Turn It On chords by
The Flaming Lips (Official Version)
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Key: D majorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

Verse 1

Put your face up to the window

Tell me all about your "gay folks"

It feels better when you're in it

If you're nervous use the pay phone

Interlude 1

Verse 2

Put your face where we can see it

Put it on a show on cable

You can really show it all there

Turn it on when you are able

Chorus 1
G G 
 
Turn it on
D D 
 
Turn it on and all the way up
G G 
 
Turn it on
D D 
 
In your houses when you wake up
G G 
 
Turn it on
D D 
 
When you ain't got no relation
A A 
 
To all those other stations
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Turn it on

Verse 3

Put your life into into a bubble

We can pick you up on radar

Hit a satellite with feeling

Give the people what they paid for

Chorus 2
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
Turn it on and all the way up
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
In your houses when you wake up
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
When you ain't got no relation
A A 
 
To all those other stations

Chorus 3
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
Turn it on and all the way up
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
In your houses when you wake up
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
When you ain't got no relation
A A 
 
To all those other stations

Interlude 2

(Turn it on)

Chorus 4
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
Turn it on and all the way up
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
In your houses when you wake up
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
When you ain't got no relation
A A 
 
To all those other stations

Chorus 5
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
Turn it on and all the way up
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
In your houses when you wake up
G G 
 
Turn it on (turn it on)
D D 
 
When you ain't got no relation
A A 
 
To all those other stations
G G 
 
D D 
 
Turn it on

Outro 1

[Repeat and fade]

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsD A G D7 A7...

Chords

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

D: x-x-0-2-3-2
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
D7: x-x-0-2-1-2
A7: x-0-2-0-2-0
G7: 3-2-0-0-0-1
E7: 0-2-0-1-0-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

Most chord-change problems come from the strumming hand, not the fretting hand. The basic strumming course covers the patterns and timing that make any chord progression easier to play. Practice basic strumming

This is the definitive original version of Turn It On by The Flaming Lips, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of D major. It suits players who want to learn Turn It On the way The Flaming Lips intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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