
perfect time
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
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Tom:
I play the chorus like this (it's easier on guitar), but you can
use the "full" chords as well if you want to:
F Dm
Am/e
[Intro]
- Jazz Trumpet -
Chords in the intro are:
F
- Bb x3 and then F - C7 (C7 is simplified for guitar)
[Verse]
(All chords are played for 2 beats each unless otherwise noted)
F Am Gm C
What is a cold blooded mad man to do
F Am Gm C
With a smile across his teeth and attached full of goo
Dm Am Bb F
And it cuts through my junk and smash up my eyes
Dm C
Gm (x2)
And sings like a song before you die
[Chorus]
F Am/E Dm Bb
Sunny day shooting breakfast bedheadings
Gm Bb/F C
Gmadd9/F#
Lunchtime wartime armaggedon
F Am/E
Dm (x2)
God tell me what to do
Gm (x2) C (x2)
It's a perfect time for love
[Verse 2]
F Am Gm C
Never a punk smile so wide
F Am Gm C
Never have teeth sing so much sky
Dm Am Bb F
And it smash up my junk and screws up my eyes
Dm C
Gm (x2)
And it sings like a song before you die
[Chorus 2]
F Am/E Dm Bb
Mountaintop chokings afternoon rapists
Gm Bb/F C
Gmadd9/F#
primetime wartime I can't take it
F Am/E
Dm (x2)
God tell me what to do
Gm (x2) C (x2)
Is it time for love?
[Bridge]
D7 (x2) D7/F#
Whatever colors you wear
Gm Bb/F C
Gmadd9/F#
They are gonna bleed someday
F Am/E
Dm (x2)
Some rainbow day
Gm (x2) C (x2)
We'll have the perfect time
[Interlude] (verse chords in the key of G):
G Bm Am D G Bm Am D Em Bm C G Em D Am
[Chorus 3]
G Bm/F# Em C
Skipping hugging laughing singing
Am C/G D
Amadd9/G#
Dancing romancing spinning singing
G Bm/F#
Em (x2)
God tell me what to do
Am (x2) D (x2)
It's a perfect time for love
G C G C G D7
(like the intro, only in the key of G)
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