My first attempt at writing out some chords! The song is easiest if thought of in 6/8
time. Just think of usually playing the chords on counts 1,2,3,4, and for the muted
strumming to be on counts 5 and 6. Note, the chords don't line up over the proper words,
something is screwing up with the font, so just figure out the harmonic rhythm.
Intro: D D D D
D D D D
There are tiers, as in levels, to reality
G G D D
On the industrial corner of North 17th Street and Wythe
A G D Bm
Two black public high school kids watch a nordic model get photographed
Bm A G A D D
To them, she is lunar, impossible, alien life.
D D D D
So as a comet might relate to a traffic-stop taxi cab
G G D D
Or a Bahamas vacation to a stint in Guantanamo Bay
A G D Bm
So as access and privilege relate to their absolute opposites
Bm A G A D D
It's the way that these kids and this woman will always relate
G D
And it's nobody's fault. Yeah no one's to blame.
A Em
We all work through the dark. We all carry the weight.
Bm D F#m Bm
Slender shoulders and blindfolds spinning in cycles
Bm A G A D D D D
Now, now, now: navigate!
D D D D
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kevin_devine/now_navigate_crd.html ]
There are tiers, as in layers, to an experience.
G G D D
Through each lens and metric the image warps every day.
A G D Bm
I'm either successful, independent, and largely uncompromised
Bm A G A D D
Or a non-starter, never-was, has-been since 2008.
G D
And it's nobody's fault. Yeah no one's to blame.
Em A
We all work through the dark. We all carry the weight.
Bm D F#m Bm
Slender shoulders and blindfolds spinning in cycles
Bm A G A G
Now, now, now: navigate!
Instrumental: x2
[G////// A////// G////// Bm///
A/// G////// D////// A///////////] D D
D D
D D D D
There are tears, as in water-works, and they're threatening
G G D D
To spoil the negotiated sweetness of my afternoon
A G D Bm
I can't answer anything honestly without an asterisk
Bm A G A D D
Air-quotes and doublespeak litter the fountain of youth.
G D
And if it's nobody's fault, then I'm not to blame
Em A
I just work in the dark, I just carry the weight.
Bm D F#m Bm
Slender shoulders and blindfolds stranded in cycles
Bm A G A D D D D
Now, now, now: navigate!
End on a D and that's it!
