The Cat Empire – How To Explain chords
Chords:
HOW TO EXPLAIN Capo V E (trumpet solo)G F (E)When a room becomes an altarAnd what beast that must existDm6 It flies with music from our lipsFAnd steals a kiss and blows itDm6 EOut into the mistWhere castles stand on cliffs And cobbled streets they wind and driftDm6 And moods are made and set but shiftFThis place where skies are lowDm6 EAnd birds are bigWe went to sleep in day And woke again the same dayDm6 We have learned to cheat the timeFAnd find the hoursDm6 EThat the clocks cannot defineAs I looked up from that stageDm6I felt the thing that had been madeAnd how it ragedFAnd how it ragedDmHow to explain?Something makes me howlG7And shiver to the coreAmAh outside if it was rainingF GThen inside there'd be a stormAmWe've got a pair of hands for climbingF GAnd a pair of knees to springAmAnd a pair of balls for strengthF GAnd a pair of lungs to singAmAnd these simple chordsF (F) GThat say: music is the language of us allAm E Am (x4) E...G F E To write these songs is to be writtenAh the chorus always knowsDm6What is in storeFAnd what is more the thing that sings usDm6 EIs the thing that makes us roarI felt that beast 'kisso my neck We clapped our handsFAnd heard them spreadDm6There was a trumpet and a callF E A pack of Spaniards screamed for moreMusic is the language of us all Music is the language of us all Music is the language of us all Music is the language of us all Am E Am (x12) E...DmI find it hard to speak emotionalG7Cos these things are the things thatCCan't be saidAnd when it's struck it strikesF GThe memory from our headsAm Once I wrote to play'sF GTo be immortal for a nightAmAnd despite the unknown hoursFSomething happensG C When the light turns out the lightsAmThen we fade and yawnF GTo music that's the language of us allHAYMAN