Constellations Chords & Tabs
this is from the book, soo.. yeah. :)
CGDGBD tuning, capo I
intro
D|--5---4---5/7\5---4---0---------------7/5-----------0--|
B|--------------------------6-----------------6----------|
G|------------------------------5-----------------0------|
D|----------------------------------7-------------0------|
G|--0----------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------5----------------------------|
D|--------------0-----------------------4/2--------------|
B|--1---------------1-------3-----------------3----------|
G|------0---------------0-------2-----------------0------|
D|----------2-----------0-----------4-------------0------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
C|--0-----------------------2----------------------------|
D|--------------4/2-----------0-------5---5---7-------5--|
B|--3-----------------3---------------0---0---0-------0--|
G|------2-----------------0------------------------------|
D|----------4-------------0-----------------------0------|
G|--------------------------------0----------------------|
C|--2----------------------------------------------------|
D|--5---4/5----0---0---0-------0---0---0-------2---0---0-|
B|--0---0(0)---0---0---0-------0---0---0-------1---1---1-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------0-----------------------------|
G|--------0----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------0-------------|
D|------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0--------|
B|------1---1---1-------1---1---1-------1---0---0--------|
G|------------------0---------------2--------------------|
D|--4----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------|
verse
G
the light was leav - ing; in the west it was blue
C C(b5)sus2 Csus2 C69 G
the chil - dren's laugh - ter sang
skip - ping just like the stones they threw
C C(b5)sus2 Csus2 C69
their voic - es ech - oed a - cross the waves
it's get - ting late
D|----2---2---2---2---2------2---2---2---------2-----2----2--|
B|----1---1---1---1---1------1---1---1---------1-----1----1--|
G|----0---0---0---0---0------0---0---0---------0-----0----0--|
D|----------2----------------------------2-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0----------------------0----------------------------------|
D|-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---(2)---2---2---2-------2---0---0-|
B|-----3---3---3-------3---3---3---(3)---3---3---3-------3---0---0-|
G|-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---(2)---2---2---2-------2---0---0-|
D|-----------------4---------------------------------4-------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2--------------------------------2------------------------------|
Chorus
it was just an - oth - er night
D|-----5---5-------5---0---0-------5---5---5-------5---0---0-|
B|-----0---0-------0---0---0-------6---6---6-------6---0---0-|
G|-----0---0-------0---0---0-------5---5---5-------5---0---0-|
D|-------------0-------------------------------7-------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0---------------------------5-----------------------------|
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with the sun - set and a
D|-----2---2---2-------2---0---0-------2---2---2-------2---0---0-|
B|-----1---1---1-------1---0---0-------3---3---3-------3---0---0-|
G|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0-------2---2---2-------2---0---0-|
D|-----------------2-------------------------------4-------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-------------------------------2-----------------------------|
Fadd2 C
moon - rise not so far be - hind
Dadd2
to give us just e - nough light to
G Fadd2 C
lay down un - der - neath the stars
Dadd2
lis - ten to pa - pa's trans - la - tions
G Fadd2 C
of the sto - ries a - cross the sky
Dadd2
we drew our own con - stel - la -tions
interlude
D|-----5---------7---------0-------9---------7---------0-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------4/5-------5\4---------------7\5-------5\4-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0---------------------------0-------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2--0-----------0------0-----5--0-----------0------0-|
B|----------1---------------------------3-----------------|
G|-------------0--2-----/4-----------------0--4-----/7----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0---------------------------0--------------------------|
D|--(0)--5--------7--------5-----9--7------------------|
B|----------0--------0-----------------8----/10--8-----|
G|-------------7--------7-----------------9---------9--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-------------------------0------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------0---------5\2-----2-----0---4--0----|
B|-----8------------3----------------------------|
G|--------9-----/4----------------0------------0-|
D|-------------------------------------4---------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
C|--0-----------------------0--------------------|
verse
G
the west winds of - ten last too long
C C(b5)sus2 Csus2 C69 G
and when they calm down, noth - ing ev - er feels the same
sheltered under the kamani tree
C C(b5)sus2 Csus2 C69 G
wait - ing for the pass - ing rain
clouds keep mov - ing to un - cov - er the sea
C C(b5)sus2 Csus2 C69 G
of stars a - bove us chas - ing the day a - way
to find the sto - ries that we some - times need
C C(b5)sus2 Csus2 C69
lis - ten close e - nough, all else
fades, fades a - way
D|-----0--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-----0-----0----0-----2--2--2--|
B|-----1--1-----1--1--1-----1--1--1-----1-----1----1-----3--3--3--|
G|-----0--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-----0-----0----0-----2--2--2--|
D|-----------2-----------------------2----------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0---------------------0----------------------------2-----------|
(repeat chorus)
outro
D|--------------0-----------------------4---2-----------0---5--|
B|--1---------------1-------3-------------------3--------------|
G|------0---------------0-------2-------------------0----------|
D|----------2-----------0-----------4---------------0----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--0-----------------------2-------------------------------0--|
enjoy!
