Chords for How To Explain - The Cat Empire

Tempo:
132.75 bpm
Chords used:

Gm

A

Dm

C

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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How To Explain - The Cat Empire chords
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[E]
[E] [F]
[Gb] [Bbm]
[B]
[Gm]
[C] [Bb] When [A] a room becomes an altar, and what peace that must exist,
It flies with music from our lips, and steals [Dm] our kiss,
And blows it out into [A] the mist, Where castles stand on cliffs and cobbled streets,
They wind and drift, and moves are made of separate sheets,
[Dm] This place where [Bb] skies are low and [A] birds are good,
We went to sleep in day, and woke again the same day,
[Gm] We have made the trip to time, I [Dm] won't find the hours,
That the clocks cannot [A] define,
Now as I looked up from that stage, I felt a thing that [Gm] had been made,
And how it raged, [Bb] and how it raged,
[C] How to [Gm] explain, something makes me howl and [C] shiver to the core,
[F] Oh outside if it was raining, [Gm] and then inside there'd be [C] a storm,
We've [Dm] got our pair of hands for climbing, and our pair of knees [C] to spring,
And [Dm] our pair of balls for strength, and [Gm] our pair of legs [C] to sing,
And [F] these simple chords, that [Gm] say music is [Bb] the language of our soul,
[Dm]
[A] [Gm] [Dm] [Gm]
[A] [Gm] [Dm] [Gm]
[A] [Gm] [Dm]
[A] I [Bb] do write [A] these songs, it's to be written,
Oh that chorus always knows what [Gm] is in store,
And what is more, the [Dm] thing that sings us, [Bb] is the thing that [A] makes us roar,
I felt the beast kiss on my neck, we clapped our hands and heard them [D] spread,
There was a trumpet and [Dm] a call, I felt [Bb] like a Spaniard scream for more,
[A] Music is the language of our soul, music is the language of our soul,
Music is the language of our soul, music [G] is the language of our soul,
[Dm] [Gm]
[Dm] [A]
[Gm] [Dm] [Gm] [A]
[Dm] [Gm] [A]
[D] [Gm]
[A]
[Gm] [Dm] [Gm]
[Dm] [Gm] [A]
[Gm] I [A] [Dm] [Gm]
[A] [Gm]
[A] [Dm] [E]
[A] find [Gm] it hard to speak emotional, [C] cause these things are the things that [F] can't be said,
And when it's struck it [Gm] strikes a memory from our [C] heads,
[F] Once I wrote to place to be immortal for a night,
[Dm] And despite the unknown hours, something [Gm] happens when the light turns [F] out the light,
Then we fade and [Gm] yawn to music, that's the language [C] of our soul,
[Bb] [D]
[C] [G]
[F] [D] [C]
[A] [F]
[Bbm] [Dm] [C]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [C] [D]
[E] [F] [Bb]
[D] [C] [Ab] [G]
Key:  
Gm
123111113
A
1231
Dm
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
Gm
123111113
A
1231
Dm
2311
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] When [A] a room becomes an altar, and what peace that must exist,
It flies with music from our lips, and steals [Dm] our kiss,
And blows it out into [A] the mist, Where castles stand on cliffs and cobbled streets,
They wind and drift, and moves are made of separate sheets,
[Dm] This place where [Bb] skies are low and [A] birds are good,
We went to sleep in day, and woke again the same day,
[Gm] We have made the trip to time, I [Dm] won't find the hours,
That the clocks cannot [A] define,
Now as I looked up from that stage, I felt a thing that [Gm] had been made,
And how it raged, [Bb] and how it raged,
[C] How to [Gm] explain, something makes me howl and [C] shiver to the core,
[F] Oh outside if it was raining, [Gm] and then inside there'd be [C] a storm,
We've [Dm] got our pair of hands for climbing, and our pair of knees [C] to spring,
And [Dm] our pair of balls for strength, and [Gm] our pair of legs [C] to sing,
And [F] these simple chords, that [Gm] say music is [Bb] the language of our soul,
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ I [Bb] do write [A] these songs, it's to be written,
Oh that chorus always knows what [Gm] is in store,
And what is more, the [Dm] thing that sings us, [Bb] is the thing that [A] makes us roar,
I felt the beast kiss on my neck, we clapped our hands and heard them [D] spread,
There was a trumpet and [Dm] a call, I felt [Bb] like a Spaniard scream for more,
[A] Music is the language of our soul, music is the language of our soul,
Music is the language of our soul, music [G] is the language of our soul, _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ I [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ find [Gm] it hard to speak emotional, [C] cause these things are the things that [F] can't be said,
And when it's struck it [Gm] strikes a memory from our [C] heads,
[F] Once I wrote to place to be immortal for a night,
[Dm] And despite the unknown hours, something [Gm] happens when the light turns [F] out the light,
Then we fade and [Gm] yawn to music, that's the language [C] of our soul, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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