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Normal tuning
Some pretty dubious lyrics indicated by []
D#In a sandcastle C#far away from D#here
I was born with blue C#eyes, they disappBearedA  B  A  
D#I came out in a C#stream wearing cats' D#eyes
And the stream had a C#[start], cos nobody lBiesA  B  A  
       D  Bm/              D  F#m  
And I'm dying for you each day
F#m7You were the meaning of Gtruth
A7How did I ever lose Dyou?
DDropped you in the sky
Bm/                   D  F#m  
Black is no darker than white
F#m7Prison is colder than G[free]
A7Angel of mine, [still Dme]
Tell me Ftrue
D#I lost my name in a C#war
F#mI should have told you beBfore
EmSomebody mentioned the A#score
AmAnd I went running
BRIDGE (I think, can't remember!) ||:   C# - B - C# - B   :||
D#I was [summer lands C#flies] on zebras' D#backs
City looks like [west C#waterfalls and Battacks]A  B  A  
D#Now I see why I've C#been thirsty for D#years
'Cos the leaders back C#there are called lunatics BhereA  B  A  
       D  Bm/              D  F#m  
And I'm dying for you each day
F#m7You were the meaning of Gtruth
A7Everything panned out on Dyou
So I Ddropped you in the sky
Bm/                   D  F#m  
Black is no further than white
F#m7Prison is colder than G[free]
A7Angel of mine, [still Dme]
Take me F#mback
A#I saw such things in my Fsleep
AmCreatures who taught me to Dmspeak
Sang me a A#tune, sang me a CtuneCm7  
A#Everyone leaves you A#mbehind
G#Everyone leaves you G#mbehind
F#Everyone leaves you,
F#mEveryone leaves you Dbehind, Bmbehind
||:                        C#       B:||
||:   I'm coming back to you now   :||
End - fade out on double speed ||:   C# - B   :||
Oh and ||: is a repeat sign for anyone not familiar with music theory.
Welcome to the jazz cave. Enjoy..

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Cats Eyes

by Guillemots

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

F#m7

Cm7

A#m

G#m

Normal tuning

Some pretty dubious lyrics indicated by []

D# C# D#

In a sandcastle far away from here

C# B A B A

I was born with blue eyes, they disappeared

D# C# D#

I came out in a stream wearing cats' eyes

C# B A B A

And the stream had a [start], cos nobody lies

D Bm D F#m

And I'm dying for you each day

F#m7 G

You were the meaning of truth

A7 D

How did I ever lose you?

Dropped you in the sky

Bm D F#m

Black is no darker than white

F#m7 G

Prison is colder than [free]

A7 D

Angel of mine, [still me]

Tell me true

D# C#

I lost my name in a war

F#m B

I should have told you before

Em A#

Somebody mentioned the score

And I went running

BRIDGE (I think, can't remember!) ||: C# - B - C# - B :||

D# C# D#

I was [summer lands flies] on zebras' backs

C# B A B A

City looks like [west waterfalls and attacks]

D# C# D#

Now I see why I've been thirsty for years

C# B A B A

'Cos the leaders back there are called lunatics here

D Bm D F#m

And I'm dying for you each day

F#m7 G

You were the meaning of truth

A7 D

Everything panned out on you

So I dropped you in the sky

Bm D F#m

Black is no further than white

F#m7 G

Prison is colder than [free]

A7 D

Angel of mine, [still me]

F#m

Take me back

A# F

I saw such things in my sleep

Am Dm

Creatures who taught me to speak

A# C Cm7

Sang me a tune, sang me a tune

A# A#m

Everyone leaves you behind

G# G#m

Everyone leaves you behind

Everyone leaves you,

F#m D Bm

Everyone leaves you behind, behind

C# B

||: :||

||: I'm coming back to you now :||

End - fade out on double speed ||: C# - B :||

Oh and ||: is a repeat sign for anyone not familiar with music theory.

Welcome to the jazz cave. Enjoy..

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