The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: G#mCapotraste: Sem capotraste
This song is kind of scuffed if played with chords alone, so I'd recommend playing these
on top of the tab.
G#m7 = e a d g b e
4 6 4 4 4 4
G#m7/D# = e a d g b e
x 6 4 4 4 4
[Intro]
G#m G#m G#m G#m
B B B B
G#m G#m G#m G#m
B B B B
E E F# G#m
F# F# G#m G#m7
E E G#m G#m7
F# F# G#m G#m7
G#m7/D# G#m7/D#
[Verse 1]
G#m G#m G#m G#m
I grabbed hold of her wrist and my hand closed from tip to tip
B B B B
I said, "You've taken the diet too far, you have got to let it slip"
G#m G#m G#m G#m
But she's not eating again, she's not eating again
B B B B
She's not eating again, she's not eating again
E E F# G#m
I ask her to speak French and then I need her to translate
F# F# G#m G#m7
I get the feeling she makes the meaning more significant
E E G#m G#m7
She was always far too pretty for me to believe in a single
F# F# G#m G#m7
Word she said, believe a word she said
G#m7/D# 4x
G#m G#m G#m G#m
At fourteen, her mother died in a routine operation
B B B B
From an allergic reaction to a general anaesthetic
G#m G#m G#m G#m
Spent the rest of her teens experimenting with prescriptions
B B B B
In a futile attempt to know more than the doctors
E E F# G#m
She said one day to leave her, sand up to her -
F# F# G#m G#m7
shoulders, Waiting for the -
E E G#m G#m7
tide, To drag her to the ocean, to another -
F# F# G#m G#m7
sea's shore; This thing hurts like -
G#m7/D# G#m7/D# G#m7/D# G#m7/D#
hell, But what did you -
[Chorus]
C#m C#m E
expect? And all you can hear
E
Is the sound of your own heart
C#m C#m
And all you can feel
E F#
Is your lungs flood and the blood course
C#m C#m
But, oh, I can see
E E
Five-hundred years dead set ahead of me
C#m C#m
Five-hundred behind
E E
A thousand years in perfect symmetry
[Verse 2]
G#m G#m G#m G#m
B B B B
G#m G#m G#m G#m
B B B B
E E F# G#m
Best known left wrist, right finger through all the Southern states
F# F# G#m G#m7
On every video games machine, they call her triple-A
E E G#m G#m7
There were racists on the radio, trying to give up smoking
F# F#
The chat show host, he joked
G#m G#m7
"You have to wait for the government program"
G#m7/D# G#m7/D#
You talk about your politics
G#m7/D# G#m7/D#
And I wonder if you could be one of them
G#m G#m
But you could never kiss a Tory boy
G#m G#m
Without wanting to cut off your tongue again
B B
A good place to look to the future
B B
Is when you are sat at the sea
G#m G#m
With the salt up to your ankles
G#m G#m
And a view of the end of the pier
B B
You may look down at your model's feet
B B
And wish that you’d just float away
E E
And the weather here is overcast
F# G#m
And the sea is the same shade of grey
F# F#
So the landscape before you
G#m G#m7
Looks just like the edge of the world
E E
But to the left side and the right side
G#m G#m
Either way is a crazy golf course
F# F# G#m G#m7
The sea is a good place
G#m7/D# G#m7/D#
To think of,
G#m7/D# G#m7/D#
to think about the future
[Chorus]
C#m C#m E
And all you can hear
E
Is the sound of your own heart
C#m C#m
And all you can feel
E F#
Is your lungs flood and the blood course
C#m C#m
But, oh, I can see
E E
Five-hundred years dead set ahead of me
C#m C#m
Five-hundred behind
E E
A thousand years in perfect symmetry
C#m C#m
A thousand years, no getting rid of me
E E
A thousand years in perfect symmetry
E
How to play The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future
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 E. 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.