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

B
B

C#m
C#m

A
A

E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

A
A

Verse 1
E
E

B
B

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

A
A

With my pencil turning moments into line
E
E

B
B

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

A
A

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

B
B

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

A
A

As the great winds of the planet spiral in
E
E

B
B

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

In the million insect storm,
A
A

the constellations form
E
E

B
B

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

A
A

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

Some kind of change,
B
B

some kind of spinning away
C#m
C#m

With every single line
A
A

moving further out in time
Interlude 1
E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

A
A

E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

A
A

Outro 1
E
E

B
B

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

A
A

in the stars, in the stars
E
E

B
B

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

A
A

in the stars, in the stars
E
E

B
B

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

A
A

in the stars, in the stars
E
E

B
B

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

A
A

in the stars, in the stars
E
E

B
B

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

A
A

in the stars, in the stars
E
E

B
B

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

A
A

in the stars, in the stars
E
E

B
B

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

A
A

in the stars, in the stars
E
E

B
B

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

A
A

in the stars, in the stars

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B C#m A

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