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Perfect Symmetry

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INTRO: | Eb - Eb/D | Bb | Fm - Ab | Cm - Bb |

VERSE:
  Cm                             Bb
I shake through the wreckage for signs of life
                       Fm          Ab
Scrolling through the paragraphs
                     Cm           G
Clicking through the photographs
  Cm                         Bb
I wish I could make sense of what we do
                 Fm        Ab
Burning down the capitals
                  Cm        Bb
The wisest of the animals

PRECHORUS:
Ab
Who are you?
             Bb       Ab
What are you living for?
Ab
Tooth for tooth
            Bb     Bb
Maybe we'll go one more

CHORUS:
     Eb        Eb/D
This life 
                   Bb
is lived in perfect sbymmetry
       Fm       Ab
What I do
             Cm          Bb
That will be done to me

VERSE:
     Cm                 Bb
Read page after page of analysis
                Fm          Ab
Looking for the final score
                        Cm            Bb
We're no closer than we were before

PRE-CHORUS:
Ab
Who are you?
             Bb        Ab
What are you fighting for?
Ab
Holy truth
            Bb         Ab
Brother I choose this mortal....


CHORUS:
    Eb       Eb/D 
...life, 
                Bb
lived in perfect symmetry
       Fm   Ab
What I do
             Cm          Bb
That will be done to me
        Eb   Eb/D
As the needle 
               Bb
slips into the run-out groove
Fm    Ab
Love
              Cm         Bb
Maybe you'll feel it too

BRIDGE:
                 Ab            Eb
And maybe you'll find life is unkind
         Bb
And over so soon
            Ab
There is no golden gate
        Eb               Bb
There's no heaven waiting for you

                   Ab 
Oh boy, you oughta leave this town
Bb
Get out while you can
             Eb                 Cm
The meter's running down
                   Abm
The voices in the streets you love
 Bb                            Eb
Everything is better when you hear that shout
 Cm       Fm
Woah!
 Eb      Cm
Woah!
  Bb
Woah!

CHOIR:
Eb          Eb/D
Spineless dreamers
Bb
Hide in churches
Fm          Ab
Pieces of, pieces of
Cm          Bb
Rush hour buses
Eb          Eb/D
I dream in e-mails
Bb
Worn-out phrases
Fm          Ab
Mile after mile of just
Cm     Bb
Empty pages

               Eb Eb/D Bb
Wrap yourself around me
              Fm  Ab Cm  Bb
Wrap yourself around me

CHORUS:
        Eb   Eb/D
As the needle 
               Bb
slips into the run-out groove
        Fm            Ab
Maybe you'll feel it too
       Cm            Bb
Maybe you'll feel it too


OUTRO (FADE WITH CHORUS CHORDS: Eb - Eb/D - Bb - Fm - Ab - Cm - Bb)
Spineless dreamers (Maybe you'll feel it too)
Hide in churches (Maybe you'll feel it too)
Pieces of, pieces of
Rush hour buses
I dream in e-mails
Worn-out phrases
Mile after mile of just
Empty pages

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Tabs by: GanAiden

Published: 18 Oct, 2013

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