Starset – Unbecoming (Guitar)

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Chords

Timing: 4/4 (Bridge is 6/8 then back to 4/4) Tempo: about 138 by my ear C#/E# Chord for bridge: 143121 Additional notes: [Break]
C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C A G#m | C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C (sustain) (repeat)

[Instrumental after bridge]
C#m (sustained) | C#m G#m A B C#m (melody only, no bass change to C#) [Outro] C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C A G#m | C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C (sustain)
C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C A G#m | C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C (X4) 
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[Verse]
C#m                    A
I lost myself into the night

           C#m
And I flew higher

           A
Than I had ever

                   C#m
But I still felt small

                                 A
I clipped my wings and fell from flight

        C#m
To open water

            A
And floated farther

             C#m
Away from myself

C#m               E          A
And I swam in the wakes of imposters

                        G#m      C#m
Just to feel what it's like to pretend

                         E            A
There's no dreams in the lakes only monsters

                     G#m      C#m
And the monsters are my  only friends
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m                    B
They're all that I was

B
And never could be
[Chorus]
C#m
Eyes in the dead still water

G#m                             A
Tried but it pushed back harder

A                       B
Cauterized and atrophied

           G#m
This is my unbecoming

C#m
Knives in the backs of martyrs

G#m                         A
Lives in the burning fodder

A                       B
Cauterized and atrophied

           G#m       
This is my unbecoming
[Break- repeat once] C#m C A G#m A C A G#m C#m C A G#m A C [Verse 2]
C#m                         A
You found me drifted out to sea

         C#m
It's automatic

         A
It's telepathic

                   C#m
You always knew me

C#m                 E           A
And you laugh as I search for a harbor

                        G#m          C#m
As you point where your halo had been

C#m                    E             A
But the light in your eyes has been squandered

A
There's no angel in you in the end
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m                B
And all that I was

B
I've left behind me
[Chorus]
C#m
Eyes in the dead still water

G#m                             A
Tried but it pushed back harder

A                       B
Cauterized and atrophied

           G#m
This is my unbecoming

C#m
Knives in the backs of martyrs

G#m                         A
Lives in the burning fodder

A                       B
Cauterized and atrophied

           G#m       
This is my unbecoming
[Bridge]
A      F#m
Now I wait

         C#/E# 
This metamorphosis

                        A
All that is left is the change

        F#m
Selfish fate

            C#/E#
I think you made me this

                  C#m
Under the water I wait
[Instrumental] C#m C#m G#m A B [Chorus]
C#m
Eyes in the dead still water

G#m                             A
Tried but it pushed back harder

A                       B
Cauterized and atrophied

           G#m
This is my unbecoming

C#m
Knives in the backs of martyrs

G#m                         A
Lives in the burning fodder

A                       B
Cauterized and atrophied

           G#m       
This is my unbecoming
[Outro] C#m C A G#m A C A G#m C#m C A G#m A C C#m C A G#m A C A G#m C#m C A G#m A C