Darkmatter Chords
by Andrew Bird
Darkmatter by Andrew Bird is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G, C
G C
When I was just a little boy
C G
I threw away all of my action toys
G C G C
While I became obsessed with Operation
G C
With hearts and minds and certain glands
C G
You gotta learn to keep a steady hand
G C G C
And thus began my morbid fascination
D Em
Tore the spines from out of all of these self-help books
Am Em
Made myself a gun that not only shoots but looks
C
So real
D
Yeah it shoots through steel
G C
With rays of darkmatter
G C
Rays of darkmatter
G C
Do you wonder where the self resides
C G
Is it in the head or between your sides
G C
And who would be the one who will decide
G C
Its true location
G C
And does the thought of all this red and black
C G
Thought of tongues that taste you back
G C G C
Fill you with the nausea of elation
D Em
The noose is loosed around our necks made of DNA
D Am Em
And every day it's growing tighter, no matter what they do or say
C
Well, you can shoot right through with rays of darkmatter
D
Just before they kick out
G C
They kick out the ladder
G
With rays of darkmatter
C
Oh no
G
Rays of darkmatter
C G
Oh no
C
Yah, like something catching fire
G C G C
Oh no
G C
Do you wonder where the self resides
C G
Is it in the head or between your sides
G C
And who would be the one who will decide
G C
Its true location