A Machine Spiritual (in The People's Key)
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C
The people's key
Ringing through arena seats
Am
The black machine
Played it all from memory
F
A fever dream
Well, I'll come back eventually
Fm
To wade into the water
Another and another
We go
Am G
Form some kind of code
Am
The bodies float
G
And form some kind of code
Am
The bodies float
G
Someone's out to know
F
Papa hobo
G
Don't hide your eyes
F
Mother mountain
G Am
Don't kill your unborn child
F C
His day is coming
F
His day is coming
C
A question burns
Beneath the centuries of dirt
Am
That voice you've heard
Well, every head's a different world
F
Well, mine's concerned
I boarded up the windows
Fm
A catatonic plateau
A backwards black-faced minstrel show
Am G
So just let me go
Am
The prisoner moans
G
Oh, just let me go
Am
The prisoner moans
G
No one has to know
F G
Eva Braun went to dye her hair
F G Am
Little Hitler sighs in his giant's chair
F C
And dreamed of nowhere
F C
And dreamed of nowhere
F C
And dreamed
C
The people's key
Ringing filling everything
Am
The theme repeats
Thinner than the galaxy
F
Impart to me
Your wisdom and eventually
Fm
I'll float into the ether
Another from another
We grow
Am G
Form some kind of code
Am
A flesh at bone
G
We form some kind of code
Am
A flesh at bone
G
No, you're not alone
F G
History bows and it steps aside
F G Am
In the jungle there's columns of purple light
F C
We're starting over
F C
We're starting over
F C
We're starting
F C
We're starting
How to play A Machine Spiritual (in The People's Key)
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.