Chords for Kae Tempest - Pictures on a Screen (Live on KEXP)
Tempo:
82.7 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
F
Cm
Bb
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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On the second floor of [D] the new build block with the yellow door, next to the boarded
He's watching notches on his clock face, lying
and he's feeling like every single day he's
got a good job.
flat, all mod cons, [Gm] got them wall size windows.
in the big smoke.
simpler
and he's paying his mortgage
He's watching notches on his clock face, lying
and he's feeling like every single day he's
got a good job.
flat, all mod cons, [Gm] got them wall size windows.
in the big smoke.
simpler
and he's paying his mortgage
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Gm
F
Cm
Bb
Am
Gm
F
Cm
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On the second floor of [D] the new build block with the yellow door, next to the boarded
[Gm] up independent record store, Bradley is awake.
He's watching notches on his clock face, lying
there [Dm] thinking his limbs are like fallen buildings and he's feeling like every single day he's
lived is out to kill him.
Now Bradley's got a good job.
He works in PR, he moved south
a few months back.
Top whack flat, all mod cons, [Gm] got them wall size windows.
He's a Manchester
boy done good in the big smoke.
Young professional, [Dm] single, tinder and flings.
Life seems simpler
than it's ever [Gm] been.
He's doing well.
He's living the dream and he's paying his mortgage
off.
Bradley doesn't know why he's not sleeping at night.
[A] He could get up, try and walk it
off, but he's got to get to work in a matter of hours.
Is he awake or asleep?
He can't
tell, he can't [Gm] dream, he can't feel, he can't scream, he just stares at his screen.
It says
4.18 and life's just a thing that he [Bb] does.
Bradley [Dm] rolls over, cold pillow, warm [Bb] body.
At the end [Gm] of his tether, as usual, he breathes softly.
He burrows down deep and he closes
his eyes and he thinks, man, is this really what it means to be alive?
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_ _ [Am] The days go past like pictures on a screen.
Sometimes I feel like my life is someone [Gm] else's
dream.
Most days I'm dazed, walking around, I'm working, talking, perking up, but I always
feel I can't be certain that I've woken up [F] at all.
Is this life?
Will this pass?
This
feeling like I'm looking at the world from behind glass, [D] even when I'm laughing hard
or falling on my, or half plastered before it's even dark or when some hard [Gm] boss to barge
his boss.
When I'm passing my targets at work, I can't shake the [F] feeling that life hasn't
started.
It's worse in the evenings at parties.
I'm standing apart, my heart's [Bm] hard, I can't
hardly be heard.
Still I'm harping on, barking out words.
Is this me?
Is this what I'm doing?
[Cm] I know I exist, but I don't feel a thing.
I'm eclipsed, I'm elsewhere [Bb] and the worst
part is I don't think that I care.
What am I gonna do to wake [Gm] up?
I know it's happening,
but who's it happening to?
Has this happened to you?
[Cm] I know it's happening, but who is
it happening to?
Has it [F] happened to you?
[Bb] I know it's happening, but who's it happening
to?
Has this happened to [Cm] you?
I know it's happening, but who is it happening to?
Has
it happened to you?
I [Gm] try new things.
I shoot films on my phone and I play them back when
I'm alone.
Did that happen?
I walk around trying to understand every sound, trying to
make my feet connect with every inch [Am] of ground.
The sky flattens my cap, battens me down.
[F] Everything's in its category, [Am] package and sell.
Flattering [Gm] girls, battle reality is
battle royale.
Everyone's chattering, nothing is real.
Collect my [F] salary, cooking a meal.
Rice and vegetables I exercise regularly, but how do I feel?
Whistle [D] a melody.
Is this
all that's ahead of me?
I always thought that life would mean more to me.
Eventually [Gm] I hate
to think I'll make it to 70, potentially 75.
[F] Realize I've never been alive.
Spend the
rest of my days regretting, wishing [Gm] I could keep forgetting.
I know it's happening, but
who's it happening to?
Has this happened to you?
[Cm] I know it's happening, but who is it
happening to?
Has it [F] happened to [Bb] you?
I know it's happening, but who's it happening to?
Has this happened to [Cm] you?
I know it's happening, but who is it happening [Dm] to?
[Gm] What am I gonna do to wake up? _ _
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On the second floor of [D] the new build block with the yellow door, next to the boarded
[Gm] up independent record store, Bradley is awake.
He's watching notches on his clock face, lying
there [Dm] thinking his limbs are like fallen buildings and he's feeling like every single day he's
lived is out to kill him.
Now Bradley's got a good job.
He works in PR, he moved south
a few months back.
Top whack flat, all mod cons, [Gm] got them wall size windows.
He's a Manchester
boy done good in the big smoke.
Young professional, [Dm] single, tinder and flings.
Life seems simpler
than it's ever [Gm] been.
He's doing well.
He's living the dream and he's paying his mortgage
off.
Bradley doesn't know why he's not sleeping at night.
[A] He could get up, try and walk it
off, but he's got to get to work in a matter of hours.
Is he awake or asleep?
He can't
tell, he can't [Gm] dream, he can't feel, he can't scream, he just stares at his screen.
It says
4.18 and life's just a thing that he [Bb] does.
Bradley [Dm] rolls over, cold pillow, warm [Bb] body.
At the end [Gm] of his tether, as usual, he breathes softly.
He burrows down deep and he closes
his eyes and he thinks, man, is this really what it means to be alive?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] The days go past like pictures on a screen.
Sometimes I feel like my life is someone [Gm] else's
dream.
Most days I'm dazed, walking around, I'm working, talking, perking up, but I always
feel I can't be certain that I've woken up [F] at all.
Is this life?
Will this pass?
This
feeling like I'm looking at the world from behind glass, [D] even when I'm laughing hard
or falling on my, or half plastered before it's even dark or when some hard [Gm] boss to barge
his boss.
When I'm passing my targets at work, I can't shake the [F] feeling that life hasn't
started.
It's worse in the evenings at parties.
I'm standing apart, my heart's [Bm] hard, I can't
hardly be heard.
Still I'm harping on, barking out words.
Is this me?
Is this what I'm doing?
[Cm] I know I exist, but I don't feel a thing.
I'm eclipsed, I'm elsewhere [Bb] and the worst
part is I don't think that I care.
What am I gonna do to wake [Gm] up?
I know it's happening,
but who's it happening to?
Has this happened to you?
[Cm] I know it's happening, but who is
it happening to?
Has it [F] happened to you?
[Bb] I know it's happening, but who's it happening
to?
Has this happened to [Cm] you?
I know it's happening, but who is it happening to?
Has
it happened to you?
I [Gm] try new things.
I shoot films on my phone and I play them back when
I'm alone.
Did that happen?
I walk around trying to understand every sound, trying to
make my feet connect with every inch [Am] of ground.
The sky flattens my cap, battens me down.
[F] Everything's in its category, [Am] package and sell.
Flattering [Gm] girls, battle reality is
battle royale.
Everyone's chattering, nothing is real.
Collect my [F] salary, cooking a meal.
Rice and vegetables I exercise regularly, but how do I feel?
Whistle [D] a melody.
Is this
all that's ahead of me?
I always thought that life would mean more to me.
Eventually [Gm] I hate
to think I'll make it to 70, potentially 75.
[F] Realize I've never been alive.
Spend the
rest of my days regretting, wishing [Gm] I could keep forgetting.
I know it's happening, but
who's it happening to?
Has this happened to you?
[Cm] I know it's happening, but who is it
happening to?
Has it [F] happened to [Bb] you?
I know it's happening, but who's it happening to?
Has this happened to [Cm] you?
I know it's happening, but who is it happening [Dm] to?
[Gm] What am I gonna do to wake up? _ _
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