Spinning Away chords by
Brian Eno
Brian Eno
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Key: A major
Intro 1
B
B

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

E
E

B
B

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

E
E

Verse 1
B
B

F#
F#

Up on a hill, as the day dissolves
G#m
G#m

E
E

With my pencil turning moments into line
B
B

F#
F#

High above in the violet sky
G#m
G#m

E
E

A silent silver plane, it draws a golden chain
B
B

F#
F#

One by one, all the stars appear
G#m
G#m

E
E

As the great winds of the planet spiral in
B
B

F#
F#

Spinning away, like the night sky at Arles
G#m
G#m

In the million insect storm,
E
E

the constellations form
B
B

F#
F#

On a hill, under a raven sky
G#m
G#m

E
E

I have no idea exactly what I've drawn
B
B

Some kind of change,
F#
F#

some kind of spinning away
G#m
G#m

With every single line
E
E

moving further out in time
Interlude 1
B
B

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

E
E

B
B

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

E
E

Outro 1
B
B

F#
F#

And now as the pale moon rides
G#m
G#m

E
E

in the stars, in the stars
B
B

F#
F#

Her form in my pale blue lines
G#m
G#m

E
E

in the stars, in the stars
B
B

F#
F#

And there, as the world rolls round
G#m
G#m

E
E

in the stars, in the stars
B
B

F#
F#

I draw, but the lines move round
G#m
G#m

E
E

in the stars, in the stars
B
B

F#
F#

And there, as the great wheels blaze
G#m
G#m

E
E

in the stars, in the stars
B
B

F#
F#

I draw, but my drawing fades
G#m
G#m

E
E

in the stars, in the stars
B
B

F#
F#

And now, as the old sun dies
G#m
G#m

E
E

in the stars, in the stars
B
B

F#
F#

I draw, and the four winds sigh
G#m
G#m

E
E

in the stars, in the stars

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