240 Years Before Your Time Chords by The Black Keys
Tempo:
102.85 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] But there is one voice that has never been [G] heard before.
The voice of old Mr.
World [N] himself.
The way he might sound if he could speak to us in our own language.
Mr.
World, how was this wonderful orderly Earth of ours formed in the first place?
And how long has it been going on?
[A] [Dm]
[Em] [D]
[Cm] [A] I am near the planet you [B] call home.
I [G] am at least four and [Ab] a half [E] million years old.
[Em]
[A]
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I'm [G] [Em]
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[Ab] [E] [G]
[Em] [D] [E] [Em]
[A]
[Em]
[E] [G] going to be north of Jacksonville with me tomorrow morning at 9.30 in the parking lot.
We will be gone most of the day.
We will take a lunch with us and I understand there will be three or four cars going.
[F]
Scientists say some of us will learn to swim.
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[A] [N]
The voice of old Mr.
World [N] himself.
The way he might sound if he could speak to us in our own language.
Mr.
World, how was this wonderful orderly Earth of ours formed in the first place?
And how long has it been going on?
[A] [Dm]
[Em] [D]
[Cm] [A] I am near the planet you [B] call home.
I [G] am at least four and [Ab] a half [E] million years old.
[Em]
[A]
[G] [E]
I'm [G] [Em]
[E] [A]
[E] [D]
[Ab] [E] [G]
[Em] [D] [E] [Em]
[A]
[Em]
[E] [G] going to be north of Jacksonville with me tomorrow morning at 9.30 in the parking lot.
We will be gone most of the day.
We will take a lunch with us and I understand there will be three or four cars going.
[F]
Scientists say some of us will learn to swim.
[Em] [A] [Cm] [G] [A]
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Key:
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ But there is one voice that has never been [G] heard before.
The voice of old Mr.
World [N] himself.
The way he might sound if he could speak to us in our own language. _
Mr.
World, how was this wonderful orderly Earth of ours formed in the first place?
And how long has it been going on?
[A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] I am near _ the planet you [B] call home.
I [G] am _ at least four and [Ab] a half [E] million years old.
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_ [E] _ _ _ [G] going to be north of Jacksonville with me tomorrow morning at 9.30 in the parking lot.
We will be gone most of the day.
We will take a lunch with us and I understand there will be three or four cars going.
_ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Scientists say some of us will learn to swim.
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
The voice of old Mr.
World [N] himself.
The way he might sound if he could speak to us in our own language. _
Mr.
World, how was this wonderful orderly Earth of ours formed in the first place?
And how long has it been going on?
[A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] I am near _ the planet you [B] call home.
I [G] am _ at least four and [Ab] a half [E] million years old.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] going to be north of Jacksonville with me tomorrow morning at 9.30 in the parking lot.
We will be gone most of the day.
We will take a lunch with us and I understand there will be three or four cars going.
_ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Scientists say some of us will learn to swim.
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