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

Eb
Eb

Fm
Fm

Db
Db

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Fm
Fm

Db
Db

Verse 1
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Up on a hill, as the day dissolves
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

With my pencil turning moments into line
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

High above in the violet sky
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

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

Eb
Eb

One by one, all the stars appear
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

As the great winds of the planet spiral in
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Spinning away, like the night sky at Arles
Fm
Fm

In the million insect storm,
Db
Db

the constellations form
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

On a hill, under a raven sky
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

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

Some kind of change,
Eb
Eb

some kind of spinning away
Fm
Fm

With every single line
Db
Db

moving further out in time
Interlude 1
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Fm
Fm

Db
Db

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Fm
Fm

Db
Db

Outro 1
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

And now as the pale moon rides
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

in the stars, in the stars
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Her form in my pale blue lines
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

in the stars, in the stars
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

And there, as the world rolls round
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

in the stars, in the stars
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

I draw, but the lines move round
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

in the stars, in the stars
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

And there, as the great wheels blaze
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

in the stars, in the stars
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

I draw, but my drawing fades
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

in the stars, in the stars
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

And now, as the old sun dies
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

in the stars, in the stars
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

I draw, and the four winds sigh
Fm
Fm

Db
Db

in the stars, in the stars

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