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Key: Bb  
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
   Gm355333
   Ebx68886
   Bbx13331
    F133211
   F#244322
   Cmx35543
    Dxx0232
Intro:    Gmx4
Verse 1:
  GmThe shutter opens but never Dcloses
I am Eblost way laid in Dlight trails
  GmEndless moments overDlaid 
and burned aEbcross
A melee of sDcattered braille
Chorus:
  BbThis image is a night 
terror transCmforming
  F#Without the hope of morning
  BbMy nemesis I feel it coming 
Cmfor me  F#and it means to destroy me
Verse 2:
GmWhy does this keep happeFning?
GmI     Bb     Cm  Gmtry to close my eyes 
but FI Gmcan't   Bb     Cm  Ebblink
And the Cmworld keeps moving 
Ebon black and Cmwhite blur into one
Interlude:   Gm   D    Eb     Dx2
Bridge:
  GmHieroglyphic indeDcipherable
oCmpaque the meaning esDcapes me
  GmDry and lidless are my eyes
AsDleep aEbwake reading Dthe slurred debris
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
GmWhy does this keep happeFning?
GmI     Bb     Cm  Gmtry to close my eyes 
but FI Gmcan't   Bb     Cm  Ebblink
And the Cmworld keeps moving 
Ebon black and Cmwhite blur into
GmWhy does this keep happeFning?
GmI     Bb     Cm  Gmtry to close my eyes 
but FI Gmcan't   Bb     Cm  Ebblink
And the Cmworld keeps moving 
Ebon black and Cmwhite blur into
   Gm   F   Gm   Bb    Cmx2, Gm(hold)

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Blur

by Thrice

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Key:

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

355333

x68886

x13331

133211

244322

x35543

xx0232

Intro: x4

Verse 1:

Gm D

The shutter opens but never closes

Eb D

I am lost way laid in light trails

Gm D

Endless moments overlaid

and burned across

A melee of scattered braille

Chorus:

This image is a night

terror transforming

Without the hope of morning

My nemesis I feel it coming

Cm F#

for me and it means to destroy me

Verse 2:

Gm F

Why does this keep happening?

Gm Bb Cm Gm

I try to close my eyes

F Gm Bb Cm Eb

but I can't blink

And the world keeps moving

Eb Cm

on black and white blur into one

Gm D Eb D

Interlude: x2

Bridge:

Gm D

Hieroglyphic indecipherable

Cm D

opaque the meaning escapes me

Dry and lidless are my eyes

D Eb D

Asleep awake reading the slurred debris

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro:

Gm F

Why does this keep happening?

Gm Bb Cm Gm

I try to close my eyes

F Gm Bb Cm Eb

but I can't blink

And the world keeps moving

Eb Cm

on black and white blur into

Gm F

Why does this keep happening?

Gm Bb Cm Gm

I try to close my eyes

F Gm Bb Cm Eb

but I can't blink

And the world keeps moving

Eb Cm

on black and white blur into

Gm F Gm Bb Cm Gm

x2, (hold)

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