Chords for Martin Phillipps - Submarine Bells - Interview and Performance, November 1997
Tempo:
96.95 bpm
Chords used:
B
A
E
C#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C#] The Submarine Bells was written at a time
of towards the end of a four-year [G] important relationship.
time that [E] there was kind of a path
[G] gonna destroy the relationship or contribute to it.
partner
and
And that's exactly what happened, [G] really.
prophecy or whatever, I'm not quite [B] sure.
of towards the end of a four-year [G] important relationship.
time that [E] there was kind of a path
[G] gonna destroy the relationship or contribute to it.
partner
and
And that's exactly what happened, [G] really.
prophecy or whatever, I'm not quite [B] sure.
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C#m
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_ [C#] The Submarine Bells was written at a time_
_it
was kind of towards the end of a four-year [G] important relationship.
I guess I knew at the time that [E] there was kind of a path_
_I
needed to follow with my own music_
_but
it was [G] gonna destroy the relationship or contribute to it.
And the song is kind of saying to my _ partner_
_"I
[G#] can see the sort of hidden depths inside you_
_and
I know how strong our love is, but it's not gonna last."
And _ that's exactly what happened, [G] really.
Whether it was self-fulfilling prophecy or whatever, I'm not quite [B] sure.
[E] I can [B] watch [A] in wonder_
_as
[E] your gaze shifts [B] past [A] my shoulder_
_just
a glimpsed [B] abyss that [A] flashes at me
[C#m] I know deep [C#] down hidden in submarine [A] _
[B] bells chime
_ [C#m] Golden groaning, sunlit toning, [A] submerged sound [B] so _ [E] prime
Since the weakest [B] _ [A] currents bruise it
_ [E] _ [B] Someday I [A] may lose this
_ [E] _ [B] Immersed in words [A] and miss you
_ [F#m] Yes, I'll [B] always goodbye
_ _ _ The lyrics, they're [F#m] quite unlike _ the [G#m] kind of stuff I usually write.
And that I think they were [A] sort of a bunch of symbols that [B] really sort of worked.
They kind of summed up what I was [G#] feeling_
_without
really having to express it too definitively_
_or
try to be the thing, you know, the wrong thing to do.
It kind [C#] of_
In a way, maybe it's cheating.
I don't know, because it's not really writing about what you're feeling.
But it's just like saying, well, it kind of conjures up these kind of images_
_you
know, in the sense of like a huge [C] bell swinging underneath the sea_
_miles
down [E] on its own.
And just by describing these things, you know_
_all
of a sudden you've got this bit of [G#m] poetry_
_without
actually having to sort of really, you know, say, I feel this.
So it's quite an easy way of, [C] I guess, [F#] always like keeping it a bit distant too.
[B] I slice the surface [A] here beside you
[E] Lungs [B] filled liquid, [A] yeah, I love [E] you
Sound [B] moves [A] further, humble _ [B] mortal
_ [C#m] Deep and dark, [C#] my submarine
[C#m] Bells blow [A] in greens [B] and grey
_ Mine would [A] chime [B] a thousand times to hit you [A] Feel [B] okay _ _
Okay
_ _ _ Okay _
_ _ [E] Okay _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_it
was kind of towards the end of a four-year [G] important relationship.
I guess I knew at the time that [E] there was kind of a path_
_I
needed to follow with my own music_
_but
it was [G] gonna destroy the relationship or contribute to it.
And the song is kind of saying to my _ partner_
_"I
[G#] can see the sort of hidden depths inside you_
_and
I know how strong our love is, but it's not gonna last."
And _ that's exactly what happened, [G] really.
Whether it was self-fulfilling prophecy or whatever, I'm not quite [B] sure.
[E] I can [B] watch [A] in wonder_
_as
[E] your gaze shifts [B] past [A] my shoulder_
_just
a glimpsed [B] abyss that [A] flashes at me
[C#m] I know deep [C#] down hidden in submarine [A] _
[B] bells chime
_ [C#m] Golden groaning, sunlit toning, [A] submerged sound [B] so _ [E] prime
Since the weakest [B] _ [A] currents bruise it
_ [E] _ [B] Someday I [A] may lose this
_ [E] _ [B] Immersed in words [A] and miss you
_ [F#m] Yes, I'll [B] always goodbye
_ _ _ The lyrics, they're [F#m] quite unlike _ the [G#m] kind of stuff I usually write.
And that I think they were [A] sort of a bunch of symbols that [B] really sort of worked.
They kind of summed up what I was [G#] feeling_
_without
really having to express it too definitively_
_or
try to be the thing, you know, the wrong thing to do.
It kind [C#] of_
In a way, maybe it's cheating.
I don't know, because it's not really writing about what you're feeling.
But it's just like saying, well, it kind of conjures up these kind of images_
_you
know, in the sense of like a huge [C] bell swinging underneath the sea_
_miles
down [E] on its own.
And just by describing these things, you know_
_all
of a sudden you've got this bit of [G#m] poetry_
_without
actually having to sort of really, you know, say, I feel this.
So it's quite an easy way of, [C] I guess, [F#] always like keeping it a bit distant too.
[B] I slice the surface [A] here beside you
[E] Lungs [B] filled liquid, [A] yeah, I love [E] you
Sound [B] moves [A] further, humble _ [B] mortal
_ [C#m] Deep and dark, [C#] my submarine
[C#m] Bells blow [A] in greens [B] and grey
_ Mine would [A] chime [B] a thousand times to hit you [A] Feel [B] okay _ _
Okay
_ _ _ Okay _
_ _ [E] Okay _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _