Chords for Talking Heads - Lifetime Piling up (music video)
Tempo:
134.6 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
Dm
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] I [G] [F#]
[G] [E]
[Am] [A]
[Am] have tried number one, I get nervous [E] every time
[A] [G] They will come a [A]-knockin' at the [Am] door
Why is everybody [Em] lookin' at me?
[A] [G] I don't want to [A]
know
Excuse and pardon me, [G] stayin' [A] for a while
[G] Maybe [Am]
we'll never meet [G] again
[A]
I can see my [Dm] lifetime [G]
pilin' up
[Am] I can see the days [Dm] turnin' into nights
I can see [Am] the people [A] [G] on the streets
[Am] Openin' those [Dm] windows [G] up
A hundred floors [Am] below me, pilin' [Dm] those [Em] houses up
[Am] Flyin' up high
[Dm] I [G]
[Am] can feel them [Dm] swayin' [Em] back and forth
Buildin' [Am] it [Dm] high
[G]
That was leanin' over
[A]
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
I [G] got bad coordination, [E] stuck a pencil in my eye
[G] I can hardly [A] wait to get back home
Why is everybody [E] gettin' paranoid?
[A] I'm gonna [G] have [Am] a son
[A] Scumbag, [E] thanks for the love
[G] I'm [A] gonna be your niece
I'll [Am] make a [E] bet you're [G] both the same
[Am]
I can see my lifetime [G] pilin' [E] up
Rangin' [Am] from my [F] bedroom to the [Dm] stars
I can [Am] see the house where [G] I was born
And when I [Am] was [Dm] growin' [G] up
They said that I could [Am] never keep my [Em] childhood up
[Am] I remember days [Dm] and crazy nights
[Am] Are there any [Dm] pirates on [Em] the ship?
And if they [Dm] sober [G] up
They'll have us home by morning
[Am] [E]
[Am] [G] [Fm]
[G] [E]
[D] Crack, crack, crack
[Dm]
It's just [Am] you and I
Like in a [F#] horror movie
[E]
[Am]
[Dm]
[C]
[F#] Exit machine
[E] The passengers scream, scream, scream
I can [Am] see my [G] lifetime pilin' up
[D] I can [Am] see it [Dm] smashin' into [G] [F]
yours
It was [Am] not an [Dm] accident
[G] That I'm hopin' [Am] for a [Dm] window
[G] I hear you laughin'
[Am] Goin' one, [Dm] two, three, [Em] four, five
[Am] Goin' from the [Dm] bottom to [G] the top
[Am] Maybe I'm [Dm] holdin' on [G] too tight
[Am] And now I'm [Dm] thrown off
[G]
[Am] Feelin' pilin' [Dm] those [G] houses up
Pilin' [Am] them high, [Dm] [G] high
Buildin' [Am] that highway [Dm] [G] through the stars
Turnin' [Am] the music [Dm] up
[G] [Am] [N]
[G] [E]
[Am] [A]
[Am] have tried number one, I get nervous [E] every time
[A] [G] They will come a [A]-knockin' at the [Am] door
Why is everybody [Em] lookin' at me?
[A] [G] I don't want to [A]
know
Excuse and pardon me, [G] stayin' [A] for a while
[G] Maybe [Am]
we'll never meet [G] again
[A]
I can see my [Dm] lifetime [G]
pilin' up
[Am] I can see the days [Dm] turnin' into nights
I can see [Am] the people [A] [G] on the streets
[Am] Openin' those [Dm] windows [G] up
A hundred floors [Am] below me, pilin' [Dm] those [Em] houses up
[Am] Flyin' up high
[Dm] I [G]
[Am] can feel them [Dm] swayin' [Em] back and forth
Buildin' [Am] it [Dm] high
[G]
That was leanin' over
[A]
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
I [G] got bad coordination, [E] stuck a pencil in my eye
[G] I can hardly [A] wait to get back home
Why is everybody [E] gettin' paranoid?
[A] I'm gonna [G] have [Am] a son
[A] Scumbag, [E] thanks for the love
[G] I'm [A] gonna be your niece
I'll [Am] make a [E] bet you're [G] both the same
[Am]
I can see my lifetime [G] pilin' [E] up
Rangin' [Am] from my [F] bedroom to the [Dm] stars
I can [Am] see the house where [G] I was born
And when I [Am] was [Dm] growin' [G] up
They said that I could [Am] never keep my [Em] childhood up
[Am] I remember days [Dm] and crazy nights
[Am] Are there any [Dm] pirates on [Em] the ship?
And if they [Dm] sober [G] up
They'll have us home by morning
[Am] [E]
[Am] [G] [Fm]
[G] [E]
[D] Crack, crack, crack
[Dm]
It's just [Am] you and I
Like in a [F#] horror movie
[E]
[Am]
[Dm]
[C]
[F#] Exit machine
[E] The passengers scream, scream, scream
I can [Am] see my [G] lifetime pilin' up
[D] I can [Am] see it [Dm] smashin' into [G] [F]
yours
It was [Am] not an [Dm] accident
[G] That I'm hopin' [Am] for a [Dm] window
[G] I hear you laughin'
[Am] Goin' one, [Dm] two, three, [Em] four, five
[Am] Goin' from the [Dm] bottom to [G] the top
[Am] Maybe I'm [Dm] holdin' on [G] too tight
[Am] And now I'm [Dm] thrown off
[G]
[Am] Feelin' pilin' [Dm] those [G] houses up
Pilin' [Am] them high, [Dm] [G] high
Buildin' [Am] that highway [Dm] [G] through the stars
Turnin' [Am] the music [Dm] up
[G] [Am] [N]
Key:
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_ _ [E] I _ [G] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] have tried number one, I get nervous [E] every time
[A] [G] They will come a [A]-knockin' at the [Am] door
_ Why is everybody [Em] lookin' at me?
_ [A] [G] I don't want to [A]
know
_ _ _ _ Excuse and pardon me, _ [G] stayin' [A] for a while
_ _ [G] Maybe [Am]
we'll never _ meet [G] again
[A] _
_ I can see my [Dm] lifetime [G]
pilin' up
[Am] I can see the days [Dm] turnin' into nights
I can see [Am] the people [A] [G] on the streets
_ [Am] Openin' those [Dm] windows [G] up
A hundred floors [Am] below me, pilin' [Dm] those [Em] houses up
[Am] _ Flyin' up high
[Dm] I [G] _
_ _ [Am] can feel them [Dm] swayin' [Em] back and forth
_ Buildin' [Am] it [Dm] high
_ [G] _
That was leanin' over
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ I [G] got bad coordination, [E] stuck a pencil in my eye
[G] I can hardly [A] wait to get back home
Why is everybody [E] gettin' _ paranoid?
[A] I'm gonna [G] have [Am] a son
_ _ [A] _ _ _ Scumbag, [E] thanks for the love
[G] I'm [A] gonna be your niece
_ _ _ I'll [Am] make a [E] bet you're [G] both the same
[Am] _ _
I can see my lifetime _ [G] pilin' [E] up
Rangin' [Am] from my [F] bedroom to the [Dm] stars
I can [Am] see the house where [G] I was born
And when I [Am] was [Dm] growin' [G] up
They said that I could [Am] never keep my [Em] childhood up
[Am] I remember days [Dm] and crazy nights
_ [Am] Are there any [Dm] pirates on [Em] the ship?
_ And if they [Dm] sober [G] up
They'll have us home by morning
_ _ [Am] _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Crack, crack, crack
[Dm] _ _ _
It's just [Am] you and I _ _
Like in a [F#] horror movie
_ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] Exit machine
[E] The _ _ _ passengers scream, scream, scream
I can [Am] see my [G] lifetime pilin' up
[D] I can [Am] see it [Dm] smashin' into [G] _ [F]
yours
It was [Am] not an [Dm] accident
[G] That I'm hopin' [Am] for a [Dm] window
[G] I hear you laughin'
[Am] Goin' one, [Dm] two, three, [Em] four, five
[Am] Goin' from the [Dm] bottom to [G] the top
[Am] Maybe I'm [Dm] holdin' on [G] too tight
[Am] And now I'm [Dm] thrown off
[G] _ _ _
_ [Am] Feelin' pilin' [Dm] those [G] houses up
Pilin' [Am] them high, [Dm] [G] high _ _
Buildin' [Am] that highway [Dm] [G] through the stars
Turnin' [Am] the music [Dm] up
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] have tried number one, I get nervous [E] every time
[A] [G] They will come a [A]-knockin' at the [Am] door
_ Why is everybody [Em] lookin' at me?
_ [A] [G] I don't want to [A]
know
_ _ _ _ Excuse and pardon me, _ [G] stayin' [A] for a while
_ _ [G] Maybe [Am]
we'll never _ meet [G] again
[A] _
_ I can see my [Dm] lifetime [G]
pilin' up
[Am] I can see the days [Dm] turnin' into nights
I can see [Am] the people [A] [G] on the streets
_ [Am] Openin' those [Dm] windows [G] up
A hundred floors [Am] below me, pilin' [Dm] those [Em] houses up
[Am] _ Flyin' up high
[Dm] I [G] _
_ _ [Am] can feel them [Dm] swayin' [Em] back and forth
_ Buildin' [Am] it [Dm] high
_ [G] _
That was leanin' over
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ I [G] got bad coordination, [E] stuck a pencil in my eye
[G] I can hardly [A] wait to get back home
Why is everybody [E] gettin' _ paranoid?
[A] I'm gonna [G] have [Am] a son
_ _ [A] _ _ _ Scumbag, [E] thanks for the love
[G] I'm [A] gonna be your niece
_ _ _ I'll [Am] make a [E] bet you're [G] both the same
[Am] _ _
I can see my lifetime _ [G] pilin' [E] up
Rangin' [Am] from my [F] bedroom to the [Dm] stars
I can [Am] see the house where [G] I was born
And when I [Am] was [Dm] growin' [G] up
They said that I could [Am] never keep my [Em] childhood up
[Am] I remember days [Dm] and crazy nights
_ [Am] Are there any [Dm] pirates on [Em] the ship?
_ And if they [Dm] sober [G] up
They'll have us home by morning
_ _ [Am] _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Crack, crack, crack
[Dm] _ _ _
It's just [Am] you and I _ _
Like in a [F#] horror movie
_ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] Exit machine
[E] The _ _ _ passengers scream, scream, scream
I can [Am] see my [G] lifetime pilin' up
[D] I can [Am] see it [Dm] smashin' into [G] _ [F]
yours
It was [Am] not an [Dm] accident
[G] That I'm hopin' [Am] for a [Dm] window
[G] I hear you laughin'
[Am] Goin' one, [Dm] two, three, [Em] four, five
[Am] Goin' from the [Dm] bottom to [G] the top
[Am] Maybe I'm [Dm] holdin' on [G] too tight
[Am] And now I'm [Dm] thrown off
[G] _ _ _
_ [Am] Feelin' pilin' [Dm] those [G] houses up
Pilin' [Am] them high, [Dm] [G] high _ _
Buildin' [Am] that highway [Dm] [G] through the stars
Turnin' [Am] the music [Dm] up
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _