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The Horizon Has Been Defeated

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Standard Tuning. No capo.
Here's the chords required for the song:
     F#    B    E    C#
e ---2-----2----7----4---
B ---2-----4----9----6---
G ---3-----4----9----6---
D ---4-----4----9----6---
A ---4-----2----7----4---
E ---2-----x----x----x---
Lyrics and chords:
Intro: F#, B, E, F#, F#, B, E, F#  
The F#Horizon has been deBfeated
By the Epirates of the new F#age
F#Alien caBsinos, well Emaybe its just time to F#say
F#Things can go Bbad, Emake you wanna run aF#way
But F#as we grow Bolder, the Etrouble just seems to C#stay
F#Future compliBcations in the Estrings between the F#cans
But F#no prints can come from Bfingers, if maEchines become our F#hands
And then our F#feet become the Bwheels, and then the Ewheels become the F#cars
And then the F#rigs begin to Bdrill until the Edrilling goes too....C#far
F#Things can go Bbad, Emake you wanna run aF#way
But F#as we grow Bolder, the hoErizon begins to C#fade, Bfade, F#fade
C#B                                                         F#    C#      B  F#  
Fade away  <--This part is a bit confusing. Plays like this: Fay-hade away.
But F#thingamajigs are Bpuzzles
EAnger, don't you step too F#close
Cause F#people are lonely and Bonly animals Ewith fancy F#shoes
F#Hallelujahs zig zag Bnothing, Emisery is hard to F#lose
Cause F#people are lonely and Bonly animals Ewith too many C#tools
( DO N T  P L  AY   H   ER E)  
That can build all the junk that we sell
(O R   H   ER E)
Aw, some time, man, make you wanna yell
F#Things can go Bbad, Emake you wanna run F#away
             F#              B                 EC#B   F#  
But as we grow older, the horizon begins to fade..away
C#B   F#  
Fade away
C#Fade Bfade F#fade
C#Fade Bfade F#fade

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The Horizon Has Been Defeated

by Jack Johnson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard Tuning. No capo.

Here's the chords required for the song:

F# B E C#

e ---2-----2----7----4---

B ---2-----4----9----6---

G ---3-----4----9----6---

D ---4-----4----9----6---

A ---4-----2----7----4---

E ---2-----x----x----x---

Lyrics and chords:

F# B E F# F# B E F#

Intro: , , , , , , ,

F# B

The Horizon has been defeated

E F#

By the pirates of the new age

F# B E F#

Alien casinos, well maybe its just time to say

F# B E F#

Things can go bad, make you wanna run away

F# B E C#

But as we grow older, the trouble just seems to stay

F# B E F#

Future complications in the strings between the cans

F# B E F#

But no prints can come from fingers, if machines become our hands

F# B E F#

And then our feet become the wheels, and then the wheels become the cars

F# B E C#

And then the rigs begin to drill until the drilling goes too....far

F# B E F#

Things can go bad, make you wanna run away

F# B E C# B F#

But as we grow older, the horizon begins to fade, fade, fade

F# C# B F#

C#B

Fade away <--This part is a bit confusing. Plays like this: Fay-hade away.

F# B

But thingamajigs are puzzles

E F#

Anger, don't you step too close

F# B E F#

Cause people are lonely and only animals with fancy shoes

F# B E F#

Hallelujahs zig zag nothing, misery is hard to lose

F# B E C#

Cause people are lonely and only animals with too many tools

D A H E E

( O N T P L Y R )

That can build all the junk that we sell

H E E

(O R R )

Aw, some time, man, make you wanna yell

F# B E F#

Things can go bad, make you wanna run away

F# B E F#

C#B

But as we grow older, the horizon begins to fade..away

C#B

Fade away

C# B F#

Fade fade fade

C# B F#

Fade fade fade

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