Hocus Pocus Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays505

Hocus Pocus by Animal Collective is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro:

C F Bb Eb x4 
F Bb x2 


verse 1 
    F    Bb 
So many ways 
To wade beyond the lines that border us, come on 
       F      Bb 
Don't take a shot 
Or smoke to trigger just a little bit, come on 
      C      F 
Can't be a crime to meddle 
Can't be wrong to push the pedal 
  C         F 
Queasy in grime, no fellow 
Standing bones don't up the level 


verse 2 
    F     Bb 
So many times 
The prints don't match the brush that painted it, come on 
       F      Bb 
Don't take a forge 
Or fake to dazzle as a conjurer, come on 
  C          F 
Behind the drape, an agent 
Behind aims a grave arrangement 
       C       F 
Stuck in the slime, no paddle 
Guarded lives don't tend to dabble 

 
   C      F 
Legalize this principle 
          F      Bb 
Jump into a spot not visible 
             Eb    Ab 
Bring it closer to the middle 
                  D     G 
What's so right with control 
What's left but 
    C        F 
Wander from the cynical 
            F        Bb 
Take a look at views atypical 
            Eb     Ab 
With an answer to the riddle 
         D       G 
As a tightening grip  
                    Eb     Ab 
Just when it starts to let go 


Bridge 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 


verse 3 
    F    Bb 
So many ways 
      F     Bb 
Can't be a crime 
  F          Bb 
Behind the drape 


    C        F 
Wander from the cynical 
            F        Bb 
Take a look at views atypical 
            Eb     Ab 
With an answer to the riddle 
         D       G 
As a tightening grip  
                    C      F 
Just when it starts to let go 
          F      Bb 
Jump into a spot not visible 
             Eb    Ab 
Bring it closer to the middle 
                  D     G 
What's so right with control 
                Eb     Ab 
A slipping grip is let go 


Outro 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
F     Bb 
Hocus Pocus 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante