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You basically play the basic A and F chord progression. If you want, you can add  a B before the A
and/or a G (I think) before the F in random intervals. There are some parts where something like a C
is played before both chords.
  A   Fx5
It's either eAther For the BothAerF  
AMy mind is Fback to fArontF  
AAnd someFtimes abseAntF  
AAnd slip the cupF  
I've taAken a sFip from thBe cAup that slFips into etAherF  
 A   Fx3
It's either eAther For thBe oAtherF  
 A   Fx2
I press my wAindow Fto thBe glAassF  
TBhe glAass turns Fto gaAsF  
I breathe out eAther, Fa glass of AetherC  F  
CEtAher  C    Fis a thAief
It's stoAlen Fmy beAliefF  
 A   Fx10
BSlAip through the etFherA  F  
We both slAip through the eFtherA  F  
ASlipstreams of mFemory sliApping aFway
It's etAherF  B  A  F  
[EtAimai and roFle of god] x4
B A
FSlip through the eAtherF  
Sip the eAtherF  
Sip the eAtherF  
A  F
ASlipstreams of memFories slipAping aFway
ASlipstreams of memFories slipAping aFway
AMemories of nFausea slipAping awFay into etAherF  
Into etAherF  
  A   Fx3
A
I've cFhanged my mAind
It's what it's tFhere for
I've cFhanged my BmiAnd
It's what it's tFhere for
AFor therFefore  A  
Full of etFherA  
Full of CetFherA  
Full of CetFherA  
Full of etFherA  
Full Cof etFherA  
Full of etFherA  
Full of etFherA  
F  B A
  F    Ax10
F
I'm gAoing upFstairs now
To tuArn my mind offF  
I'm gAoing upFstairs now
To tuArn my mind offF  
A  F
To tuArn my mind off     Fx7

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Ether

by Coil

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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You basically play the basic A and F chord progression. If you want, you can add a B before the A

and/or a G (I think) before the F in random intervals. There are some parts where something like a C

is played before both chords.

A F

A F B A F

It's either ether or the other

A F A F

My mind is back to front

A F A F

And sometimes absent

A F

And slip the cup

A F B A F A F

I've taken a sip from the cup that slips into ether

A F

A F B A F

It's either ether or the other

A F

A F B A F

I press my window to the glass

B A F A F

The glass turns to gas

A F A C F

I breathe out ether, a glass of ether

C A C F A

Ether is a thief

A F A F

It's stolen my belief

A F

x10

B A F A F

Slip through the ether

A F A F

We both slip through the ether

A F A F

Slipstreams of memory slipping away

A F B A F

It's ether

A F

[Etimai and role of god] x4

B A

F A F

Slip through the ether

A F

Sip the ether

A F

Sip the ether

A F

A F A F

Slipstreams of memories slipping away

A F A F

Slipstreams of memories slipping away

A F A F A F

Memories of nausea slipping away into ether

A F

Into ether

A F

F A

I've changed my mind

It's what it's there for

F B A

I've changed my mind

It's what it's there for

A F A

For therefore

F A

Full of ether

C F A

Full of ether

C F A

Full of ether

F A

Full of ether

C F A

Full of ether

F A

Full of ether

F A

Full of ether

F B A

F A

x10

A F

I'm going upstairs now

A F

To turn my mind off

A F

I'm going upstairs now

A F

To turn my mind off

A F

To turn my mind off x7

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