Key: E major
Intro 1
A
G#m
E
A
C#dim
A
F#m
A
Am
F#dim
B
A
Verse 1
E
A
something true, true of you and me
C#dim
A
Bsus4
That we're too busy living through,
A
F#m
F#dim
Am
F#dim
B
A
too busy to see.
B
G#m
Fdim
What is it that we do
E
A
makes us what we are
C#dim
A
F#m
B
If we sing are we nightingales,
A
F#m
Am
shine are we stars?
B
Baug
Verse 2
C#m
E
D#m
A
Who are we? what we got? are we
F#m
C
a firework show?
Am
Dsus4
Growing pale like a star that burnt out
G
Fdim
C#
C#m
years ago
E
D#m
Stranger things have been,
B
A
stranger things have gone,
F#m
A
C
I find it hard right now to name you one
Dsus4
G
Fdim
C#
E
the fairytales.
C#m
E
D#m
If singin' birds must sing,
B
F#m
with no question of choice
A
F#m
Then livin' is our song,
Am
G
Best agree you and me we're probably
nightingales
Fdim
C#
A
B
G#m
Verse 3
Fdim
A
C#dim
A
F#m
Who
Am
B
Baug
E
D#m
are we? what
A
F#m
C
we got? are we a firework show?
Dsus4
G
Fdim
C#
E
out years ago
C#m
E
D#m
Stranger things have been,
F#m
A
C
I find it hard right now to name you one
G
Fdim
C#
E
the fairytales.
C#m
E
D#m
If singin' birds must sing,
B
A
with no question of choice
Am
Dsus4
G
Best agree you and me we're probably
Interlude 1
nightingales
Fdim
C#
A
Cdim
A
Cdim
A
Verse 4
G#m
E
A
we are cartoon cats
C#dim
F#m
Bsus4
With a fear that is biblical
F#m
Am
under our hats
B
Baug
Verse 5
C#m
E
B
D#m
D#dim
Who are we? what we got?
F#m
A
C
are we a firework show?
Dsus4
G
Fdim
C#
E
out years ago
C#m
E
D#m
Stranger things have been,
B
F#m
stranger things have gone,
A
C
I find it hard right now to name you one
G
Fdim
C#
E
C#m
the fairytales.
E
D#m
If singin' birds must sing,
A
F#m
Then livin' is our song,
we're probably nightingales
G
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