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Velvet Covered Brick

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Fminor
90BPM
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Song: Velvet Covered Brick
Artist: Anberlin
Album: Lowborn
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An alternative simplified chorus can be found at the bottom of the chord chart.
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Intro:
Fm/ / / / / / /
Ab/ / / / / Eb/ (x2)
Verse 1:
FmCyclical, stuck inside a Ebnever ending rhyme
But you're Abcomfortable, just another day composing Cmalibis
FmSing yourself to sleep, count the days gone by
But Eboutside of your walls passes real life
So Abhere's a velvet covered brick, death comes to us all too quick
CmHere's your chance to live, but I heard you say...
Chorus:
"F5We're heading nAb5owhereG5  Eb5  
F5It's not close tAb5o themG5  Eb5  
F5Even horizons can fade
Ab5Hope says she's Eb5never a Db5saiC5nt
F5They're all waiting on a prayer
Ab5If we're heG5ading Fmnowhere"
Verse 2:
FmTurbulence, am I causing you to thEbink outside a cell for once
Just feel Abcomfortable, dissolving years like no one else beCmfore
And I said, Fmwe'll go where you are, lead your way through this
But Ebfear and fail has made you its captive, it's passive
So Abhere's a velvet covered brick, death comes to us all too quick
CmHere's your chance to love, but I heard you scream!
Chorus
Instrumental:
Fm/ / / / / / /
Ab/ / / / / Eb/ (x2)
Fm/ / / / / / /
Ab/ / / / / / /
Bb/ / / / / / /
Db/ / / / / / /
Chorus (without first 2 lines)
Chorus
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Simplified chorus:
"FmWe're heading nAbowhere
FmIt's not close tAbo them
FmEven horizons can fade
AbHope says she's Ebnever a saint
FmThey're all waiting on a prayer
AbIf we're heading Fmnowhere"
All chords in this song (12)

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