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[Verse 1]
Dmaj9/F#Up on the wardrobe
C#m15 past midnight
EGloom like cotton
Dmaj9/F#A big TV set
C#mwith volume rolled back
Eand a sci-fi show on
Throwing some Dmaj9/F#light on what the day couldn't C#mquite
See Ddone
                                                 A           E    E  Fmaj7/E*     G6  E  
You'd like to get up now but you've been hit by a laser gun
[Pre-Chorus]
                      E  Fmaj7/E*                           G6  F  
Through a stack of old magazines you hoped would work like a time machine
And they did
Except not in the liEteral sense
                E  Fmaj7/E*                           G6  F  
The bit you were looking for was supposed to open the door into summer
But turned out to be somEething else
[Chorus 1]
DmTime is running Fout now for the Bbcaptain on the Gmscreen
DmUntil you Bbpull the Gplug on Fwhat till now has Ebeen
A6add9/F#Your favouA/F#rite Dmaj9/F#spaceshipE  
and make it C#mdisappear D5without a Eaugtrace
Em(no 5) A5 Em(no5)
The one threat
C/Ehe's not G/BlikeE5ly Gquite preDpared to Emface
But hey, that's the Dbreaks
You either Emhave what it Ctakes
Or you Ddon't
DmAnd he knew he was Bbpicking the losing G6side
Dadd9/F#In any caseDmaj9/F#  D  F  D  
[Verse 2]
Dmaj9/F#Another sC#mtripe of light on the Eceiling
From a passing car
Dmaj9/F#And unlike the C#mstars the Emorning's now not too far
[Chorus 2]
A6add9/F#The cold eA/F#yes of the C#muniverse are inF#different to the Dscheme
AThat you fucked up E7for the millionth F#mtime
But still can't Dmseem
BbmTo give up on the FdreamG6  Dadd9/F#  Dmaj9/F#  D  F  D  
[END]
Some of the relatively unusual chord shapes used are:
Dmaj9/F#   2-0-0-2-2-0
Fmaj7/E*   0-3-3-2-0-0 (with extra dissonance due to the added B note)
G6         3-2-0-0-3-0
A6add9/F#  2-0-2-2-0-0
A/F#       2-0-2-2-2-0
         D5X-X-7-7-X-X
       EaugX-7-6-5-X-X
Em(no 5)   0-7-5-X-X-X
        C/E0-3-2-X-X-X
        G/BX-2-0-0-X-X
         E50-2-2-X-X-X
Dadd9/F#   2-0-0-2-3-0

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Cosmic Noise

by Unstrung Harp

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dmaj9/F#

C#m

Fmaj7/E

A6add9/F#

A/F#

Eaug

C/E

G/B

Dadd9/F#

[Verse 1]

Dmaj9/F#

Up on the wardrobe

C#m

15 past midnight

Gloom like cotton

Dmaj9/F#

A big TV set

C#m

with volume rolled back

and a sci-fi show on

Dmaj9/F# C#m

Throwing some light on what the day couldn't quite

See done

A E E Fmaj7/E G6 E

You'd like to get up now but you've been hit by a laser gun

[Pre-Chorus]

E Fmaj7/E G6 F

Through a stack of old magazines you hoped would work like a time machine

And they did

Except not in the literal sense

E Fmaj7/E G6 F

The bit you were looking for was supposed to open the door into summer

But turned out to be something else

[Chorus 1]

Dm F Bb Gm

Time is running out now for the captain on the screen

Dm Bb G F E

Until you pull the plug on what till now has been

A6add9/F# A/F# Dmaj9/F# E

Your favourite spaceship

C#m D5 Eaug

and make it disappear without a trace

Em(no 5) A5 Em(no5)

The one threat

C/E G/B E5 G D Em

he's not likely quite prepared to face

But hey, that's the breaks

Em C

You either have what it takes

Or you don't

Dm Bb G6

And he knew he was picking the losing side

Dadd9/F# Dmaj9/F# D F D

In any case

[Verse 2]

Dmaj9/F# C#m E

Another stripe of light on the ceiling

From a passing car

Dmaj9/F# C#m E

And unlike the stars the morning's now not too far

[Chorus 2]

A6add9/F# A/F# C#m F# D

The cold eyes of the universe are indifferent to the scheme

A E7 F#m

That you fucked up for the millionth time

But still can't seem

Bbm F G6 Dadd9/F# Dmaj9/F# D F D

To give up on the dream

[END]

Some of the relatively unusual chord shapes used are:

Dmaj9/F# 2-0-0-2-2-0

Fmaj7/E* 0-3-3-2-0-0 (with extra dissonance due to the added B note)

G6 3-2-0-0-3-0

A6add9/F# 2-0-2-2-0-0

A/F# 2-0-2-2-2-0

X-X-7-7-X-X

Eaug

X-7-6-5-X-X

Em(no 5) 0-7-5-X-X-X

C/E

0-3-2-X-X-X

G/B

X-2-0-0-X-X

0-2-2-X-X-X

Dadd9/F# 2-0-0-2-3-0

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