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Walking through the land
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of tomorrow

Martian trinkets, plastic Apollos
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In the sunshine, try to act normal
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My veins are full of flat cherry cola
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Slept on the bench by the rollercoaster
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Verse 5
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Dreamt I was riding on a
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motorbike

Lion of Judah,
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painted on the side
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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I'm doing fine,
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I'm back in the Palisades
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Life's a wash,
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a pastoral school play
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China shops and cold ivory towers
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I and I, make toasts to the Caesars
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Forcing down the dregs of Decem
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bers
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Verse 7
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Madeline,
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she spins in a slow bang
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All through the house,
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the strong smell of burnt sage
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Let's make it clean and

run out the spirits
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I know a diving bell when I hear it

We're going down now
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under the surface
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Verse 8
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Light to dark
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can shift in an instant

Feeling close but keeping my distance
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On all fours she's just so insistent

Fills my mind with jump

ropes and slit wrists
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Bust through the firewall into heaven
Verse 9
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And then I'm standing in that
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blinding light
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Crooked crosses falling from
Interlude 2

the sky
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Verse 10
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Seen, yeah, seen by I and I
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Seen, yeah, seen by I and I
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Seen, yeah, seen by I and I
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Seen, yeah, seen by I and I
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

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Chords

  • E

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • D

  • F#

    2

  • Bbm

  • Bb

  • C#

    4

  • F#m

    2

  • C

  • Em

  • G

  • Am

Capo: No capo

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Firewall by Bright Eyes is E minor.

The primary chords used in Firewall are E, A, Bm, D, F#, Bbm.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, A, Bm, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Firewall is approximately 115 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Firewall using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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