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I was trying to find out some chords to this and I thought I'd share. 
-Before the Beginning
Suggested chord variations:
e	7	x	x	EmxD/F#  G  C/E  
B	8	7	12	5
G	9	7	12	5
D	9	7	12	5
A	7	9	10	7
E	x	x	x	x
This throughout
 Em–  D/F#–  G–  G–  C/E–  C/E–  Em–  Em  
-Song for the Siren	 
BbLong afloat on sFhipless oceans
EbI did all my besGmt to smile
Bb'Til your singing Feyes and fingers
EbDrew me loving to Gmyour isle
            Bb  Bb/             Ab                           Bb/G  Bb  
And you sang, "Sail to me, sail to me, let me unfold you"
BbHere I am, hGmere I am, waitinFg to hold youEb  
BbDid I dream you dFreamed about me?
EbWere you hare when i wGmas fox
BbNow my foolish Fboat is leaning 
EbBroken lovelorn Gmon your rocks,
            Bb  Bb/             Ab                           Bb/G  Bb  
For you sing, "Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow
BbO my heart, O Gmmy heart shies frFom the sorrow" Eb  
BbI am puzzled Fas the newborn child
EbI am troubled Gmat the tide
BbShould I staFnd amid the breakers?
EbShould I lie with GmDeath my bride?
            Bb  Bb/             Ab                           Bb/G  Bb  
Hear me sing, "Swim to me, Swim to me, Let me enfold you
BbHere I am, HerGme I am, Waiting Fto hold you"Eb  
-Unreachable
Credits for these chords go to SURFSUNADAM, great job, well done mate...I just thought I 
Chords:
Db: X4666X
Eb: X6888X
Ab: X66544
Fm: 133111
Bb: x13331
DbAre Ebwe
AbDown for the Ebsame Fmcause
We don't Abknow what we Ebstand Fmfor
When the Abmoments Ebstart to Fmcrack
You do lose Dbtrack where Ebyour head's Bbat
And I am AbunreEbachaFmble
What do you Abthink when your Ebhead's Fmfull?
We don't Abrely on Ebwhat we Fmget
We're picking Dbup where Ebwe aren't Bbyet
Fm Ab Fm Ab Fm Ab Fm Ab
FmOne Abtime, Ebhit me where I Bbturn whiteFm  Ab  
EbI don't mean to be Bbpolite
FmUnifoAbrmed, Ebspinning the world to the Bbbeat of my drum
FmUnifoAbrmedEb  Bb  
X2
FmReach into the darkness for Abwhat you can find
EbTravel great distance Bbin your mind
FmThe world gets stronger as Abyou start trying things
EbTurn around towards being born Bbaway from dying
FmI've run out again, there's no Abone on my side
EbWe to disappear, well, BbI know I tried
BbYou know we tried, you know we tried
DbHeeeeeeey Fmshoot me EbheeeeFmeeeey
Db        Ab          Eb      Fm       Db
Heeeeeeey Bbshoot me shoot me shoot me yeah yeah yeah hey hey yeah
FmAaaaahEb  
FmAaaaahEb  
Solo:
The swirling instruments outline the chords Fm Eb many times, then towards the end it 
into the same chords for the "shoot me" section.
-God
CSo each day would be Dnew I Bbbuild you to Fsleep
CThat's the idea of dyDing but you'll Bbjust have to Fsee
CYou can do what you wDant or Bbso you Fthink
CBut til you stop all your Dthoughts you are Bbtied to your FsurroundingEms
EmWhen the fog spreads Gout in the Crainy season
EmIt comes from my inGsidesC  
EmWhen the thunderous Glightning Cstrikes down
EmYou're seeing your real GIC  
EmPeople, GYou Cblaspheme my nEmameG  C  
But Emstill I love you, Still I love youG, I Clove you just the sameEm  
CI hear all your Gprayers because AmI'm each one of EmyouEsus4  
CCreations not somGething I did it's Amsomething that I Emdo
The Creason for the Gbad is so there'd Ambe such thing as Emgood
Oh CI'd do anytGhing for you, Amyou all know EmI would
CBe for me, Gbe for me, Ambe for me,  EmYeahEsus4  
CBefore me, Gbefore me, Ambefore me,  EmYeah
CYou know that I Gtry to Amrepair and EmrepayEsus4  
As Clife goes by a Gthousand times it Amgets a little Ebetter
CAll is beGlief, All Amis beEmlief, 
CAll is Gbelief, AmAll is Embelief
-Dark/Light
BbmRemember all you've foFmrgotten
GbI can't Dbput those Abthoughts Bbmaway
EverytGbhing I've tDbhought's in my Abhead to Bbmstay
Now Ebmwhat do we Abget for trying to Dbfollow to a Gbtee
EbmAll the insAbtructions you Dbgave to GbmeF  
EbWill we ever Bbget together Cmin a songAb  
EbWill you ever Bbtell everybody bout Cmright and wroAbng
EbWill you let evBberyone in on Cmthe meaning oAbf life and death
EbDo you need mBbe or are you waiting Cmfor my last AbbreathG  
 Cm–  Eb–  Bb–  Ab–  G–  G–  G– G  
Am
Well I Dmspent the night in Amheaven
DmI wanted to Amfigure it Dmout for myAmselfDm  Bb  C  
I Dmspin around the Amfortress
You Dmnever know the Amcurrency that Dmwe all rAmun onDm  Bb  C  
BbWe run Fon, we Gmrun Dmon
And you Ebknow you could be taking us DmfarCm  Gm  
When I sEbpeak to you Dmagain through the Cmstages of Gmpleasure
Well, I Bbdon't have my Fown faceGm  
So Bbc'mon and be rFeplacedGm  
There's a Bbfuture that's FcallingGm  
But I Bbdon't see it cFomingGm  
No, I Bbdon't have my Fown facGme
So c'Bbmon and be repFlacedGm  
BbThere's a futuFre that'Gms calling
But I Bbdon't see it cFomingGm  
No, I Bbdon't see it cFomingGm  
No, I Bbdon't see it cFomingGm  
-Enough of Me
The A/E is played  x77655
DThis precise Atime and right Ghere
Are Dnot going AanyGwhere
I`ve Dhad enough of Anew toGdays
For once DI`d like to Ago another Gway
I sDpeak my last Awords and Gthen 
reDmember it Amay never Gend
All Dthat I`ve won AI have Glost
Each passing Dmoment cuts me BmoffF#m  A  E  
BmWell, I don`t liEmke to waste a cBmhance but they`re ovAerfloEwing
BmWhat I don`t do Emwill get doBmne by soAmebodEy
BmWhen I was fiEmve I saw some pBmlants unAgrowiEng
BmWhether seen forEmwards or baBmck they`Ad keeEp going
They`d Bmkeep going
If the Gseasons which Dchange were all AstillEm  
It`s so Geasy to Dsee life would AfailEm  
WhaGtever slips Dout of our AhandsEm  
Will Gfind its way Dback to us Gonce Bmagain
If the seasons which change were all still
It`s so easy to see life would fail
Whatever slips out of our hands
Will find its way back to us once again
Will find its way back to us once again
Will find its way back to us once again
Once again
 Bm-  Em  
Verse 1
Im Amcentral to Cnowhere thinking Fof sweeping it Dmclean
When we Amchoose to go were Closing more than Fjust our surrounDmdings
Ive Amgone around the Csides of this uFniverse as it sDmtands
OutAmside the limits of aCll existence; Fwhere light never Dmends
Chorus
FWe should be Cgrateful to the Dmgods
FWhoever theyre Creal to they DmareF  Am  C  Dm  
I Fvalue my Cplacement as in DmHell
ReFmember that Cmoment that I fDmellF  Am  C  Dm  
Verse 2 (same as verse 1)
Anything that could one day be is as real as what Im saying
If something is nothing it must not be something in any possible way
Lose yourself in the far off worlds that are right under your feet
Switch below with above all the way up into infinity
Chorus
We should be thankful who we are
Whether we know ourselves or not
Walking alongside myself
Neither of us listens very well
 Am–  Am–  G–    Fx4
 Dm–  Dm–  Dm- Dm  
Im Amdreading a time that Gis not Fnear
As a Amman on cross I Ghave no Ffear 
I Amcant believe these Gwords Im sFaying
DmYou gotta feel your lines
You gotta feel your lines
End on Am
DNow that the Aday is Gcome
I Dsee myself Aas everGyone
DI am what’s Aall around Gme
No DNothing, it Ajust cannot Gbe
DFeeling has cAome from the Gsun
DLike most eveArything and everGyone
What seems lDost is free fArom the Gforce
It slowly Ddestroys us and kills Bmall mF#matter oAfE  
BmWell we don’t Emcontrol the Bmchance that Aplays Ewith us
BmAnd we get exiEmstence Bmback by Ahurting Eothers
BmWhen we Emgo the other Bmway, its ourAselveEs we hurt
BmBut who pushes Emon through Bmeventually wAill sEee every moment’s first
BmEvery moment is first
GWhat’s gone will Dnever come AbackEm  
But it eGxists when Dyou think of AitEm  
GWhat is anytDhing aAnywayEm  
But a Gseries of Dthings running tBmhrough your brain
GAll of the Dfucked things you AdoEm  
All the Gproduct of what’s Dhappened to AyouEm  
WhatGever you Dcreate from AloveEm  
Is a Ggift from a Dplace which some Acall aBmbove
There’s Gonly the Dforces of hGate and Bmlove
GOne breaks things Ddown and one Gbuilds Bmthem up
 Bmsomething
F#mPain runs Dthrough AlifeD  
F#mPleasures' Dother sAideD  
F#mFear, some Dsay, gives us such long AlivesD  
F#mLeads uDs where we Adrive	D  
F#mTime will Esoon be Dborn
It is F#mstarting Eat the DdawnA  Bm  F#m  
And the Aworld is C#mmoving toBmwardsF#m  
Things like AopposC#mites and BmwarsF#m  
And one Aknows to C#mhear birds BmsingF#m  
There was Anothing til C#mthe beginnBming
And the Awater C#mfrom my BmeyesF#m  
Is beAcause I C#mcare who BmdiesF#m  
Although Adeath is C#mtransforminBmgF#m  
There is Anothing C#mafter the endinBmg

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The Empyrean

by John Frusciante

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

C/E

Bb/G

Esus4

Bbm

Ebm

I was trying to find out some chords to this and I thought I'd share.

-Before the Beginning

Suggested chord variations:

Em D/F# G C/E

e 7 x x x

B 8 7 12 5

G 9 7 12 5

D 9 7 12 5

A 7 9 10 7

E x x x x

This throughout

Em D/F# G G C/E C/E Em Em

– – – – – – –

-Song for the Siren

Bb F

Long afloat on shipless oceans

Eb Gm

I did all my best to smile

Bb F

'Til your singing eyes and fingers

Eb Gm

Drew me loving to your isle

Bb Bb Ab Bb/G Bb

And you sang, "Sail to me, sail to me, let me unfold you"

Bb Gm F Eb

Here I am, here I am, waiting to hold you

Bb F

Did I dream you dreamed about me?

Eb Gm

Were you hare when i was fox

Bb F

Now my foolish boat is leaning

Eb Gm

Broken lovelorn on your rocks,

Bb Bb Ab Bb/G Bb

For you sing, "Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow

Bb Gm F Eb

O my heart, O my heart shies from the sorrow"

Bb F

I am puzzled as the newborn child

Eb Gm

I am troubled at the tide

Bb F

Should I stand amid the breakers?

Eb Gm

Should I lie with Death my bride?

Bb Bb Ab Bb/G Bb

Hear me sing, "Swim to me, Swim to me, Let me enfold you

Bb Gm F Eb

Here I am, Here I am, Waiting to hold you"

-Unreachable

Credits for these chords go to SURFSUNADAM, great job, well done mate...I just thought I

Chords:

: X4666X

: X6888X

: X66544

: 133111

: x13331

Db Eb

Are we

Ab Eb Fm

Down for the same cause

Ab Eb Fm

We don't know what we stand for

Ab Eb Fm

When the moments start to crack

Db Eb Bb

You do lose track where your head's at

Ab Eb Fm

And I am unreachable

Ab Eb Fm

What do you think when your head's full?

Ab Eb Fm

We don't rely on what we get

Db Eb Bb

We're picking up where we aren't yet

Fm Ab Fm Ab Fm Ab Fm Ab

Fm Ab Eb Bb Fm Ab

One time, hit me where I turn white

Eb Bb

I don't mean to be polite

Fm Ab Eb Bb

Uniformed, spinning the world to the beat of my drum

Fm Ab Eb Bb

Uniformed

Fm Ab

Reach into the darkness for what you can find

Eb Bb

Travel great distance in your mind

Fm Ab

The world gets stronger as you start trying things

Eb Bb

Turn around towards being born away from dying

Fm Ab

I've run out again, there's no one on my side

Eb Bb

We to disappear, well, I know I tried

You know we tried, you know we tried

Db Fm Eb Fm

Heeeeeeey shoot me heeeeeeeey

Db Ab Eb Fm Db

Heeeeeeey shoot me shoot me shoot me yeah yeah yeah hey hey yeah

Fm Eb

Aaaaah

Fm Eb

Aaaaah

Solo:

The swirling instruments outline the chords Fm Eb many times, then towards the end it

into the same chords for the "shoot me" section.

-God

C D Bb F

So each day would be new I build you to sleep

C D Bb F

That's the idea of dying but you'll just have to see

C D Bb F

You can do what you want or so you think

C D Bb F Em

But til you stop all your thoughts you are tied to your surroundings

Em G C

When the fog spreads out in the rainy season

Em G C

It comes from my insides

Em G C

When the thunderous lightning strikes down

Em G C

You're seeing your real I

Em G C Em G C

People, You blaspheme my name

Em G C Em

But still I love you, Still I love you, I love you just the same

C G Am Em Esus4

I hear all your prayers because I'm each one of you

C G Am Em

Creations not something I did it's something that I do

C G Am Em

The reason for the bad is so there'd be such thing as good

C G Am Em

Oh I'd do anything for you, you all know I would

C G Am Em Esus4

Be for me, be for me, be for me, Yeah

C G Am Em

Before me, before me, before me, Yeah

C G Am Em Esus4

You know that I try to repair and repay

C G Am E

As life goes by a thousand times it gets a little better

C G Am Em

All is belief, All is belief,

C G Am Em

All is belief, All is belief

-Dark/Light

Bbm Fm

Remember all you've forgotten

Gb Db Ab Bbm

I can't put those thoughts away

Gb Db Ab Bbm

Everything I've thought's in my head to stay

Ebm Ab Db Gb

Now what do we get for trying to follow to a tee

Ebm Ab Db Gb F

All the instructions you gave to me

Eb Bb Cm Ab

Will we ever get together in a song

Eb Bb Cm Ab

Will you ever tell everybody bout right and wrong

Eb Bb Cm Ab

Will you let everyone in on the meaning of life and death

Eb Bb Cm Ab G

Do you need me or are you waiting for my last breath

Cm Eb Bb Ab G G G G

– – – – – – –

Dm Am

Well I spent the night in heaven

Dm Am Dm Am Dm Bb C

I wanted to figure it out for myself

Dm Am

I spin around the fortress

Dm Am Dm Am Dm Bb C

You never know the currency that we all run on

Bb F Gm Dm

We run on, we run on

Eb Dm Cm Gm

And you know you could be taking us far

Eb Dm Cm Gm

When I speak to you again through the stages of pleasure

Bb F Gm

Well, I don't have my own face

Bb F Gm

So c'mon and be replaced

Bb F Gm

There's a future that's calling

Bb F Gm

But I don't see it coming

Bb F Gm

No, I don't have my own face

Bb F Gm

So c'mon and be replaced

Bb F Gm

There's a future that's calling

Bb F Gm

But I don't see it coming

Bb F Gm

No, I don't see it coming

Bb F Gm

No, I don't see it coming

-Enough of Me

The A/E is played x77655

D A G

This precise time and right here

D A G

Are not going anywhere

D A G

I`ve had enough of new todays

D A G

For once I`d like to go another way

D A G

I speak my last words and then

D A G

remember it may never end

D A G

All that I`ve won I have lost

D Bm F#m A E

Each passing moment cuts me off

Bm Em Bm A E

Well, I don`t like to waste a chance but they`re overflowing

Bm Em Bm A E

What I don`t do will get done by somebody

Bm Em Bm A E

When I was five I saw some plants ungrowing

Bm Em Bm A E

Whether seen forwards or back they`d keep going

They`d keep going

G D A Em

If the seasons which change were all still

G D A Em

It`s so easy to see life would fail

G D A Em

Whatever slips out of our hands

G D G Bm

Will find its way back to us once again

If the seasons which change were all still

It`s so easy to see life would fail

Whatever slips out of our hands

Will find its way back to us once again

Once again

Bm Em

Verse 1

Am C F Dm

Im central to nowhere thinking of sweeping it clean

Am C F Dm

When we choose to go were losing more than just our surroundings

Am C F Dm

Ive gone around the sides of this universe as it stands

Am C F Dm

Outside the limits of all existence; where light never ends

Chorus

F C Dm

We should be grateful to the gods

F C Dm F Am C Dm

Whoever theyre real to they are

F C Dm

I value my placement as in Hell

F C Dm F Am C Dm

Remember that moment that I fell

Verse 2 (same as verse 1)

Anything that could one day be is as real as what Im saying

If something is nothing it must not be something in any possible way

Lose yourself in the far off worlds that are right under your feet

Switch below with above all the way up into infinity

Chorus

We should be thankful who we are

Whether we know ourselves or not

Walking alongside myself

Neither of us listens very well

Am Am G F

– – – x4

Dm Dm Dm Dm

– – -

Am G F

Im dreading a time that is not near

Am G F

As a man on cross I have no fear

Am G F

I cant believe these words Im saying

You gotta feel your lines

End on Am

D A G

Now that the day is come

D A G

I see myself as everyone

D A G

I am what’s all around me

D A G

No Nothing, it just cannot be

D A G

Feeling has come from the sun

D A G

Like most everything and everyone

D A G

What seems lost is free from the force

D Bm F#m A E

It slowly destroys us and kills all matter of

Bm Em Bm A E

Well we don’t control the chance that plays with us

Bm Em Bm A E

And we get existence back by hurting others

Bm Em Bm A E

When we go the other way, its ourselves we hurt

Bm Em Bm A E

But who pushes on through eventually will see every moment’s first

Every moment is first

G D A Em

What’s gone will never come back

G D A Em

But it exists when you think of it

G D A Em

What is anything anyway

G D Bm

But a series of things running through your brain

G D A Em

All of the fucked things you do

G D A Em

All the product of what’s happened to you

G D A Em

Whatever you create from love

G D A Bm

Is a gift from a place which some call above

G D G Bm

There’s only the forces of hate and love

G D G Bm

One breaks things down and one builds them up

something

F#m D A D

Pain runs through life

F#m D A D

Pleasures' other side

F#m D A D

Fear, some say, gives us such long lives

F#m D A D

Leads us where we drive

F#m E D

Time will soon be born

F#m E D A Bm F#m

It is starting at the dawn

A C#m Bm F#m

And the world is moving towards

A C#m Bm F#m

Things like opposites and wars

A C#m Bm F#m

And one knows to hear birds sing

A C#m Bm

There was nothing til the beginning

A C#m Bm F#m

And the water from my eyes

A C#m Bm F#m

Is because I care who dies

A C#m Bm F#m

Although death is transforming

A C#m Bm

There is nothing after the ending

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