Track 2. NINE ON THE BORTLE
*This chord sheet is a transcription nearly exactly from http://daysndaze.com/lyricsnchords
any chords followed by an (*) are not original chords, but ones I use when playing and may be omitted
[MUSIC BREAKS] Am F C G Am C F G
[VERSES] [1 2 & 4]: Am Am C G
[VERSE 3]: Am F C G
[CHORUS 1]: Am F C G Am F C G C E
[CHORUS 2]: Am F C G
[BRIDGE]: Am F C G
[Intro]
Am (x4)
Am F
Smoke clouds have thickened
C G
to black out the stars
Am C
the night sky is lit now
F G
by headlights of cars
Am F
and the moon holds no purpose
C G Am F G G
but pulling the tides anymore
[Instrumental] (x2)
Am F C G
Am C F G
[Verse 1]
Am
Blow out the candles
Am
blow out the candles
C
throw on the light switch
G Am
and bask in the fluorescent glow
Am
we’re guided by satellites
C
we don’t need stars anymore
G
can’t see stars anymore
[Chorus 1]
Am F
With a nine on the bortle
C G
we’ve blown out the stars
Am F
smashed all the lanterns
C G
to burn down the barns
Am F
and with less than one hundredth
C G Dm*
in sight to guide us home after dark
Em Em
we’re lost
[Instrumental]
Am F C G
Am C F G
Am F C G C E
[Verse 2]
Am
The streetlights have killed them
Am
the street lights have killed them
C G
we’ve laid to rest gods in a tomb
born of city lights
Am
and out in the flatlands
Am
we thought that we’d found them
C
but still the horizon
G
did glow like a brush fire
[Chorus 2]
Am F
With a nine on the bortle
C G
we’ve blown out the stars
Am F
smashed all the lanterns
C G
to burn down the barns
Am F
and the moon holds no purpose
C C G
save pulling the tides on a planet
G Dm *
encrusted in fluorescent lights
[Instrumental]
Am F C G
Am C F G
Am F C G C E
Accelerando
[Bridge]
Am F
Smoke clouds have thickened
C G
to black out the stars
Am C
the night sky is lit now
F G
by headlights of cars
Am F
and the moon holds no purpose
C G Am F G G
but pulling the tides anymore
[Instrumental]
Am F C G
Am C F G
Am F C G C E
[Verse 3]
Am F
300 miles we’d sail off the coast
C G
to be reunited with the skies of our hosts
Am
and at night soon the rivers
F C G
reflect nothing more than the moon
[Chorus 1]
Am F
With a nine on the bortle
C G
we’ve blown out the stars
Am F
smashed all the lanterns
C G
to burn down the barns
Am F
and with less than one hundredth
C G Dm *
in sight to guide us home after dark
Em Em
we’re lost
[Instrumental]
Am F C G
Am C F G
Am F C G C E
[Verse 4]
Am Am
300 miles 300 miles
C
out into the ocean
G
we’d sail to remember them
Am Em Em Em * Am Em Em Em * C G
300 miles out into the ocean we’d sail
[Chorus 2]
Am F
With a nine on the bortle
C G
we’ve blown out the stars
Am F
smashed all the lanterns
C G
to burn down the barns
Am F
and the moon holds no purpose
C C G
save pulling the tides on a planet
G Dm *
encrusted in fluorescent lights
[Bridge]
Am F
C G
Am F
C G
[Chorus 1]
Am F
With a nine on the bortle
C G
we’ve blown out the stars
Am F
smashed all the lanterns
C G
to burn down the barns
Am F
and with less than one hundredth
C G Dm *
in sight to guide us home after dark
Em Em
we’re lost
[CHORUS 1] + [VERSE 1] (Sung over each other)
Am F
C G
Am F
C G
Am F
C G Dm *
Em Em
[CHORUS 1] + [CHORUS 2] (Sung over each other)
Am F
C G
Am F
C G
Am F
C G Dm *
Em Em
[CHORUS 1] + [CHORUS 2] + [VERSE 2] (Sung over each other)
Am F
C G
Am F
C G
Am F
C G Dm *
Em Em
