Redshift chords by Patricia Barber

SimplifiedEm · G · F#m · A · Dm …

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Em
G
F#m
A
Dm
Gsus4
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Cm
C#
Eb
Bbm
Bm
B
D

Verse 1
Em 
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F#m 
A 
G 
A 
F#m 
A 
I   connect the dots,
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F#m 
even though I'm not
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G 
Qualified to plot our relative
F#m 
positions
A 
G 
Something in the air,
F#m 
something whispered where
A 
Something we should share
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F#m 
Is suddenly suspicious
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Dm 
while the world was flat
Gsus4 
While content with     that
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F 
Still there was a lack of proof
Gsus4 
G 
in our equa tion
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Self -centered as I am, now I understand
G 
A superstar's command,
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G 
F#m 
A 
a special calculation
Em 
A 
Em 
Einstein would concur,
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A 
trajectories are curved
Em 
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Things aren't what they were,
A 
or where we left them
G 
Heisenberg was right,
A 
F#m 
fixing speed and sight
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G 
For all who love are blind,
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as unwise, ununcertain
Dm 
Spinning here myself,
Gsus4 
G 
it's difficult   to tell
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If interstellar movement
Gsus4 
G 
is       separation
A 
Will you leave behind your planetary guides
F#m 
A 
G 
for deeper    space and time
A 
Em 
and brighter constellations.
A 
F#m 
A 
Em 
A 
Dm 
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Between heavenly bod
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Dm 
ies in the dark,
G 
dark matter of all small particles
Cm 
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mixing together
Cm 
For a moment,
but the moment comes to nothing
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C# 
so they slip and fall away
Cm 
from each other.
C# 
Cm 
White dwarfs mingling with brown
Eb 
Cm 
F 
between heavenly bodies.
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Dm 
F 
G 
When a cloud tumbles into a cloud,
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Cm 
small particles kind
Eb 
Cm 
F 
ling to  gether.
Cm 
For a moment,
but the moment comes to something
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Cm 
C# 
so that they kiss and all
Bbm 
Eb 
aflame with each other
Bbm 
Eb 
A 
Em 
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G 
Protons lighting the air
Em 
Bm 
Em 
G 
A 
Em 
A 
Em 
A 
Dm 
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A 
G 
To  live up above
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Em 
Where a star is born, satellites adorn
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Em 
Enclustered to your more
singular sensation
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Em 
A 
Like the moon we are lost without a star
Em 
Lost without our heat,
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our light and persuasion
Dm 
Science wouldn't lie,
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G 
supposition by supposition
Dm 
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I see the wavelengths increasing,
Em 
gravity belies
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Sentimental ties,
F#m 
B 
certain now   that I'm running out of time
Em 
A 
Blue shift, not a green, farther
F#m 
still you seem yellow, orange, red,
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this evidence they said,
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by degrees I see,
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D 
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D 
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G 
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D 
Em 
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D 
you are leaving me.
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D 
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D 
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I