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Theres An Arc

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1/42

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 42Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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Listen to the track for the strum/picking pattern.
    Fdon’t you Amswing like a Cchild,F  
    in a Amtree, on a Ctire, in F85?
    there’s an Amarc that your Cfeet will Fride
    on the Amway between Chate and that Fsunday fire
    F(and that sunday fire)
C
    Amyou look so Fserious
    Amoh, you look so Fserious
    Dmthe night is Fserving us
    Dmbut you look so Fserious
    Cand this could Ambe our reward
    Cthis could Fbe it
    Cand this could Ambe our reward
    Cthis could Fbe it
Not perfect but you get the idea
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                 (overdrive fades in)    
    this Amsimple Ffriday Cnight
    where you’re Amloosening Fyour Ctie
    but there's a Amtightness in Fyour Ceyes
    Amyou look so Fserious
    Amwhy do you look so Fserious?
    Dmthe night is Fserving us
    Dmand we’re deFserving it
    Cand this could Ambe our reward
    Cthis could Fbe it
    Cand this could Ambe our reward
    Cthis could Fbe it
    C(this could Ambe all we're owed)
    C(all we're owed, Fall we're getting)
    Cand this could Ambe our reward
    Cthis could Fbe it
F
    this Amsimple Ffriday Cnight
    when you’re lAmoosening yFour tCie
    but there's a Amtightness in Fyour Ceyes
               F             Am           C   F(Listen for pattern)
    cause if we swing like a child
    then we’re Amalways collCiding this tFime of night
    but our Amarcs, they could Calign   (we could aFlign! we could align!)
    and over Amgravity Cup comes this Fkicking child
    this Fkicking child
E|----------|         
B|----------|        
G|----------|         
D|----2---2-|     
A|--3---3---|
E|----------|  ...
Continue that picking pattern with this harmonized scale:
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|----0----2----4----5----7----9-----|
A|----2----3----5----7----9----10----|
E|-----------------------------------|
Listen to the song for the progression. Towards the end strum both strings at  the same time.

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Theres An Arc

by Hey Rosetta!

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Chords in this song · guitar

Standard Tuning

Listen to the track for the strum/picking pattern.

F Am C F

don’t you swing like a child,

Am C F

in a tree, on a tire, in 85?

Am C F

there’s an arc that your feet will ride

Am C F

on the way between hate and that sunday fire

(and that sunday fire)

Am F

you look so serious

Am F

oh, you look so serious

Dm F

the night is serving us

Dm F

but you look so serious

C Am

and this could be our reward

C F

this could be it

C Am

and this could be our reward

C F

this could be it

Not perfect but you get the idea

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|

A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

(overdrive fades in)

Am F C

this simple friday night

Am F C

where you’re loosening your tie

Am F C

but there's a tightness in your eyes

Am F

you look so serious

Am F

why do you look so serious?

Dm F

the night is serving us

Dm F

and we’re deserving it

C Am

and this could be our reward

C F

this could be it

C Am

and this could be our reward

C F

this could be it

C Am

(this could be all we're owed)

C F

(all we're owed, all we're getting)

C Am

and this could be our reward

C F

this could be it

Am F C

this simple friday night

Am F C

when you’re loosening your tie

Am F C

but there's a tightness in your eyes

F Am C F

(Listen for pattern)

cause if we swing like a child

Am C F

then we’re always colliding this time of night

Am C F

but our arcs, they could align (we could align! we could align!)

Am C F

and over gravity up comes this kicking child

this kicking child

E|----------|

B|----------|

G|----------|

D|----2---2-|

A|--3---3---|

E|----------| ...

Continue that picking pattern with this harmonized scale:

E|-----------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------|

D|----0----2----4----5----7----9-----|

A|----2----3----5----7----9----10----|

E|-----------------------------------|

Listen to the song for the progression. Towards the end strum both strings at the same time.

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