Spinning Away chords by
Brian Eno
Brian Eno
John Cale
John Cale

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Key: A major
Intro 1
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C#
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D#m
D#m
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B
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C#
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D#m
D#m
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B
Verse 1
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C#
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Up on a hill, as the day dissolves
D#m
D#m
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B
With my pencil turning moments into line
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High above in the violet sky
D#m
D#m
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B
A silent silver plane, it draws a golden chain
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One by one, all the stars appear
D#m
D#m
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B
As the great winds of the planet spiral in
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Spinning away, like the night sky at Arles
D#m
D#m
In the million insect storm,
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the constellations form
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On a hill, under a raven sky
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D#m
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I have no idea exactly what I've drawn
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Some kind of change,
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some kind of spinning away
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D#m
With every single line
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moving further out in time
Interlude 1
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C#
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D#m
D#m
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D#m
D#m
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Outro 1
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And now as the pale moon rides
D#m
D#m
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B
in the stars, in the stars
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Her form in my pale blue lines
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D#m
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B
in the stars, in the stars
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And there, as the world rolls round
D#m
D#m
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B
in the stars, in the stars
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I draw, but the lines move round
D#m
D#m
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B
in the stars, in the stars
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And there, as the great wheels blaze
D#m
D#m
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B
in the stars, in the stars
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F#
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I draw, but my drawing fades
D#m
D#m
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B
in the stars, in the stars
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And now, as the old sun dies
D#m
D#m
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B
in the stars, in the stars
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F#
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I draw, and the four winds sigh
D#m
D#m
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B
in the stars, in the stars

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