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The Airborne Toxic Event
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Key: Bb major•
Intro 1
G
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C
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Em
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Verse 1
G
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Every

night I'm lying here

The world crashing through my ears
C
C

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I always hear the same

damn thing
G
G

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"You can't you're life

hanging on a string"
Em
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D
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He's always saying, "Stop complaining
Am
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C
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You really can't ever expect too much
D
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Boy, you were born with

the common touch"
G
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And we fall
Verse 2

and fall and fall and fall

With our heads soaked up in alcohol
C
C

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One hand on a cigarette
G
G

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I swear I still got some good

moves left
Em
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I've been fifty-eight since

since I was twenty-three
D
D

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I I got sixty-nine problems problems

but one ain't me
C
C

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Am
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C
C

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And seriously I don't give a fuck
D
D

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If my answer isn't good enough
Verse 3
G
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Hey, there, tell me man

What's the answer to this

riddle then?
C
C

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Is it heroin?

Or Jesus Christ?
G
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Big-ass books?

books?

Or sleepless nights?
Em
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I had a few of those and

everyone knows
D
D

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That the common touch
G
G

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ain't worth the price
G
G

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As we fall
Verse 4

and fall and fall and fall

With our heads soaked up in alcohol
C
C

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Two hands on our Juliette
G
G

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I swear I still got some good

moves left
Em
Em

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And if you promise that you'll stay with me
D
D

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I swear that I will always see
Interlude 1

The best of you and me
G
G

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C
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Verse 5
G
G

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Hey, now tell me this

How these days and nights can coexist
C
C

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A million pieces in my mind
G
G

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Every damn thing at the exact damn time
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D
D

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It always seems like the same damn dream
C
C

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My legs don't work and I can't sing
D
D

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I swear I don't feel a god damn thing
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As we fall
Verse 6

and fall and fall and fall

With our heads fucked up on alcohol
C
C

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Two hands on my Juliette
G
G

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I swear, baby girl, I'm not done yet
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And if you promise that you'll stay with me
D
D

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I swear that I will always see
Interlude 2

The best of you and me
G
G

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C
C

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Em
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D
D

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Verse 7
Em
Em

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D
D

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And when I wake up I wonder
C
C

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where everyone's gone
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D
D

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And I just can't sleep so I lay
C
C

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there until the dawn
Em
Em

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And I wonder if god knows anything
D
D

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Does god know what's going on?
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Verse 8

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'Cause I can't be alone just yet

And you're the only good

thing that I got left
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I know I got these problems still
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But I swear it's real and I swear I will
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May be we can't ever

expect too much
D
D

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But we can live here with
Dsus4
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D
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the common touch
G
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And we'll all fall
Verse 9

and fall and fall and fall

Get all fucked up on alcohol
C
C

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Em
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We're going to have a good time yet
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Some got more, but some got less
Em
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And if you promise that you'll stay with me
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I swear that I will always be

Something you can believe!
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G

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Interlude 3
C
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C
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Em
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D
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Em
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D
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Verse 10
G
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Yeah,

they say that Jesus saves

But I couldn't write that on his grave
C
C

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So I snuck his ashes

through the gate
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And I threw them on the outside lane
Em
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Where we watched the horses going by
D
D

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Hoping to keep the pick-four alive

alive
C
C

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I was ten years old, he was forty-five
D
D

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Number Number nine came

through and we high-fived
Verse 11
D
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I know it don't amount to much
D
D

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But that's called love

with the common touch
Verse 12
G
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I lost my shit when I heard the call

Felt buried beneath the weight

and all
C
C

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Twenty-five tons tons fell on my chest
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G

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Every hour, every breath
Em
Em

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You tell me every day that

you won't leave
D
D

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I'm sorry I put this at your feet
C
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But tell me can't you see
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Verse 13

G
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That we fall and fall and fall and fall
Em
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We meet each other at the

end of it all
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We wonder where all the good

time's gone
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Em
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How we carried something so long

We made a little something

that felt like home
D
D

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So we could face the night to come
C
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With that common touch,
D
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that common touch, that common touch
Outro 1

To make us feel less alone
G
G

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • C

  • Em

  • D

  • Am

  • Dsus4

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of The Common Touch by The Airborne Toxic Event is Bb major.

The primary chords used in The Common Touch are Bb, Eb, Gm, F, Cm, Fsus4.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Bb, Eb, Gm, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of The Common Touch is approximately 111 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of The Common Touch using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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