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AmClose the doEmors...
Cif you want to see her breathing G/Bagain
AmBlur the dayEms...
Csleeping is just not an oG/Bption
AmHow come every time I Emwalk, you crawl?
CThen you cut out all the letters that make up thiG/Bs note
AmI won't, I won't give up untiEml I find out
Cuntil I find what happened G/Bto you
Fmaj7The solution inhaled from the rag I hold
Emholds a maximum vacancy
Fmaj7As I held you in crippled bandages
Emdon't you stay up and wait foGr me
Left dangling in the winAmd...

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Copernicus

by The Mars Volta

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

Fmaj7

Am Em

Close the doors...

C G/B

if you want to see her breathing again

Am Em

Blur the days...

C G/B

sleeping is just not an option

Am Em

How come every time I walk, you crawl?

C G/B

Then you cut out all the letters that make up this note

Am Em

I won't, I won't give up until I find out

C G/B

until I find what happened to you

Fmaj7

The solution inhaled from the rag I hold

holds a maximum vacancy

Fmaj7

As I held you in crippled bandages

Em G

don't you stay up and wait for me

Left dangling in the wind...

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