Chords for Sam Roberts - The Gate (Closed Captioned, Radio Edit)
Tempo:
75.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
E
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [Fm] [G]
[Gm] [C]
[E] [C] [G]
I traveled time and space in quicksand, and for sixty days I knew no other road.
Through the mess of the turning time with the kick-draw, I was swallowed and twisted
and spit out all the coals.
And in this place, this ends the game that leads to the heart of the city.
And I spent seven years, a sea of years, in this broken mirror of a city.
[F]
Listen to the [C] streets, they're loud, [G] listen to the streets.
The streets run loud, well I can see it in my mind's eye,
yeah I remember feeling alright.
And I saw black clouds, the touring trials, and the smell of old faith and empire.
It's all concrete and steel, we're asleep at the wheel, but the reds is a gunfire.
[F] Listen to the [C] streets, there's a heart beating, [G] it's a jitter skidder.
[F] Listen to the [C] sounds of the time, I'm [G] walking in the city.
[C]
[G] I've heard the sound of morning songs, I thought the gate is [C] everything.
The [G] streetlight has said to me, she has no need for history.
[C] She has the key, she [G] has the key.
It's sweet sunlight, well I can see it in my mind's [C] eye.
[G]
Wake me up from a dream, where I was a star,
and you were the street, and told me to see,
is it all that you need, or is all that you're dead?
[F] Listen to the streets, [C] there's a heart beating, it's [G] a jitter skidder.
[F] Listen [C] to the sounds of the time, I'm [G] walking in the city.
[Gm] [G]
[C] Get in the car, [G] said I'd like to live a life of disaster,
and I'm a visitor here, so I asked her,
[C] and [G]
she said, free yourself from [C] history.
That is the key, that [G] is the key.
Sweet sunlight, well I can see it in my mind's [C] eye.
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] Can you feel [C] it?
There's a heart beating, [G] listen to the city.
[C] There's a heart beating, [G] listen to the city.
[C] Well, the fact that [G] it's such a pity,
[C] there's a heart beating, [G] listen, the gate is [C] gone.
So you better run, [G] you better run, run, [C] run, run.
[G] You better run, run, [C] run, run.
[G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
[N]
[Gm] [C]
[E] [C] [G]
I traveled time and space in quicksand, and for sixty days I knew no other road.
Through the mess of the turning time with the kick-draw, I was swallowed and twisted
and spit out all the coals.
And in this place, this ends the game that leads to the heart of the city.
And I spent seven years, a sea of years, in this broken mirror of a city.
[F]
Listen to the [C] streets, they're loud, [G] listen to the streets.
The streets run loud, well I can see it in my mind's eye,
yeah I remember feeling alright.
And I saw black clouds, the touring trials, and the smell of old faith and empire.
It's all concrete and steel, we're asleep at the wheel, but the reds is a gunfire.
[F] Listen to the [C] streets, there's a heart beating, [G] it's a jitter skidder.
[F] Listen to the [C] sounds of the time, I'm [G] walking in the city.
[C]
[G] I've heard the sound of morning songs, I thought the gate is [C] everything.
The [G] streetlight has said to me, she has no need for history.
[C] She has the key, she [G] has the key.
It's sweet sunlight, well I can see it in my mind's [C] eye.
[G]
Wake me up from a dream, where I was a star,
and you were the street, and told me to see,
is it all that you need, or is all that you're dead?
[F] Listen to the streets, [C] there's a heart beating, it's [G] a jitter skidder.
[F] Listen [C] to the sounds of the time, I'm [G] walking in the city.
[Gm] [G]
[C] Get in the car, [G] said I'd like to live a life of disaster,
and I'm a visitor here, so I asked her,
[C] and [G]
she said, free yourself from [C] history.
That is the key, that [G] is the key.
Sweet sunlight, well I can see it in my mind's [C] eye.
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] Can you feel [C] it?
There's a heart beating, [G] listen to the city.
[C] There's a heart beating, [G] listen to the city.
[C] Well, the fact that [G] it's such a pity,
[C] there's a heart beating, [G] listen, the gate is [C] gone.
So you better run, [G] you better run, run, [C] run, run.
[G] You better run, run, [C] run, run.
[G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
[N]
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
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I traveled time and space in _ quicksand, and for sixty days I knew no other road. _ _
Through the mess of the turning time with the kick-draw, I was swallowed and twisted
and spit out all the coals.
And in this place, this ends the game that leads to the heart of the city.
And I spent seven years, a sea of years, in this broken mirror of a city.
[F]
Listen to the [C] streets, they're loud, [G] listen to the streets.
The streets run loud, well I can see it in my mind's eye,
yeah I remember feeling alright.
_ _ And I saw black clouds, the touring trials, and the smell of old faith and empire.
It's all concrete and steel, we're asleep at the wheel, but the reds is a gunfire.
[F] Listen to the [C] streets, there's a heart beating, [G] it's a jitter skidder.
_ [F] Listen to the [C] sounds of the time, I'm [G] walking in the city.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] I've heard the sound of morning songs, I thought the gate is [C] everything.
The _ [G] _ streetlight has said to me, she has no need for history.
[C] She has the key, she [G] has the key.
It's sweet sunlight, well I can see it in my mind's [C] eye.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Wake me up from a dream, where I was a star,
and you were the street, and told me to see,
is it all that you need, or is all that you're dead?
_ _ _ _ [F] Listen to the streets, [C] there's a heart beating, it's [G] a jitter skidder.
_ _ [F] Listen [C] to the sounds of the time, I'm [G] walking in the city.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] Get in the car, [G] said I'd like to live a life of disaster,
and I'm a visitor here, so I asked her,
[C] and _ [G] _
_ she said, free yourself from [C] history.
That is the key, that [G] is the key.
Sweet sunlight, well I can see it in my mind's [C] eye.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] Can you feel [C] it?
There's a heart beating, [G] listen to the city.
[C] There's a heart beating, [G] listen to the city.
[C] Well, the fact that [G] it's such a pity,
[C] there's a heart beating, [G] listen, the gate is [C] gone.
So you better run, [G] you better run, run, [C] run, run.
[G] You better run, run, [C] run, run.
[G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
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I traveled time and space in _ quicksand, and for sixty days I knew no other road. _ _
Through the mess of the turning time with the kick-draw, I was swallowed and twisted
and spit out all the coals.
And in this place, this ends the game that leads to the heart of the city.
And I spent seven years, a sea of years, in this broken mirror of a city.
[F]
Listen to the [C] streets, they're loud, [G] listen to the streets.
The streets run loud, well I can see it in my mind's eye,
yeah I remember feeling alright.
_ _ And I saw black clouds, the touring trials, and the smell of old faith and empire.
It's all concrete and steel, we're asleep at the wheel, but the reds is a gunfire.
[F] Listen to the [C] streets, there's a heart beating, [G] it's a jitter skidder.
_ [F] Listen to the [C] sounds of the time, I'm [G] walking in the city.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] I've heard the sound of morning songs, I thought the gate is [C] everything.
The _ [G] _ streetlight has said to me, she has no need for history.
[C] She has the key, she [G] has the key.
It's sweet sunlight, well I can see it in my mind's [C] eye.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Wake me up from a dream, where I was a star,
and you were the street, and told me to see,
is it all that you need, or is all that you're dead?
_ _ _ _ [F] Listen to the streets, [C] there's a heart beating, it's [G] a jitter skidder.
_ _ [F] Listen [C] to the sounds of the time, I'm [G] walking in the city.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] Get in the car, [G] said I'd like to live a life of disaster,
and I'm a visitor here, so I asked her,
[C] and _ [G] _
_ she said, free yourself from [C] history.
That is the key, that [G] is the key.
Sweet sunlight, well I can see it in my mind's [C] eye.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] Can you feel [C] it?
There's a heart beating, [G] listen to the city.
[C] There's a heart beating, [G] listen to the city.
[C] Well, the fact that [G] it's such a pity,
[C] there's a heart beating, [G] listen, the gate is [C] gone.
So you better run, [G] you better run, run, [C] run, run.
[G] You better run, run, [C] run, run.
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