Bodysnatchers

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[Chords]
D6: [x-x-0-2-0-2]
Gmadd9: [3-5-5-3-3-5]
Am/C: [x-3-x-5-5-5] or [x-3-2-2-1-0]
C7: [x-3-x-5-5-6] or [x-3-2-3-1-0]
Gm7: [3-5-5-3-6-3]
Gm6: [3-5-5-3-5-3]
[Intro]
D D7 D6
[Verse 1]
I do nDot understand
What it D7is I've done wD6rong
Full of hoDles, check for pulse
Blink your eD7yes
One for D6yes, two for Dno
D7I have no idD6ea what I am tDalking about
D7I'm trapped in this D6body and can't get oDut
[Interlude]
BbOoh ooh ooh ooooh oooooohD  
BbOoh ooh ooh ooooh oooooohD  
[Verse 2]
You killed the sDound, removed backbone
A pale imiD7tation with the eD6dges all
Sawn oDff
D7I have no idD6ea what you are taDlking about
D7Your mouth moves only wiD6th someone's hand up your aDrse
[Interlude]
BbOoh ooh ooh ooooh ooooooh
[Instrumental]
Gmadd9| Dm   Dsus4| Am/C   C7| Gm7  Gm6  
[Verse 3]
Has the Gmadd9light gone out for you?
Because the lDmight's gone out for meDsus4  
It is the tAm/Cwenty-first centuryC7  
It is the tGm7wenty-first centuryGm6  
It can Gmadd9follow you like a dog
It brDmought me to my kneesDsus4  
They got a Am/Cskin and they put me inC7  
They got a Gm7skin and they put me inGm6  
All the Gmadd9lines wrapped 'round my face
All the lDmines wrapped 'round my faceDsus4  
And for Am/Canyone else to seeC7  
And for aGm7nyone else to seeGm6  
I'm a lFieGm  Eb  F  Gm  Eb  Ab  G  
[Bridge]
D  D7Nonono nononono D6nononono nononono no
D  D7Nonono nononono D6nononono nononono no
D  D7Nonono nononono D6nononono nononono no
[Outro]
D7I've seen it coming
They've seen it coming
D6They've seen it coming
They've seen it comingD  
All chords in this song (16)

The story behind the song

"Bodysnatchers" explores a chilling sense of being trapped, drawing inspiration from Victorian ghost stories and the novel The Stepford Wives. The lyrics convey the feeling of one's physical consciousness being isolated, unable to truly connect with anything else. This track from Radiohead's 2007 album In Rainbows captures a raw energy, being the only song on the album recorded as a live take with the band playing together. It plays like a visceral expression of existential unease.

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About Bodysnatchers Chords by Radiohead

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