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HOW TO EXPLAIN
Capo V
E (trumpet solo)
 G   F(E)
When a room becomes an altar 
And what beast that must exist 
It flies with muDm6sic from our lips
And steals a kiFss and blows it 
Dm6Out into the misEt 
Where castles stand on cliffs 
And cobbled streets they wind and drift 
And mDm6oods are made and set but shift 
This pFlace where skies are low 
Dm6And birds are Ebig 
We went to sleep in day 
And woke again the same day 
We have leDm6arned to cheat the time 
And find the hoFurs 
That the cDm6locks cannot defEine 
As I looked up from that stage 
I felt the thing that had been mDm6ade 
And how it raged 
And how it rFaged 
How to exDmplain? 
Something makes me howl 
And shivG7er to the core 
Ah outsiAmde if it was raining 
Then insiFde there'd be a Gstorm 
We've got a paAmir of hands for climbing 
And a pair of Fknees to spring G  
And a paAmir of balls for strength 
And a pair of lFungs to sing G  
And these Amsimple chords 
                         F(F)           G  
That say: music is the language of us all 
    Am    E   Am(x4) E... 
   G   FTo write these soEngs is to be written 
Ah the chorus always knows 
What is in stoDm6re 
And what is more the thing that sinFgs us 
Is Dm6the thing that makes us roaEr 
I felt that beast 'kisso my neck 
We clapped our hands 
And heard them sFpread 
There was a trumpet and Dm6a call 
A pFack of Spaniards screamed for moEre 
Music is the language of us all 
Music is the language of us all 
Music is the language of us all 
Music is the language of us all 
    Am    E   Am(x12) E... 
I find it Dmhard to speak emotional 
Cos these tG7hings are the things that 
Can't be sCaid 
And when it's struck it strikes 
The memoFry from our hGeads 
OAmnce I wrote to play's 
To be imFmortal for a nGight 
And dAmespite the unknown hours 
Something haFppens 
When the lGight turns out the lCights 
Then we fade and yawAmn 
To musFic that's the language of us Gall 
HAYMAN

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How To Explain

by The Cat Empire

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm6

HOW TO EXPLAIN

Capo V

E (trumpet solo)

G F E

()

When a room becomes an altar

And what beast that must exist

Dm6

It flies with music from our lips

And steals a kiss and blows it

Dm6 E

Out into the mist

Where castles stand on cliffs

And cobbled streets they wind and drift

Dm6

And moods are made and set but shift

This place where skies are low

Dm6 E

And birds are big

We went to sleep in day

And woke again the same day

Dm6

We have learned to cheat the time

And find the hours

Dm6 E

That the clocks cannot define

As I looked up from that stage

Dm6

I felt the thing that had been made

And how it raged

How to explain?

Something makes me howl

And shiver to the core

Ah outside if it was raining

F G

Then inside there'd be a storm

We've got a pair of hands for climbing

F G

And a pair of knees to spring

And a pair of balls for strength

F G

And a pair of lungs to sing

And these simple chords

F F G

()

That say: music is the language of us all

Am E Am E

(x4) ...

G F E

To write these songs is to be written

Ah the chorus always knows

Dm6

What is in store

And what is more the thing that sings us

Dm6 E

Is the thing that makes us roar

I felt that beast 'kisso my neck

We clapped our hands

And heard them spread

Dm6

There was a trumpet and a call

F E

A pack of Spaniards screamed for more

Music is the language of us all

Am E Am E

(x12) ...

I find it hard to speak emotional

Cos these things are the things that

Can't be said

And when it's struck it strikes

F G

The memory from our heads

Once I wrote to play's

F G

To be immortal for a night

And despite the unknown hours

Something happens

G C

When the light turns out the lights

Then we fade and yawn

F G

To music that's the language of us all

HAYMAN

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