The Clocks and Chemicals
( Just the lyrics )
Chord Sheet
Key: G minor
Capo guitar on 3rd fret. All chords relative to capo.
Chords
Am7 .... [ x 0 2 0 1 0 ]
Bmaj7sus [ x 2 4 0 3 0 ]
Cadd9 .. [ x 3 2 0 3 0 ]
Em ..... [ 0 2 2 0 0 0 ]
Intro
Play verse chords, arpeggio with increasing intensity, leading to strumming by the fourth repetition.
Play chorus chords, strummed, with the tempo radically increasing throughout.
End on single strum on the Cadd9, then single strum of Bmaj7sus.
Silence for a moment, lingering on the root note.
Then arpeggio the Bmaj7sus building in intensity until you land on the verse.
Verse 1
Em
Well, it feels like this: all the clocks and chemicals
Am7
Rise and erase and blot out all the miracles
Cadd9
The words that he says come out sounding identical
Bmaj7sus
To him
Em
And one day he'll commune with the dead and spiritual
Am7
But now in reality he wants what's physical
Cadd9
It's a mental blockade made a true individual
Bmaj7sus
Through them
Chorus 1
Am7 Cmaj7
The warmth comes
Em Cadd9
In the form of a happy gun
Am7 Cmaj7
It blows him
Em Cadd9
Away to the sand and the sun
Am7 Cmaj7
With no shirt
Em Cadd9
On his back and no shoes on his feet
Am7 Cmaj7
Swept a- way
Em Cadd9
By the touch of his soles on the street
Am7 Cmaj7
A weather vane in a hurricane
Cadd9 Bmaj7sus
He never stood a chance
Verse 2
Em
Now the time has come for him to swallow his medicine
Am7
The world that he stands on seems far too reticent
Cadd9
To be spinning in space, just a rock that was jettisoned
Bmaj7sus
Through time
Em
And he can see through his mind that he's insignificant
Am7
The speed of the earth has twice lapped the intimate
Cadd9
Numbers of people made up of the infinite
Bmaj7sus
And none prime
Chorus 2
Am7 Cmaj7
When the cold comes
Em Cadd9
He knows that he's finally arrived
Am7 Cmaj7
There's a gold sun
Em Cadd9
The warmth is chemically de- rived
Am7 Cmaj7
Minutes pass
Em Cadd9
With the hands beaming back on his face
Am7 Cmaj7
Out- cast
Em Cadd9
Since he knows that he can't win the race
Am7 Cmaj7
The rules of the game are demented and strange
Cadd9 Bmaj7sus
He never stood a chance
Outro
One more time through the verse and chorus chords, building intensity and making melody with various C/Cmaj7/Cadd9 chords, etc.
Strum out the last four chords singularly.
Build again on the Bmaj7sus, ending on an Em.