Perfect Symmetry Chords & Tabs

by Keane

[Content]
PERFECT SYMMETRY
KEANE
Album:PERFECT SYMMETRY
STANDARD TUNING - CAPO 3 (Scroll down for no-capo version)
INTRO: | C - C/B | G | Dm - F | Am - G |
VERSE:
  Am                             G            
I shake through the wreckage for signs of life
                       Dm       F
Scrolling through the paragraphs
                     Am         G
Clicking through the photographs
  Am                         G         
I wish I could make sense of what we do
                 Dm      F
Burning down the capitals
                  Am     G
The wisest of the animals
PRECHORUS:
F           
Who are you?
             G        F 
What are you living for?
F              
Tooth for tooth
            G      F   
Maybe we'll go one more
CHORUS:
     C   C/B
This life
                   G        
is lived in perfect symmetry
       DmF
What I do
             Am        G
That will be done to me
VERSE:
     Am                 G       
Read page after page of analysis
                Dm         F
Looking for the final score
                        Am         G
We're no closer than we were before
PRE-CHORUS:
F           
Who are you?
             G        F   
What are you fighting for?
F         
Holy truth
            G          F        
Brother I choose this mortal....
CHORUS:
    C   C/B
...life,
                G        
lived in perfect symmetry
       DmF
What I do
             Am        G
That will be done to me
        C   C/B
As the needle
               G             
slips into the run-out groove
Dm  F
Love
              Am        G
Maybe you'll feel it too
BRIDGE:
                 F             C    
And maybe you'll find life is unkind
         G      
And over so soon
            F          
There is no golden gate
        C                G       
There's no heaven waiting for you
                   F              
Oh boy, you oughta leave this town
G                    
Get out while you can
             C          Am
The meter's running down
                   Fm             
The voices in the streets you love
 G                            C              
Everything is better when you hear that shout
 Am  Dm
Woah!
 C   Am
Woah!
  G  
Woah!
CHOIR:
C           C/B   
Spineless dreamers
G               
Hide in churches
Dm          F       
Pieces of, pieces of
Am          G  
Rush hour buses
C           C/B   
I dream in e-mails
G               
Worn-out phrases
Dm          F          
Mile after mile of just
Am     G   
Empty pages
               C C/B  G
Wrap yourself around me
              Dm  F  AmG
Wrap yourself around me
        C   C/B
As the needle
               G             
slips into the run-out groove
        Dm            F 
Maybe you'll feel it too
       Am            G  
Maybe you'll feel it too
OUTRO (FADE WITH CHORUS CHORDS: C   C/B   G   Dm   F   Am   G)
Spineless dreamers (Maybe you'll feel it too)
Hide in churches (Maybe you'll feel it too)
Pieces of, pieces of
Rush hour buses
I dream in e-mails
Worn-out phrases
Mile after mile of just
Empty pages
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STANDARD TUNING - NO CAPO
INTRO: | Eb - Eb/D | Bb | Fm - Ab | Cm - Bb |
VERSE:
  Cm                             Bb           
I shake through the wreckage for signs of life
                       Fm       Ab
Scrolling through the paragraphs
                     Cm         G
Clicking through the photographs
  Cm                         Bb        
I wish I could make sense of what we do
                 Fm      Ab
Burning down the capitals
                  Cm     Bb
The wisest of the animals
PRECHORUS:
Ab          
Who are you?
             Bb       Ab
What are you living for?
Ab             
Tooth for tooth
            Bb     Bb  
Maybe we'll go one more
CHORUS:
     Eb  Eb/D
This life
                   Bb        
is lived in perfect sbymmetry
       FmAb
What I do
             Cm        Bb
That will be done to me
VERSE:
     Cm                 Bb      
Read page after page of analysis
                Fm         Ab
Looking for the final score
                        Cm         Bb
We're no closer than we were before
PRE-CHORUS:
Ab          
Who are you?
             Bb        Ab 
What are you fighting for?
Ab        
Holy truth
            Bb         Ab       
Brother I choose this mortal....
CHORUS:
    Eb  Eb/D
...life,
                Bb       
lived in perfect symmetry
       FmAb
What I do
             Cm        Bb
That will be done to me
        Eb   Eb/D
As the needle
               Bb            
slips into the run-out groove
Fm  Ab
Love
              Cm        Bb
Maybe you'll feel it too
BRIDGE:
                 Ab            Eb   
And maybe you'll find life is unkind
         Bb     
And over so soon
            Ab         
There is no golden gate
        Eb               Bb      
There's no heaven waiting for you
                   Ab             
Oh boy, you oughta leave this town
Bb                   
Get out while you can
             Eb         Cm
The meter's running down
                   Abm            
The voices in the streets you love
 Bb                            Eb            
Everything is better when you hear that shout
 Cm  Fm
Woah!
 Eb  Cm
Woah!
  Bb 
Woah!
CHOIR:
Eb          Eb/D  
Spineless dreamers
Bb              
Hide in churches
Fm          Ab      
Pieces of, pieces of
Cm          Bb 
Rush hour buses
Eb          Eb/D  
I dream in e-mails
Bb              
Worn-out phrases
Fm          Ab         
Mile after mile of just
Cm     Bb  
Empty pages
               Eb Eb/D Bb
Wrap yourself around me
              Fm  Ab CmBb
Wrap yourself around me
CHORUS:
        Eb   Eb/D
As the needle
               Bb            
slips into the run-out groove
        Fm            Ab
Maybe you'll feel it too
       Cm            Bb 
Maybe you'll feel it too
OUTRO (FADE WITH CHORUS CHORDS: Eb - Eb/D - Bb - Fm - Ab - Cm - Bb)
Spineless dreamers (Maybe you'll feel it too)
Hide in churches (Maybe you'll feel it too)
Pieces of, pieces of
Rush hour buses
I dream in e-mails
Worn-out phrases
Mile after mile of just
Empty pages