Red Shift
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Intro: Em
Once all the stars in the sky were bright, now they're red and fading
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Em
and all the colours we wore, the shades that we bore have moved
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G F Em
And the gold turns to red with no time for changes?
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Em
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Em
Red
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D
Shift,
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D
it's moving away
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Em
from me.
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Em
Red
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D
Shift,
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Bm Am
all moving away from
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Em
me.
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Once, constellations were holy, now darkness
pervades all the older ones
and in the brunt of implosion, all yesterday's golden
now reddened suns
and hope is a word with no space for blame in.
Red Shift, displaced now in time and relativity,
Red Shift, all moving away from we.
(Improvisation)
Em F#m G
So here I am, though I might well be with me,
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I'm fall - ing down deep to the rim of the wheel.
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Em F#m G
Is it sham? Does the world have a mean - ing?
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The more that we know, the grea ter con fus ion grows:stars are like a-
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toms and a- toms are patterns and pro ba bly in the end may be
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its all been a dream ...etc.
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Time locked in negative matter
all theories shatter beneath the weight
Happy is the man who believes that the world
is a dream and all reason, fate
And time moves on with no time
the eye moves on with no rhyme
and I'm a song in the depth of the galaxies
Red Shift is taking away my sanit
Red Shift, all moving away from w
How to play Red Shift
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Em. 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.