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Elysium

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Eminor

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Intro: Am, F#m, Ebm  
*(It would sound more like the track if you only strum the chord on the first beat it is 
  played in the measure and then just play the bass note of the chord for the following 
  beats in measure)
Verse: Em,   Em9  
No one has said what the truth should be
And no one decided that I'd feel this way
If you felt as I
Would you betray yourself
Chorus: Am, F#m, Ebm  
But, you can't deny how I feel
And you can't decide for me
Verse: Em, Em9  
No one should fear what they cannot see
And no ones to blame it's just hypocrisy
It's written in your eyes
And how I despise myself
Chorus: Am, F#m, Ebm  
But, you can't deny how I feel
And you can't decide for me
Break:(Kind of plays with the notes [A#, F#, D, A#, G#] notes listed descend chromatically) 
Verse: Em, Em9  
And it's your heart
That's so wrong
Mistaken
You'll never know
Your feathered sacred self
Chorus: Am, F#m, Ebm  
But, you can't deny how I feel
And you can't decide for me
Chorus: Am, F#m, Ebm  
And you can't deny how I feel
And why should you decide for me
(Play around with the chords in the verse till end of song)

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Elysium

by Portishead

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Ebm

Em9

Am F#m Ebm

Intro: , ,

*(It would sound more like the track if you only strum the chord on the first beat it is

played in the measure and then just play the bass note of the chord for the following

beats in measure)

Em Em9

Verse: ,

No one has said what the truth should be

And no one decided that I'd feel this way

If you felt as I

Would you betray yourself

Am F#m Ebm

Chorus: , ,

But, you can't deny how I feel

And you can't decide for me

Em Em9

Verse: ,

No one should fear what they cannot see

And no ones to blame it's just hypocrisy

It's written in your eyes

And how I despise myself

Am F#m Ebm

Chorus: , ,

But, you can't deny how I feel

And you can't decide for me

A# F# D A# G#

Break:(Kind of plays with the notes [, , , , ] notes listed descend chromatically)

Em Em9

Verse: ,

And it's your heart

That's so wrong

Mistaken

You'll never know

Your feathered sacred self

Am F#m Ebm

Chorus: , ,

But, you can't deny how I feel

And you can't decide for me

Am F#m Ebm

Chorus: , ,

And you can't deny how I feel

And why should you decide for me

(Play around with the chords in the verse till end of song)

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