President Heartbeat
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Verse
F#
Were you born in a cave now?
C#
Do you live in a cage now?
G#
If you burst into flame now
F#
Will they call you a human being?
F#
And your spine is a glass spire
C#
And your flesh is the concrete
G#
And your blood is the sewer
F#
And your skin is the city wall
Pre-Chorus
C#
Well I wanna be different
C#/C
But it never gets different
A#m
And you promised me Heaven
F#
And you said it would happen soon
C#
Can you boil inside me?
C#/C
Can you radicalise me?
A#m
Can you take me to violence?
F#
Can you take away everything?
[Refrão]A#
(President Heartbeat)
C# G#
Turn me into somebody new
A#
(President Heartbeat)
C G#
Turn me into somebody new
F# Fm
(Thanks a million)
D#m
Yeah thanks for nothing at all
F# Fm
(Thanks a million)
D#m
Yeah thanks for nothing at all
A#
(President Heartbeat)
C# G#
Turn me into somebody new
A#
(President Heartbeat)
C# G#
Turn me into somebody new
F# Fm
(Thanks a million)
D#m
Yeah thanks for nothing at all
F# Fm
(Thanks a million)
D#m
Yeah thanks for nothing at all
Verse
F#
Do you live in the new world
C#
On the grave of the old world?
G#
With a coffin of sunlight
F#
That you carry upon your back?
F#
Feel the rat at your ankle
C#
And the rush in your eyeball
G#
And they're bludgeoning cycle
F#
And the way you don't even feel
Pre-Chorus
C#
Well I think about living
C#/C
And I think about burning
A#m
And I think about dying
F#
And I think about all this fear
C#
And I wanna be useful
C#/C
And I wanna be hopeful
A#m
What's the matter with hopeful?
F#
I just wanna get out of here
[Refrão]A#
(President Heartbeat)
C# G#
Turn me into somebody new
A#
(President Heartbeat)
C# G#
Turn me into somebody new
F# Fm
(Thanks a million)
D#m
Yeah thanks for nothing at all
F# Fm
(Thanks a million)
D#m
Yeah thanks for nothing at all
A#
(President Heartbeat)
C# G#
Turn me into somebody new
A#
(President Heartbeat)
C# G#
Turn me into somebody new
F# Fm
(Thanks a million)
D#m
Yeah thanks for nothing at all
F# Fm
(Thanks a million)
D#m
Yeah thanks for nothing at all
Instrumental Bridge
F# Fm A A#m (x4)
A# A# C# G#
[Refrão]A#
(President Heartbeat)
C# G#
Turn me into somebody new
A#
(President Heartbeat)
C# G#
Turn me into somebody new
F# Fm
(Thanks a million)
D#m
Yeah thanks for nothing at all
F# Fm
(Thanks a million)
D#m
Yeah thanks for nothing at all
Outro
A#
(President Heartbeat)
C# G#
Eee...
A#
(President Heartbeat)
C# G#
Aah...
F# Fm
(President Heartbeat)
D#m
Ohh...
F# Fm
(President Heartbeat)
D#m A#m
You must've known this was coming
How to play President Heartbeat
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F#. 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.