Speedhoven
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F#m E D A
Welcome to this wonderworld
E A
Everybody take your sledges
F#m E D A
Winterland Plutocracy
E A
Down the slope don't fear the hedges
A C G
Everybody in their box
F G
Waiting under rights of action
A C G
Raise your heads and hold your breath
F G
I can't stand your putrefaction
A C G
I can smell your brain decay
F G
As you look down at the stage and
A C G
Drive me mad and then insane
Am C G Am
Welcome to the show
F#m
You've been waiting for the one
D A E
To bring you joy and ecstasy
F#m
And you've been waiting for a song
D A E
And you demand to feel the tragedy
A E F#m
But when it's right out of control
D
And it's not your song anymore
A
And you are ready to forget
E
The truth that you'd been asking for
F#m D
I'm not afraid to sacrifice
E
And I don't care bout your advice
Bm B
As I spread my wings and fly
A C#m A
No love - it's pain you've come to feed
E B
In mental strain I crawl and bleed
You make me please
Am G C
Forever roaming
G Am
You will hear it scream
F G
The cries of Speedhoven
Am G C
Forever roaming
G Am
Every starless night
E
You will hear the cries
F#m
You'll never get:
A D E
I'll never be the one that you want me to be
F#m D
And all the treasures that you hold
E
All your diamond rings and gold
All your flake and look and tongue
A E F#m
I have tried and it was wrong
D F#m
You tried to push me up a notch
D E
But all I made was an itchy crotch
Fornication, ass galore
A E F#m
I wanted love and I want more
D F#m
Muckrakers waiting for the prey
D E
Muckrakers want me to obey
But you will never own me
B
Though you pay
A C#m
This opera is haunted they will say
A C#m B
That's where they've driven the light insane
Am G C
Forever roaming
G Am
You will hear it scream
F G
The cries of Speedhoven
Am G C
Forever roaming
G Am
Every starless night
E
You will hear the cries
Am G C
Forever roaming
G Am
You will hear it scream
F G
The cries of Speedhoven
Am G C G F
Forever you'll hear it scream
Am E
La-la-la-la...
A D A E
F#m D
In a cold winter night I had a vision
A
Taking me by my hand
E
Leading me to the door
F#m
To rescue me from the wastelands
C#m D
The glance of the shining ivories
A
A world that they can't understand
E
Out of sound, out of reason
F#m
The voice of their laughter was gone
D A
Taken away, time for a change
E
I'm walking over
F#m D
Flying away, flying away
A
Dying into another world
E
Pure and divine
F#m
And the laughter dies
F#m E F#m E
D A E
F#m E F#m E
D A E
F#m D A E
F#m E D A
Welcome to this wonderworld
E A
Everybody take your sledges
F#m E D A
Winterland Plutocracy
E A
Down the slope don't fear the hedges
Am G C
Forever roaming
G Am
You will hear it scream
F G
The cries of Speedhoven
Am G C
Forever roaming
G Am
Every starless night
E
You will hear the cries
Am G C
Forever roaming
G Am
You will hear it scream
F G
The cries of Speedhoven
Am G C G F
Forever you'll hear it scream
Am E
La-la-la-la...
F#m E F#m E
D A E
F#m
How to play Speedhoven
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 F#m. 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.