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[Verse 1]
  C#Who aBre 'ya?
  C#Who aBre 'ya?
With your hDand on the nAeck of your faGther's guBbitar
You wanna mGove toward the light
BbYou wanna stay in the dDarkE  
[Verse 2]
  BWho aAre 'ya?
  BWho aAre 'ya?
With your hBand on your pF#mrick and your eCyes on the stGars
And you woCnder if the satellites are senGding you some invitDation
You wanna mCove toward the light
GYou wanna stay in the dDark
[Instrumental]
C# B C# B
D  A  G Bb
G    Bb   D
[Bridge 1]
And like arpDeggio whore, like an arpegF#mgiated 'oh'
Like an arpBmeggio, I cannot sF#mtay, I cannot go
Up come the eleDvator, down go the elBmevator
And we go doF#mwntownA  
[Bridge 2]
And there are riDngs on you, and there are cF#mhords
And then the aBmngel of the future is locAking all her doors
And then you're shoGcked at how you have to con some croF#mcodile form of the tEmruth
Like a voEmice coming up through the flDoorF#m  Bm  A  
DOh oh oh oh Bmoh oh oh oh-F#moh-oh-oh-Aoh
[Bridge 3]
So may I hDang my hat in this haF#mllway, dear
I've mBmade it almost halAfway, dear
May I hGang from the branches of the past to put that crocodile
And his crocodile teDars
[Instrumental]
B A B A
B  F#m  C G
C   G   D
[Verse 4]
  C#Who aBre 'ya?
  C#Who aBre 'ya?
With your hDand on the nAeck of your faGther's guBbitar
You wanna mGove toward the light
BbYou wanna stay in the dDarkE  
[Verse 5]
  BWho aAre 'ya?
  BWho aAre 'ya?
With your hBand on the F#mneck of your faCthers before Gya
CIgnoring the fact that they mGade you all that you aDre
You wanna mCove toward the light
GYou wanna stay in the dDark
[Pre-Outro]
You wanna mCove toward the light
GYou wanna stay in the dDark
You wanna mCove toward the light
GYou wanna stay in the dDark
You wanna mCove toward the light
GYou wanna stay in the dDark
You wanna mCove toward the lightG  D  
[Instrumental]
   C     Em   Dx4
[Outro]
CWhy do you cGry, arpeggiDo
CCry all dGay arpeggiDated
CCry GarpeggiDo
CBecause you cGry arpeggiaDted
COhG  D  
COhG  D  

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Who Are Ya

by Wolf Parade

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

[Verse 1]

C# B

Who are 'ya?

C# B

Who are 'ya?

D A G Bb

With your hand on the neck of your father's guitar

You wanna move toward the light

Bb D E

You wanna stay in the dark

[Verse 2]

B A

Who are 'ya?

B A

Who are 'ya?

B F#m C G

With your hand on your prick and your eyes on the stars

C G D

And you wonder if the satellites are sending you some invitation

You wanna move toward the light

G D

You wanna stay in the dark

[Instrumental]

C# B C# B

D A G Bb

G Bb D

[Bridge 1]

D F#m

And like arpeggio whore, like an arpeggiated 'oh'

Bm F#m

Like an arpeggio, I cannot stay, I cannot go

D Bm

Up come the elevator, down go the elevator

F#m A

And we go downtown

[Bridge 2]

D F#m

And there are rings on you, and there are chords

Bm A

And then the angel of the future is locking all her doors

G F#m Em

And then you're shocked at how you have to con some crocodile form of the truth

Em D F#m Bm A

Like a voice coming up through the floor

D Bm F#m A

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

[Bridge 3]

D F#m

So may I hang my hat in this hallway, dear

Bm A

I've made it almost halfway, dear

May I hang from the branches of the past to put that crocodile

And his crocodile tears

[Instrumental]

B A B A

B F#m C G

C G D

[Verse 4]

C# B

Who are 'ya?

C# B

Who are 'ya?

D A G Bb

With your hand on the neck of your father's guitar

You wanna move toward the light

Bb D E

You wanna stay in the dark

[Verse 5]

B A

Who are 'ya?

B A

Who are 'ya?

B F#m C G

With your hand on the neck of your fathers before ya

C G D

Ignoring the fact that they made you all that you are

You wanna move toward the light

G D

You wanna stay in the dark

[Pre-Outro]

You wanna move toward the light

G D

You wanna stay in the dark

You wanna move toward the light

G D

You wanna stay in the dark

You wanna move toward the light

G D

You wanna stay in the dark

C G D

You wanna move toward the light

[Instrumental]

C Em D

[Outro]

C G D

Why do you cry, arpeggio

C G D

Cry all day arpeggiated

C G D

Cry arpeggio

C G D

Because you cry arpeggiated

C G D

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