Key: F#, C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Ebm - x68876
B - x24442
C# - x46664
[F#] [-] [244322]
[G#]Bbm[-] - [466544]x13321
[Fm] [-] [133111]
[F]C#[-]M7 - [133211]x46564
[F#m] [-] [244222]
Intro:
Bass: Ebm--B-C#- x4
Distortion:
Ebm---B-C#- x2
B-F#-C#-Ebm- x3
[B-F#-Bbm-Fm-]Ebm--B-C#- x2
Ebm---B-C#- x2
B-F#-C#-Ebm- x3
[B-F#-Bbm-Fm-]
[Ebm--Ebm--]
F#--Bbm--Ebm--G#m--
Man Speaks:
[F#] It is inevitable
he becomes obso[Bbm]lete
because the things
that define him
be[Ebm]come obsolete
These things are
[Fm]part of who he
is and [F]now they
are ir[F#]relevant
typewriters[C#] cursive
handwriting[G#] dictionaries
[Bbm] encyclope[G#]dias[F#] landlines
[C#]operators pay[G#]phones
mail[Bbm] conversa[G#]tion
[F#] touch [C#]sympathy
[G#]empathy [Bbm]love priva[F#]cy[Bbm][Ebm][G#m][F#][Bbm][Ebm][F][Bbm--]
Verse 1:
[Bbm] pleased to meet
you in the [G#]grey
swinging slowly
in the [F#]hang
all together
on the [F]beat
new machines
are coming [Bbm]primed
seasons change
and com[G#]bine
starving bees
on dying [F#]vines
revelations in
your[F] mind dark
F(hold)
and then on fire
Chorus 1:
[Bbm]obsolete [Bbm]ab--[F]so[F#]lute[C#]ly
[G#]absolute [G#]ob-[C#]so-[Ebm]lete
[F#]I'm [Bbm]hanging by my
testimony [Bbm]I [F]ex[F#]pire[C#]
[G#]all I've known
G# C# Ebm Fm F# F#(Bass solo)
ob-so-lete absolute
Verse 2:
[Bbm]run running
far be[G#]hind
faster faster
borrowed [F#]time
heretics has
lost its[F] mind
we are undefined
Chorus 2:
[Bbm]obsolete [Bbm]ab--[F]so[F#]lute[C#]ly
[G#]absolute [G#]ob-[C#]so-[Ebm]lete
[F#]yeah [Bbm]Hanging on
upon nostalgia
[Bbm]an--[F]ti[F#]qua-[C#]ted
[G#]all we've known
[G#]ob-[C#]so-[Ebm]lete [Fm]abso[F#]lute
Bridge:
[C#] swinging men on
a [C#M7]tree [Ebm] weighted
bags of de[F#m]bris
[C#] their survival
con[C#M7]tingent on
their empathy
[Ebm] they aren't
[Bbm]anything but [F#]prey[Bbm][Ebm][G#m]
Man Speaks:
tra[F#]dition convention
lin[BBm]eage morality
com[Ebm]passion eye
contact[F] history family
Verse 3:
F(hold)
we aren't anything
but [Bbm]prey all the
tools taken a[G#]way
all the words we
used to [F#]say
salutations
courte[F]sies
mama papa gracias
Guitar Solo: Bbm--G#--F#--F--
Mama Papa save me
Chorus 3:
[Bbm]obsolete [Bbm]ab--[F]so[F#]lute[C#]ly
[G#]absolute [G#]ob-[C#]so-[Ebm]lete
[F#]yeah [Bbm]Hanging on
our testimonies
[Bbm]we [F]ex[F#]pire[C#]
[G#]all we really
know we're not
anything but prey
[Bbm]obsolete[Bbm][F][F#][C#]
[G#]absolute [G#]ab-[C#]so-[Ebm]lute[F#]ly
[Bbm]obsolete[Bbm][F][F#][C#]
[G#]absolute [G#]ab-[C#]so-[Ebm]lute[Fm]ly
Outro:
Bbm-- x4, Bbm(hold)
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Ebm - x68876
B - x24442
C# - x46664
[F#] [-] [244322]
[G#]Bbm[-] - [466544]x13321
[Fm] [-] [133111]
[F]C#[-]M7 - [133211]x46564
[F#m] [-] [244222]
Intro:
Bass: Ebm--B-C#- x4
Distortion:
Ebm---B-C#- x2
B-F#-C#-Ebm- x3
[B-F#-Bbm-Fm-]Ebm--B-C#- x2
Ebm---B-C#- x2
B-F#-C#-Ebm- x3
[B-F#-Bbm-Fm-]
[Ebm--Ebm--]
F#--Bbm--Ebm--G#m--
Man Speaks:
[F#] It is inevitable
he becomes obso[Bbm]lete
because the things
that define him
be[Ebm]come obsolete
These things are
[Fm]part of who he
is and [F]now they
are ir[F#]relevant
typewriters[C#] cursive
handwriting[G#] dictionaries
[Bbm] encyclope[G#]dias[F#] landlines
[C#]operators pay[G#]phones
mail[Bbm] conversa[G#]tion
[F#] touch [C#]sympathy
[G#]empathy [Bbm]love priva[F#]cy[Bbm][Ebm][G#m][F#][Bbm][Ebm][F][Bbm--]
Verse 1:
[Bbm] pleased to meet
you in the [G#]grey
swinging slowly
in the [F#]hang
all together
on the [F]beat
new machines
are coming [Bbm]primed
seasons change
and com[G#]bine
starving bees
on dying [F#]vines
revelations in
your[F] mind dark
F(hold)
and then on fire
Chorus 1:
[Bbm]obsolete [Bbm]ab--[F]so[F#]lute[C#]ly
[G#]absolute [G#]ob-[C#]so-[Ebm]lete
[F#]I'm [Bbm]hanging by my
testimony [Bbm]I [F]ex[F#]pire[C#]
[G#]all I've known
G# C# Ebm Fm F# F#(Bass solo)
ob-so-lete absolute
Verse 2:
[Bbm]run running
far be[G#]hind
faster faster
borrowed [F#]time
heretics has
lost its[F] mind
we are undefined
Chorus 2:
[Bbm]obsolete [Bbm]ab--[F]so[F#]lute[C#]ly
[G#]absolute [G#]ob-[C#]so-[Ebm]lete
[F#]yeah [Bbm]Hanging on
upon nostalgia
[Bbm]an--[F]ti[F#]qua-[C#]ted
[G#]all we've known
[G#]ob-[C#]so-[Ebm]lete [Fm]abso[F#]lute
Bridge:
[C#] swinging men on
a [C#M7]tree [Ebm] weighted
bags of de[F#m]bris
[C#] their survival
con[C#M7]tingent on
their empathy
[Ebm] they aren't
[Bbm]anything but [F#]prey[Bbm][Ebm][G#m]
Man Speaks:
tra[F#]dition convention
lin[BBm]eage morality
com[Ebm]passion eye
contact[F] history family
Verse 3:
F(hold)
we aren't anything
but [Bbm]prey all the
tools taken a[G#]way
all the words we
used to [F#]say
salutations
courte[F]sies
mama papa gracias
Guitar Solo: Bbm--G#--F#--F--
Mama Papa save me
Chorus 3:
[Bbm]obsolete [Bbm]ab--[F]so[F#]lute[C#]ly
[G#]absolute [G#]ob-[C#]so-[Ebm]lete
[F#]yeah [Bbm]Hanging on
our testimonies
[Bbm]we [F]ex[F#]pire[C#]
[G#]all we really
know we're not
anything but prey
[Bbm]obsolete[Bbm][F][F#][C#]
[G#]absolute [G#]ab-[C#]so-[Ebm]lute[F#]ly
[Bbm]obsolete[Bbm][F][F#][C#]
[G#]absolute [G#]ab-[C#]so-[Ebm]lute[Fm]ly
Outro:
Bbm-- x4, Bbm(hold)
