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Traffic In The Sky

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Standard Tuning. No capo.
Here's the chords required for the song:
     D     F#m   C     Em    A     G#    G     Bm
e ---5-----9-----3-----7-----5-----4-----3-----2---
B ---7-----10----5-----8-----5-----4-----3-----3---
G ---7-----11----5-----9-----6-----5-----4-----4---
D ---7-----11----5-----9-----7-----6-----5-----4---
A ---5-----9-----3-----7-----7-----6-----5-----2---
E ---x-----9-----x-----7-----5-----4-----3-----2---
Lyrics and chords:
[Intro]
D, F#m, C, Em  
[Verse]
  DTheres traffic in the F#msky
  And it doesn't Cseem to be getting much Embetter
  Theres kids playing Dgames on the pavement
  Drawing F#mwaves on the pavement mm-Chm
  Shadows of the Emplanes on the pavement mm-Dhm 
                         F#m
[Pre-Chorus]
  It's enough to make me cry
  But that don't Cseem like it would make it feel Embetter
  Maybe it's a Ddream and if i scream 
  It will F#mburst at the seams 
  This Cwhole place will fall into Empieces 
  And then they'd AsayG#  
[Chorus]
  GWell how could we have Aknown
  I'll tell them it's not Dso hard to Bmtell
  Nah nah Gnah
  You keep adding Astones
  Soon the water Dwill
  Be lost in the Bmwell
  GMmmm mmmmA  
[Verse]
  DPuzzle pieces in the F#mground
  But Cno one ever seems to be Emdigging 
  Instead they're looking Dup towards the heavens with their F#meyes on the 
  heavens
  CShadows on the way to the heavensEm  
[Pre-Chorus]
  DIt's enough to make me F#mcry 
  But that don't Cseem like it would make it feel Embetter 
  The answers could be Dfound we could learn from digging F#mdown 
  But Cno one ever seems to be Emdigging 
  Instead theyll AsayG#  
[Chorus]
  GWell how could we have Aknown
  I'll tell them it's not Dso hard to Bmtell
  Nah nah Gnah
  You keep adding Astones
  Soon the water Dwill
  Be lost in the Bmwell
  GMmmm mmmmA  
[Verse]
  DWords of wisdom all F#maround 
  But Cno one ever seems to Emlisten 
  Theyre talking about their Dplans on the paper 
  Building F#mup from the pavement 
  CShadows from the scrapers on the Empavement
[Pre-Chorus]
  DIts enough to make me F#msigh 
  But that dont Cseem like it would make it feel Embetter 
  The words are all aDround but the words are only F#msounds 
  And Cno one ever seems to Emlisten 
  Instead theyll AsayG#  
[Chorus]
  GWell how could we have Aknown
  I'll tell them it's not Dso hard to Bmtell
  Nah nah Gnah
  You keep adding Astones
  Soon the water Dwill
  Be lost in the Bmwell
[Ending Chords]
G,A,D  

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Traffic In The Sky

by Jack Johnson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Standard Tuning. No capo.

Here's the chords required for the song:

D F#m C Em A G# G Bm

e ---5-----9-----3-----7-----5-----4-----3-----2---

B ---7-----10----5-----8-----5-----4-----3-----3---

G ---7-----11----5-----9-----6-----5-----4-----4---

D ---7-----11----5-----9-----7-----6-----5-----4---

A ---5-----9-----3-----7-----7-----6-----5-----2---

E ---x-----9-----x-----7-----5-----4-----3-----2---

Lyrics and chords:

[Intro]

D F#m C Em

, , ,

[Verse]

D F#m

Theres traffic in the sky

C Em

And it doesn't seem to be getting much better

Theres kids playing games on the pavement

F#m C

Drawing waves on the pavement mm-hm

Em D

Shadows of the planes on the pavement mm-hm

F#m

[Pre-Chorus]

It's enough to make me cry

C Em

But that don't seem like it would make it feel better

Maybe it's a dream and if i scream

F#m

It will burst at the seams

C Em

This whole place will fall into pieces

A G#

And then they'd say

[Chorus]

G A

Well how could we have known

D Bm

I'll tell them it's not so hard to tell

Nah nah nah

You keep adding stones

Soon the water will

Be lost in the well

G A

Mmmm mmmm

[Verse]

D F#m

Puzzle pieces in the ground

C Em

But no one ever seems to be digging

D F#m

Instead they're looking up towards the heavens with their eyes on the

heavens

C Em

Shadows on the way to the heavens

[Pre-Chorus]

D F#m

It's enough to make me cry

C Em

But that don't seem like it would make it feel better

D F#m

The answers could be found we could learn from digging down

C Em

But no one ever seems to be digging

A G#

Instead theyll say

[Chorus]

G A

Well how could we have known

D Bm

I'll tell them it's not so hard to tell

Nah nah nah

You keep adding stones

Soon the water will

Be lost in the well

G A

Mmmm mmmm

[Verse]

D F#m

Words of wisdom all around

C Em

But no one ever seems to listen

Theyre talking about their plans on the paper

F#m

Building up from the pavement

C Em

Shadows from the scrapers on the pavement

[Pre-Chorus]

D F#m

Its enough to make me sigh

C Em

But that dont seem like it would make it feel better

D F#m

The words are all around but the words are only sounds

C Em

And no one ever seems to listen

A G#

Instead theyll say

[Chorus]

G A

Well how could we have known

D Bm

I'll tell them it's not so hard to tell

Nah nah nah

You keep adding stones

Soon the water will

Be lost in the well

[Ending Chords]

G A D

About Traffic In The Sky Chords by Jack Johnson

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