My first attempt at writing out some chords! The song is easiest if thought of in 6/8
time. Just think of usually playing the chords on counts 1,2,3,4, and for the muted
strumming to be on counts 5 and 6. Note, the chords don't line up over the proper words,
something is screwing up with the font, so just figure out the harmonic rhythm.
Intro: D D D D
[D] [D] [D] [D]
There are tiers, as in levels, to reality
[G] [G] [D] [D]
On the industrial corner of North 17th Street and Wythe
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
Two black public high school kids watch a nordic model get photographed
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D]
To them, she is lunar, impossible, alien life.
[D] [D] [D] [D]
So as a comet might relate to a traffic-stop taxi cab
[G] [G] [D] [D]
Or a Bahamas vacation to a stint in Guantanamo Bay
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
So as access and privilege relate to their absolute opposites
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D]
It's the way that these kids and this woman will always relate
[G] [D]
And it's nobody's fault. Yeah no one's to blame.
[A] [Em]
We all work through the dark. We all carry the weight.
[Bm] [D] [F#m] [Bm]
Slender shoulders and blindfolds spinning in cycles
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D] [D] [D]
Now, now, now: navigate!
[D] [D] [D] [D]
There are tiers, as in layers, to an experience.
[G] [G] [D] [D]
Through each lens and metric the image warps every day.
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
I'm either successful, independent, and largely uncompromised
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D]
Or a non-starter, never-was, has-been since 2008.
[G] [D]
And it's nobody's fault. Yeah no one's to blame.
[Em] [A]
We all work through the dark. We all carry the weight.
[Bm] [D] [F#m] [Bm]
Slender shoulders and blindfolds spinning in cycles
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [G]
Now, now, now: navigate!
Instrumental: x2
[A///] [G//////] [D//////] [A///////////)] [D][D]
[D] [D]
[D]Th[D]er[D]e [D]are tears, as in water-works, and they're threatening
[G]To[G] s[D]po[D]il the negotiated sweetness of my afternoon
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
I can't answer anything honestly without an asterisk
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D]
Air-quotes and doublespeak litter the fountain of youth.
[G] [D]
And if it's nobody's fault, then I'm not to blame
[Em] [A]
I just work in the dark, I just carry the weight.
[Bm] [D] [F#m] [Bm]
Slender shoulders and blindfolds stranded in cycles
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D] [D] [D]
Now, now, now: navigate!
End on a D and that's it!
time. Just think of usually playing the chords on counts 1,2,3,4, and for the muted
strumming to be on counts 5 and 6. Note, the chords don't line up over the proper words,
something is screwing up with the font, so just figure out the harmonic rhythm.
Intro: D D D D
[D] [D] [D] [D]
There are tiers, as in levels, to reality
[G] [G] [D] [D]
On the industrial corner of North 17th Street and Wythe
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
Two black public high school kids watch a nordic model get photographed
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D]
To them, she is lunar, impossible, alien life.
[D] [D] [D] [D]
So as a comet might relate to a traffic-stop taxi cab
[G] [G] [D] [D]
Or a Bahamas vacation to a stint in Guantanamo Bay
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
So as access and privilege relate to their absolute opposites
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D]
It's the way that these kids and this woman will always relate
[G] [D]
And it's nobody's fault. Yeah no one's to blame.
[A] [Em]
We all work through the dark. We all carry the weight.
[Bm] [D] [F#m] [Bm]
Slender shoulders and blindfolds spinning in cycles
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D] [D] [D]
Now, now, now: navigate!
[D] [D] [D] [D]
There are tiers, as in layers, to an experience.
[G] [G] [D] [D]
Through each lens and metric the image warps every day.
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
I'm either successful, independent, and largely uncompromised
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D]
Or a non-starter, never-was, has-been since 2008.
[G] [D]
And it's nobody's fault. Yeah no one's to blame.
[Em] [A]
We all work through the dark. We all carry the weight.
[Bm] [D] [F#m] [Bm]
Slender shoulders and blindfolds spinning in cycles
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [G]
Now, now, now: navigate!
Instrumental: x2
[A///] [G//////] [D//////] [A///////////)] [D][D]
[D] [D]
[D]Th[D]er[D]e [D]are tears, as in water-works, and they're threatening
[G]To[G] s[D]po[D]il the negotiated sweetness of my afternoon
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
I can't answer anything honestly without an asterisk
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D]
Air-quotes and doublespeak litter the fountain of youth.
[G] [D]
And if it's nobody's fault, then I'm not to blame
[Em] [A]
I just work in the dark, I just carry the weight.
[Bm] [D] [F#m] [Bm]
Slender shoulders and blindfolds stranded in cycles
[Bm] [A] [G] [A] [D] [D] [D] [D]
Now, now, now: navigate!
End on a D and that's it!
