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ASTRO
(Neil Finn)
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
C#/  F143121
VERSE:  
F#mYou weightless Aastronaut
F#mYou sunset Adiving bird
F#ma cool wind Aset upon the Ebranches of a Btree
F#myou holding Amy attention
F#myou are my Afirst impression
F#mand I can Arecognize a Elife that I've been Bgiven
CHORUS:
G#mOne day Bthey will disG#mcover youB  
low cloud Emoving cross the sky
G#mone day Bthey will unEcover you
G#myoung girBl, wash the Esleep out of your C#meyes
VERSE:
Dust on my piano
wool rest never sleeping
all your best one-liners borrowed from a film
the thing that gets to me
is how you're never free
and how the spirit yearns
your body is a prison
CHORUS:
One day they will discover you
low cloud moving cross the sky
one day they will uncover you
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: (Follow verse chords)
SOLO:
----------|-5^---------------------|-5^--------------------------|
--------6-|-----------6----------6-|----------------6------------|
-----3----|--------3----------3----|----------3--5----------3--5-|
--5-------|-----5----------5-------|-------5-----------5---------|
----------|------------------------|-----------------------------|
----------|------------------------|-----------------------------|
-5^------------------------|-----------------|-----||
------------6----4----3----|-3---------------|-----||
---------3----------5----0-|----2---3>2--3>2-|-0---||
------5--------5-----------|-----------------|--0--||
---------------------------|-----------------|-----||
---------------------------|-----------------|-----||
VERSE:
The thing that gets to me is
how you're never free and
how the spirit yearns
your body is a prison
BRIDGE:
G#mBright as her A#m7eyes wide in the Bnight
why can't you see me
             E  C#/F*         F#  
come with the wind, time to begin
there'll be no compromise
and A#mall you want is wrapped around youE  F#  
there's no A#msaints preserve us when we're dyingE  F#  
to A#mpick us up from where we're lyingE  F#  
CHORUS:
One day they will discover you
one day they will uncover you
G#mBright as her eyeA#ms wide in the nighBt
they will discover youG#m  A#m  
they will disBcover youG#m  
 c1997 by Roundhead Music, administered by Wixen Music Publishing (BMI)
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)

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Astro

by Neil Finn

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F#m

G#m

C#m

A#m7

A#m

ASTRO

(Neil Finn)

* UNUSUAL CHORDS

C# F

/ 143121

VERSE:

F#m A

You weightless astronaut

F#m A

You sunset diving bird

F#m A E B

a cool wind set upon the branches of a tree

F#m A

you holding my attention

F#m A

you are my first impression

F#m A E B

and I can recognize a life that I've been given

CHORUS:

G#m B G#m B

One day they will discover you

low cloud moving cross the sky

G#m B E

one day they will uncover you

G#m B E C#m

young girl, wash the sleep out of your eyes

VERSE:

Dust on my piano

wool rest never sleeping

all your best one-liners borrowed from a film

the thing that gets to me

is how you're never free

and how the spirit yearns

your body is a prison

CHORUS:

One day they will discover you

low cloud moving cross the sky

one day they will uncover you

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: (Follow verse chords)

SOLO:

----------|-5^---------------------|-5^--------------------------|

--------6-|-----------6----------6-|----------------6------------|

-----3----|--------3----------3----|----------3--5----------3--5-|

--5-------|-----5----------5-------|-------5-----------5---------|

----------|------------------------|-----------------------------|

-5^------------------------|-----------------|-----||

------------6----4----3----|-3---------------|-----||

---------3----------5----0-|----2---3>2--3>2-|-0---||

------5--------5-----------|-----------------|--0--||

---------------------------|-----------------|-----||

VERSE:

The thing that gets to me is

how you're never free and

how the spirit yearns

your body is a prison

BRIDGE:

G#m A#m7 B

Bright as her eyes wide in the night

why can't you see me

E C# F F#

come with the wind, time to begin

there'll be no compromise

A#m E F#

and all you want is wrapped around you

A#m E F#

there's no saints preserve us when we're dying

A#m E F#

to pick us up from where we're lying

CHORUS:

One day they will discover you

one day they will uncover you

G#m A#m B

Bright as her eyes wide in the night

G#m A#m

they will discover you

B G#m

they will discover you

1997 by Roundhead Music, administered by Wixen Music Publishing (BMI)

(Transcription by Marck Bailey)

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