Days N' Daze – Nine On The Bortle (Guitar)

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Track 2. NINE ON THE BORTLE *This chord sheet is a transcription nearly exactly from http://daysndaze.com/lyricsnchords any chords followed by an (*) are not original chords, but ones I use when playing and may be omitted [MUSIC BREAKS] Am F C G Am C F G [VERSES] [1 2 & 4]: Am Am C G [VERSE 3]: Am F C G [CHORUS 1]: Am F C G Am F C G C E [CHORUS 2]: Am F C G [BRIDGE]: Am F C G [Intro] Am (x4)
Am                F
Smoke clouds have thickened 

   C             G
to black out the stars 

    Am           C
the night sky is lit now 

   F             G
by headlights of cars 

        Am            F
and the moon holds no purpose 

    C           G        Am    F G G 
but pulling the tides anymore
[Instrumental] (x2) Am F C G Am C F G [Verse 1]
Am
Blow out the candles 

Am
blow out the candles 

C
throw on the light switch 

    G                       Am
and bask in the fluorescent glow 

                Am
we’re guided by satellites 

              C
we don’t need stars anymore 

          G
can’t see stars anymore
[Chorus 1]
       Am          F
With a nine on the bortle 

      C             G
we’ve blown out the stars 

Am              F
smashed all the lanterns 

   C             G
to burn down the barns 

         Am            F
and with less than one hundredth 

   C                 G          Dm*
in sight to guide us home after dark 

Em    Em
we’re lost
[Instrumental] Am F C G Am C F G Am F C G C E [Verse 2]
    Am
The streetlights have killed them 

    Am
the street lights have killed them 

      C                      G
we’ve laid to rest gods in a tomb
born of city lights
    Am
and out in the flatlands 

   Am
we thought that we’d found them 

    C
but still the horizon 

    G
did glow like a brush fire
[Chorus 2]
       Am          F
With a nine on the bortle 

      C             G
we’ve blown out the stars 

Am              F
smashed all the lanterns 

   C             G
to burn down the barns 

        Am            F
and the moon holds no purpose 

     C           C          G
save pulling the tides on a planet 

G            Dm *
encrusted in fluorescent lights
[Instrumental] Am F C G Am C F G
Am F C G  C  E
            Accelerando
[Bridge]
Am                F
Smoke clouds have thickened 

   C             G
to black out the stars 

    Am           C
the night sky is lit now 

   F             G
by headlights of cars 

        Am            F
and the moon holds no purpose 

    C           G        Am    F G G 
but pulling the tides anymore
[Instrumental] Am F C G Am C F G Am F C G C E [Verse 3]
Am             F
300 miles we’d sail off the coast 

   C                    G
to be reunited with the skies of our hosts 

       Am
and at night soon the rivers 

F                             C    G
reflect nothing more than the moon
[Chorus 1]
       Am          F
With a nine on the bortle 

      C             G
we’ve blown out the stars 

Am              F
smashed all the lanterns 

   C             G
to burn down the barns 

         Am            F
and with less than one hundredth 

   C                 G          Dm *
in sight to guide us home after dark 

Em    Em
we’re lost
[Instrumental] Am F C G Am C F G Am F C G C E [Verse 4]
Am        Am
300 miles 300 miles 

    C
out into the ocean 

     G
we’d sail to remember them 

Am  Em Em Em * Am   Em Em Em *    C    G
300 miles out into the ocean we’d sail
[Chorus 2]
       Am          F
With a nine on the bortle 

      C             G
we’ve blown out the stars 

Am              F
smashed all the lanterns 

   C             G
to burn down the barns 

        Am            F
and the moon holds no purpose 

     C           C          G
save pulling the tides on a planet 

G            Dm *
encrusted in fluorescent lights
[Bridge] Am F C G Am F C G [Chorus 1]
       Am          F
With a nine on the bortle                         

      C             G
we’ve blown out the stars                         

Am              F
smashed all the lanterns 

   C             G
to burn down the barns 

         Am            F
and with less than one hundredth 

   C                 G          Dm *
in sight to guide us home after dark 

Em    Em
we’re lost
[CHORUS 1] + [VERSE 1] (Sung over each other) Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Dm * Em Em [CHORUS 1] + [CHORUS 2] (Sung over each other) Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Dm * Em Em [CHORUS 1] + [CHORUS 2] + [VERSE 2] (Sung over each other) Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Dm * Em Em