Opium Chords by Threshold

Tempo:
71.9 bpm
Chords used:

B

A

C#m

F#m

C#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Threshold - Opium chords
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[C#m] [B]
[A] [F#m] [C#m] [B]
[F#] [C#m] [B]
[A] [F#m] [C#m] [B]
[F#m] [A] Lost [Bm] in the [A] haze, so [B] far away, [A] how [B] can we get [F#m] back home?
[B] Lost [Bm] in the [A] haze, so [Bm] far away, [A] who's [Bm] going to guide [F#m] us home?
[C#] I struggled to get nearest to [A#] Blackwood's engineers, [C#] but on I first came,
came back not yet [A#] awake, [C#] so I'll believe they're all away,
[D] this is [A] how we live our lives, [E] [D] [A] watch them [B] fade away.
[C#m] Our Blackwood [B] generation [A] is going [F#m] to the war,
[C#m] a languid [B] demonstration [F#m] of greed before, [C#m] a [B] preconceived condition,
[A] an exit [F#m] long ago, [C#] will we [B] ever know?
[F#m] [C#] They'll print it on the front page, to [A#m] synthesize an outrage,
[C#] but all we'll find is a decoy once again.
To present the entirety around us, till I believe [E] there is no [C#] other way.
[D] And this is [A] how we fall asleep, [E] their opening arm is running deep,
[D] so finally [A] watch them [B] fade away.
[C#m] Our Blackwood [B] generation [A] is going [F#m] to the war,
[C#m] a languid [B] demonstration [F#m] of greed before,
[C#m] a [B] preconceived condition, [A] an exit [F#m] long ago, [C#m] will we [B] ever know?
[F#] Hello?
[B] [C#]
This [C#m]
[C#] [E] is what we, it's something to be, this is the world that we know now,
still it's a [C#m] day, still we don't see, we [E] only know it is over.
[C#m]
[F#m] [C#m]
[C#] [G#m] [C#]
[C#m]
[D] [C#m] [C] [C#m]
[D] [C#m] [C] [F]
[C#m] [A] Lost [B] in the haze, [A] so [Bm] far away, [A] how can [B] we get [F#m] back home?
[A] Lost [B] in the haze, [A] so [Bm] far away, [A] who's going [B] to guide [F#m] us home?
[D#m]
[C#] [B] [G#m] [D#m]
[C#] [B] This [D#m]
[C#] [B] [G#m] [D#m]
[C#] [B] [D] is how [A] our mission dies, [E] come as it stands,
[D] so finally [A] watch us fade [B] away.
[C#m] Our Blackwood [B] generation [A] is going to [F#m] the war,
[C#m] a languid [B] demonstration of [A] greed before,
[C#m] a preconceived [B] condition, [A] an exit long [F#m] ago, [C#m] will we [B] ever know?
[A] [C#m] Lost in [B] the haze, [A] so far [F#m] away, [C#m] how can we get back home?
[B] [A] [C#m]
[B] [A] [F#m] [C#m]
[B] [A] [C#m]
[B] [A] [F#m] [C#m]
[B] [F#m]
Key:  
B
12341112
A
1231
C#m
13421114
F#m
123111112
C#
12341114
B
12341112
A
1231
C#m
13421114
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Threshold - (Definitive Edition) Opium chords, practice playing F#m, C#m, B, A, F#m, A, B and C#m in sequence. The tempo control on ChordU helps you begin at a comfortable speed and increase as you learn. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of E Major in mind.

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_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] Lost [Bm] in the [A] haze, so [B] far away, [A] how [B] can we get [F#m] back home?
_ [B] _ Lost [Bm] in the [A] haze, so [Bm] far away, [A] who's [Bm] going to guide [F#m] us home?
_ [C#] I struggled to get nearest to [A#] Blackwood's engineers, [C#] but on I _ first came,
came _ _ back not yet [A#] awake, [C#] so I'll believe they're all away,
_ _ [D] this is [A] how we live our lives, [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] watch them [B] fade away.
_ [C#m] Our Blackwood [B] generation [A] is going [F#m] to the war,
[C#m] a languid [B] demonstration [F#m] of greed before, [C#m] a [B] preconceived condition,
[A] an exit [F#m] long ago, [C#] will we [B] ever know?
[F#m] _ _ _ [C#] They'll print it on the front page, to [A#m] synthesize an outrage,
[C#] but all we'll find is a decoy once again.
_ To present the entirety around us, till I believe [E] there is no [C#] other way.
_ [D] And this is [A] how we fall asleep, [E] their opening arm is running deep,
[D] so finally [A] watch them [B] fade away.
_ _ [C#m] Our Blackwood [B] generation [A] is going [F#m] to the war,
[C#m] a languid [B] demonstration [F#m] of greed before,
[C#m] a [B] preconceived condition, [A] an exit [F#m] long ago, _ [C#m] will we [B] ever know?
[F#] _ Hello?
[B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ This [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [E] is what we, it's something to be, this is the world that we know now,
still it's a [C#m] day, still we don't see, we [E] only know it is over. _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [C] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ Lost [B] in the haze, [A] so [Bm] far away, _ [A] how can [B] we get [F#m] back home?
_ _ [A] Lost [B] in the haze, [A] so [Bm] far away, [A] who's going [B] to guide [F#m] us home?
_ _ [D#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [B] This _ [D#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] is how [A] our mission dies, [E] come as it stands,
[D] so finally [A] watch us fade [B] away.
_ _ [C#m] Our Blackwood [B] generation [A] is going to [F#m] the war,
[C#m] a languid [B] demonstration of [A] greed before,
_ [C#m] a preconceived [B] condition, [A] an exit long [F#m] ago, [C#m] will we [B] ever know?
_ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] Lost in [B] the haze, [A] so far [F#m] away, [C#m] how can we get back home? _
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song, written by Karl Groom and Richard West, is among the lineup of tracks on the Subsurface album.

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