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Swing Lo Magellan

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Capo 5
[Intro]
 C   Fmaj7x3
Fmaj7 C
[Verse 1]
  CLast Fmaj7night alCl my atFmaj7tention
  CSquinting Fmaj7westward at Cthe sFmaj7unset
  CWitFmaj7h a map Cand a Fmaj7compass
  CWhen a Fmaj7man reached Fmaj7up, said Csomething
DmThere
AmAgaEminst the sky
A Cpoint of Glight
DmToo
AmInviEmsible
To Cgive itGself
To the Cnaked eFye
[Verse 2]
  COn Fmaj7the shorCe people Fmaj7yellin'
  CIn their Fmaj7eyes a gCreat reFmaj7flection
  CIn the Fmaj7grid awCare their poFmaj7sition
  CUnconFmaj7cerned with iFmaj7ntu - Cition
DmThere
CAmould neEmver be
No CsympatGhy
DmFrom
TAmhat wiEmlderness
So Clet it Gbe
ArCresFted
[Break]
 C   Fmaj7x3
Fmaj7 C
 C   Fmaj7x3
Fmaj7 C
[Verse 3]
  CSwFmaj7ing lo, Coh MaFmaj7gellan
  CNine by Fmaj7six or eCight by Fmaj7seven
  CPost a Fmaj7sentineCl at the Fmaj7border
  COf what yFmaj7ou attenFmaj7d
What Cyou
igDmnore
AmI saEmw my frame
In a Cpool of Glight
Oh, Dmdrown
In Amdoubt Emand shame
But I Cknew that GI
Had Clost my sFight
[Outro]
 C   Fmaj7x3
C

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Swing Lo Magellan

by Dirty Projectors

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Capo 5

[Intro]

C Fmaj7

Fmaj7 C

[Verse 1]

C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

Last night all my attention

C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

Squinting westward at the sunset

C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

With a map and a compass

C Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C

When a man reached up, said something

There

Am Em

Against the sky

C G

A point of light

Too

Am Em

Invisible

C G

To give itself

C F

To the naked eye

[Verse 2]

C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

On the shore people yellin'

C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

In their eyes a great reflection

C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

In the grid aware their position

C Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C

Unconcerned with intu - ition

There

Am Em

Could never be

C G

No sympathy

From

Am Em

That wilderness

C G

So let it be

C F

Arrested

[Break]

C Fmaj7

Fmaj7 C

C Fmaj7

Fmaj7 C

[Verse 3]

C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

Swing lo, oh Magellan

C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

Nine by six or eight by seven

C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

Post a sentinel at the border

C Fmaj7 Fmaj7

Of what you attend

What you

ignore

Am Em

I saw my frame

C G

In a pool of light

Oh, drown

Am Em

In doubt and shame

C G

But I knew that I

C F

Had lost my sight

[Outro]

C Fmaj7

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