Synesthesia Chords

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Andrew McMahon // Synesthesia
 
Capo 1
 
[Intro]
C
 
[Verse 1]
           C
I saw pictures from the space shuttle
                  F
North America tonight
            C
I could almost see my house
                                   F
I could almost see the rest of my life
       C
Now my mother's in the hospital
                         F
And my friends are in the news
                              Am        F
Collecting trophies for the songs they wrote
       Am              G               C
When we lived in the shadow of the moon
 
[Verse 2]
        C
Guess I never made a gold record
                        F
And I've never been to Mars
          C
But I've traveled around this world
                               F
Shooting fireworks and falling stars, and prison bars
       C
And my father's got a decent job
                            F
I hear he's finally pulling through
                                  Am       F
There's more to life than singing songs we write
      Am            G             C
When we are in the shadow of the moon
 
[Chorus]
           Am  F        C             G
And I see colors when I hear your voice
           Am                     F            C   G
Grab your wings, they're putting gravity on trial
              Am  F        C            G
And I see colors, I don't hear the noise
                Am     C           F
Because we're only flying for a while
                Am     C           F
Because we're only flying for a while
 
[Verse 3]
           C
I saw this picture of my niece
                               F
Twisting high above the narrow beam
       C
And my brother looked so proud
                                F
Like he woke up in this perfect dream
         C
And I've known you all my life
                                 F
But I knew you long before that, too
                        Am       F
Let's go dancing to the songs we wrote
     Am               G            C
When we lived in the shadow of the moon
 
[Chorus]
           Am  F        C             G
And I see colors when I hear your voice
           Am                     F            C   G
Grab your wings, they're putting gravity on trial
              Am  F        C            G
And I see colors, I don't hear the noise
                Am     C           F
Sometimes we're only flying for a while
 
[Chorus 2]
        Am      F        C           G
I could love you in the falling rain
          Am                 F                      C  G
Grab your things, this is a storm we're meant to ride
            Am  F           C       G
Like synesthesia aboard a stalling plane
                 Am     C            F
Looks like we're only flying for a while
 F
Flying for a while
 
[Bridge]
     Am    F
Whaa-ooooooo
     Am    F
Whaa-ooooooo
     Am    F   Am
Whaa-ooooooo
 
[Chorus]
           Am  F        C             G
And I see colors when I hear your voice
           Am                     F            C   G
Grab your wings, they're putting gravity on trial
              Am  F        C            G
And I see colors, I don't fear the choice
                Am     C           F
Because we're only flying for a while
 
[Chorus 2]
        Am      F        C           G
I could love you in the falling rain
          Am                 F                      C  G
Grab your things, this is a storm we're meant to ride
            Am  F           C       G
Like synesthesia aboard a stalling plane
                 Am     C            F
Looks like we're only flying for a while
 
[Outro]
              Am C F
Flying for a while
     Am  C  F
Whaa-ooooooo
              Am C F
Flying for a while
     Am  C  F
Whaa-ooooooo
              Am C F
Flying for a while
     Am  C  F
Whaa-ooooooo
     Am  C  F
Whaa-ooooooo
     Am  C  F
Whaa-ooooooo
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Synesthesia – Andrew McMahon

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I could be wrong, but here's what I hear: Pre-Chorus: Am F Collecting trophies for the songs they wrote Am G C While we lived in the shadow of the moon Chorus: Am F C G And I see colours when I hear your voice Am F C G Put on your wings that put gravity on trial Am F C G I see colors, and I don't feel the choice Am C F Because we're only flying for a while Ending: Am C F Flying for a while...

I think some of these lyrics are wrong. Pretty sure it's "North America at night.." "Guess I never made a gold record..." "there's more to life than singing songs we write when we are in the shadow of the moon..." "Grab your wings they're putting gravity on trial" (apparently I'm the only one that hears it that way, but honestly the syllables make more sense the way I hear it) And then: "But I knew you long before that, too..." "Sometimes we're only flying for a while..." "Grab your things this is a storm we're meant to ride" "...I don't fear the choice..." But that's just how I hear it.