Meteor Shower chords by Tanya Donelly

SimplifiedC · G · F · Am · Dm

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Verse 1
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 (C major) It was such a good night,
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everybody agrees  (G major)  (F major) 
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Drive  (C major) our handsome cars
through the humid dark
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To the  (F major) airstrip and  (C major) the beach  (F major) 
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Ring  (C major) it up along the shore
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The low tide tastes so sour  (G major)  (F major) 
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And  (C major) the  (F major) rocks around the campfire
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Are waiting for the hour  (C major) 
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Of  (F major) the meteor  (C major) shower
Are we looking up yet?
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Somebody says  (G major)  (F major)  (C major) 
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We came  (F major) to see the stars fall
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But the moon's still too bright, yeah  (C major)  (F major) 
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We  (C major) don't wanna miss the hour
Of the meteor shower
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We sprawl  (F major) out on the sand
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This time before it's  (C major) light  (G major)  (F major)  (C major) 
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And it seems  (F major) like you could reach up
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and pluck the eyes right  (C major) out  (G major) of the  (A minor) night
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We are young  (D minor) and we're strong
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 (C major) We're  (G major) shut  (C major) down  (G major) by the thought
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 (A minor) That this might  (F major) not  (D minor)  (C major) be enough
Bury your thought
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Soon it's back and with a friend  (G major)  (F major) 
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Like  (C major) the  (F major) desperadoes and bon vivants,
at every century's end
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You  (C major) have a good idea
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of all that you are worth  (G major)  (C major) 
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But the  (F major) atoms underneath
eventually explode
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in  (C major)  (F major) the  (C major) meteor shower
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You sprawl  (F major) out of the sand,
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the stones throw from the rain  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (C major) And it  (F major) seems like you could reach it,
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catch the fireballs  (C major) in  (G major) your  (F major) hand
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 (A minor) We are young  (D minor) and you're strong
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 (F major) And  (C major)  (G major) you're shut
down by the thought
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 (A minor) That  (C major) this might  (D minor) not  (C major) be enough  (F major)  (C major) 
Are we looking up?
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 (F major) Are we look (C major) ing up yet?
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Are we looking up?  (F major) 
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Are  (C major) we  (F major) looking up  (C major) yet?
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Are we looking  (G major) up?  (C major)  (F major) 
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Are  (C major) we looking up yet?
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 (F major) Hold the gem and dance
like a smiling teenage kid
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In  (C major) a stream of flaming rubble,
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streaking as a hobble to  (F major) the outer edge
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 (C major) In the fi (F major) nal hour  (C major)  (F major) 
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Of  (C major) the meteor shower  (C major) 
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