The Length of Your Spine

Chord Sheet

Key: E minor

Chords

A ....... [ x 0 2 2 2 0 ]
Am7 ..... [ x 0 2 0 1 0 ]
Am7-alt . [ x 0 2 0 1 3 ]
B7 ...... [ x 2 1 2 0 2 ]
Cadd9 ... [ x 3 2 0 3 0 ]
D ....... [ x x 0 2 3 2 ]
Em ...... [ 0 2 2 0 0 0 ]
Em-alt .. [ 0 2 2 0 0 3 ]
Em7 ..... [ 0 2 2 0 3 0 ]
G ....... [ 3 2 0 0 3 3 ]

Intro

This is the same chord pattern as in Part A, alternating between two strummed beats of Em variants and filling the bars with other arpeggios.

Em7 (2 strums)
Am7 (arpeggio)
Em7 (2 strums)
A (arpeggio)
Em7 (2 strums)
Am7 (arpeggio)
Em-alt (2 strums)
D (arpeggio)

Part A

   Em7            Am7
It starts in your brain
    Em7       A
An electrical charge
  Em7       Am7
Reacts to a thought
   Em-alt    D
To move your arms

   Em7      Am7
E- lectrons drift
         Em7            A
Down the length of your spine
    Em7         Am7
And wrench up a nerve
        Em-alt   D
In imperceptible time

Part B

        Em/alt    G
A dozen muscles react
  D          Em
A mirrored report
                   C           G
Two shoulders with skin on the outside
     Em          D            C
Col- laborate to cover up the warts

Transition

C Am Am7-alt (Fast, one strum each)
D7 (Hold uncomfortably)

Part C

  G            B7       Em     C D
A shoulder be- comes an arm
    G                    B7        Em     C D
And joints connect these hacked up limbs
    G             B7                Em     C D
The signal like a flare through the soul
    G             B7        Em       C D
The remnants of a mind con- demned

Part D

    Em        Bm       Fmaj7   Em
And now these forearms come to meet

Cadd9

   Em         Bm
To wipe these hands

(NC)

    Em
Clean...

Outro

This repeats the Part A chords, then the transition section again, before ending on the Em.

Em7 Am7 Em7 A Em7 Am7 Em/alt D

C

C Am Am7/alt D7

Em