Puncture
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F Eb
F Eb
It's useless to say
F Eb
That you only scratched the surface.
F Eb
Your surficial face
F Eb
Bears the mark of everything.
G D Bm F#
Every undertaking overthrown
Gmaj7 Bb F
You'll waste away for the next time
F Eb
And you should have seen your face
F Eb
As they banished you to the outskirts
F Eb
Like an asteroid that fell
F Eb G
Or a dream that you couldn't tell anyone
D Bm F#
Everything that you just couldn't sell
Gmaj7 Bb F
You'll waste away till it falls on you...
Solo:
Eb F Eb F
Eb F Eb
Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 Ebmaj7
Point - less, swan - dive,
Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 F Eb
Point - less, swan - dive into your river floor
F Eb
Your river floor
G D Bm F#
And you're damn, damn damaging
Gmaj7 Bb F Eb
And they're all gonna scratch their back,peddling heads down.
F Gm
A puncture in the sky,
Eb/Bb Abmaj7 Gm Cm Bb F/A
I'm peering down on all your little toy lives
F Eb
How important they all look now...
F Gm
That you decide,you
Eb/Bb Abmaj7 Gm Cm Bb F/A
Of the what the future brings and what I can bring to it
F#o Gm Gm/F#
If only I have been invited, yeah.
Bb Eb F7
Bb Eb F7
Bb Eb
And all we are we are,
F7
We are trying
Bb
However hard,
Eb
You look at someone else's star
F7 Bb
It won't get you very far.
Eb
You know I am unsure
F7
But are we all?
many times: Bb Eb F7
Outro chords: Bb Eb F7 F#o Gm Gm/F# Bb/F
How to play Puncture
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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.