Chords for Cage The Elephant - Telescope (Unpeeled) (Live Video)
Tempo:
96.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
Em
G
Dm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [Em]
[G] [C]
[Am] [Em]
[G] [C] In a far and distant galaxy [Am] inside my telescope I see [Em] a pair of eyes peer back at me.
[G] He walks and talks and looks like me.
[C] Sits around inside his house [Am] from the room he moves about.
[Em] Faces life with pointless [G] things and wonders what it's [C] all about.
[Am] [Em]
[G] It's safe to say [C] that I don't think you [Em] understand.
[Dm] Nowhere left to turn.
[G] The walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf in [Em] the wind.
Either [Dm] it's time well spent [G] or time I've wasted.
Don't waste [C] it.
[Am]
[Em] [G]
[C] Afraid of what the truth might [Am] bring he locks his doors and never [Em] leaves.
Desperately looking for [G] signs to terrify to find a thing.
[C] He battens all the hatches [Am] down and wonders why he hears no [Em] sounds.
Frantically searching his dreams he [G] wonders what it's [C] all about.
[Am]
[Em] [G] It's safe to say [C] that I don't think you [Em] understand.
[Dm] Nowhere left to turn.
[G] The walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf [Em] in the wind.
Either [Dm] it's time well spent [G] or time I've wasted.
[C] Hear
[F] [C] [Em] [C]
[Em] [F]
[Dm] [Em] [G]
[C] my mind.
Losing my [Em] breath.
Falling to my face.
Do it [Dm] again.
You say how do [G] you do?
Man how about you?
Man [C] how about you?
To be free.
To [Em] be sold.
To be killed.
To [Dm] be safe.
In my head.
I'm [G] alone.
I'm okay.
I'm [C] ashamed.
Just like you.
I've been [Em] trying to escape.
In my [Dm] bones.
I feel cold.
I can't [G] take.
Through the lurch.
In the [C] streets.
In the streets.
Let me [Em] go.
Let me be.
I don't [Dm] need to be here.
I'm [G] alone.
Can't you see?
Can't you see?
[C] I don't think you understand.
Nowhere [Dm] left to turn.
The [G] walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf in the [Em] wind.
Even if [Dm] time was spent.
Or [G] time I've wasted.
In the woods still.
[C] [B]
[G] [C]
[Am] [Em]
[G] [C] In a far and distant galaxy [Am] inside my telescope I see [Em] a pair of eyes peer back at me.
[G] He walks and talks and looks like me.
[C] Sits around inside his house [Am] from the room he moves about.
[Em] Faces life with pointless [G] things and wonders what it's [C] all about.
[Am] [Em]
[G] It's safe to say [C] that I don't think you [Em] understand.
[Dm] Nowhere left to turn.
[G] The walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf in [Em] the wind.
Either [Dm] it's time well spent [G] or time I've wasted.
Don't waste [C] it.
[Am]
[Em] [G]
[C] Afraid of what the truth might [Am] bring he locks his doors and never [Em] leaves.
Desperately looking for [G] signs to terrify to find a thing.
[C] He battens all the hatches [Am] down and wonders why he hears no [Em] sounds.
Frantically searching his dreams he [G] wonders what it's [C] all about.
[Am]
[Em] [G] It's safe to say [C] that I don't think you [Em] understand.
[Dm] Nowhere left to turn.
[G] The walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf [Em] in the wind.
Either [Dm] it's time well spent [G] or time I've wasted.
[C] Hear
[F] [C] [Em] [C]
[Em] [F]
[Dm] [Em] [G]
[C] my mind.
Losing my [Em] breath.
Falling to my face.
Do it [Dm] again.
You say how do [G] you do?
Man how about you?
Man [C] how about you?
To be free.
To [Em] be sold.
To be killed.
To [Dm] be safe.
In my head.
I'm [G] alone.
I'm okay.
I'm [C] ashamed.
Just like you.
I've been [Em] trying to escape.
In my [Dm] bones.
I feel cold.
I can't [G] take.
Through the lurch.
In the [C] streets.
In the streets.
Let me [Em] go.
Let me be.
I don't [Dm] need to be here.
I'm [G] alone.
Can't you see?
Can't you see?
[C] I don't think you understand.
Nowhere [Dm] left to turn.
The [G] walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf in the [Em] wind.
Even if [Dm] time was spent.
Or [G] time I've wasted.
In the woods still.
[C] [B]
Key:
C
Em
G
Dm
Am
C
Em
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] In a far and distant galaxy [Am] inside my telescope I see [Em] a pair of eyes peer back at me.
[G] He walks and talks and looks like me.
[C] Sits around inside his house [Am] from the room he moves about.
[Em] Faces life with pointless [G] things and wonders what it's [C] all about.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] It's safe to say [C] that I don't think you [Em] understand.
_ _ [Dm] Nowhere left to turn.
[G] The walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf in [Em] the wind.
_ Either [Dm] it's time well spent [G] or time I've wasted.
Don't waste [C] it.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] Afraid of what the truth might [Am] bring he locks his doors and never [Em] leaves.
Desperately looking for [G] signs to terrify to find a thing.
[C] He battens all the hatches [Am] down and wonders why he hears no [Em] sounds.
Frantically searching his dreams he [G] wonders what it's [C] all about.
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] It's safe to say [C] that I don't think you [Em] understand.
_ [Dm] Nowhere left to turn.
[G] The walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf [Em] in the wind.
Either [Dm] it's time well spent [G] or time I've wasted.
[C] Hear _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] my mind.
Losing my [Em] breath.
Falling to my face.
Do it [Dm] again.
You say how do [G] you do?
Man how about you?
Man [C] how about you?
To be free.
To [Em] be sold.
To be killed.
To [Dm] be safe.
In my head.
I'm [G] alone.
I'm okay.
I'm [C] ashamed.
Just like you.
I've been [Em] trying to escape.
In my [Dm] bones.
I feel cold.
I can't [G] take.
Through the lurch.
In the [C] streets.
In the streets.
Let me [Em] go.
Let me be.
I don't [Dm] need to be here.
I'm [G] alone.
Can't you see?
Can't you see?
[C] I don't think you understand.
_ Nowhere _ [Dm] left to turn.
The [G] walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf in the [Em] wind.
Even if [Dm] time was spent.
Or [G] time I've wasted. _ _
_ _ _ _ In the woods still.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] In a far and distant galaxy [Am] inside my telescope I see [Em] a pair of eyes peer back at me.
[G] He walks and talks and looks like me.
[C] Sits around inside his house [Am] from the room he moves about.
[Em] Faces life with pointless [G] things and wonders what it's [C] all about.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] It's safe to say [C] that I don't think you [Em] understand.
_ _ [Dm] Nowhere left to turn.
[G] The walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf in [Em] the wind.
_ Either [Dm] it's time well spent [G] or time I've wasted.
Don't waste [C] it.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] Afraid of what the truth might [Am] bring he locks his doors and never [Em] leaves.
Desperately looking for [G] signs to terrify to find a thing.
[C] He battens all the hatches [Am] down and wonders why he hears no [Em] sounds.
Frantically searching his dreams he [G] wonders what it's [C] all about.
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] It's safe to say [C] that I don't think you [Em] understand.
_ [Dm] Nowhere left to turn.
[G] The walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf [Em] in the wind.
Either [Dm] it's time well spent [G] or time I've wasted.
[C] Hear _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] my mind.
Losing my [Em] breath.
Falling to my face.
Do it [Dm] again.
You say how do [G] you do?
Man how about you?
Man [C] how about you?
To be free.
To [Em] be sold.
To be killed.
To [Dm] be safe.
In my head.
I'm [G] alone.
I'm okay.
I'm [C] ashamed.
Just like you.
I've been [Em] trying to escape.
In my [Dm] bones.
I feel cold.
I can't [G] take.
Through the lurch.
In the [C] streets.
In the streets.
Let me [Em] go.
Let me be.
I don't [Dm] need to be here.
I'm [G] alone.
Can't you see?
Can't you see?
[C] I don't think you understand.
_ Nowhere _ [Dm] left to turn.
The [G] walls keep breaking.
[C] Time is like a leaf in the [Em] wind.
Even if [Dm] time was spent.
Or [G] time I've wasted. _ _
_ _ _ _ In the woods still.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _