Kantori Ongaku Chords

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Kantori Ongaku by Devendra Banhart is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, F, C, Dm, Am and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Verso 1:
G                     F       C 
It's getting too late to tell if it's too soon 
G                     F       C 
And the future's being born right here in this room 
G                     F       C 
Press the button of world peace 
G                     F       C 
And wipe out everything but the moon 
G                     F       C 
Ooh, kantori ongaku 
G                     F       C 
Shikata ga nai 

Verso 2:
G                    C 
Like a flower on an east end block 
G                    C 
Living from groupie to groupie 
G                   C 
That's all the love that some of us know 
G                   C 
That's all the love some know 
G                     F       C 
All the death in my house makes it easy to shop online 
G                     F       C 
Where the signal is strong and the tech flows like wine 
G                     F       C 
And I know you've traveled far but you still where you are 
G                     F       C 
Look out, kantori ongaku 
G                     F       C 
Shikata ga nai 
G                     F       C 

Ponte: 
Dm F C 

Verso 3:
What's the loving I've made to the loving I lack? 
G                     F       C 
I showed up at your wedding hoping you would take me back 
G                     F       C 
'Cause I was beautiful when you looked at me like that 
G                     F       C 
Look out, kantori ongaku 
G                     F       C 
Yononaka suimonosa 
G                    C 
Like a mummy, lived three thousand years 
G                    C 
Finally let a smile 
G                    C 
That's all the world that some of us know 
G                    C 
That's all the world some know 
      G         F           G         F       C 
Well, the older I get the less I fear anyone I see 
                     F          Am 
And little or more I fear humanity 
          G                              F       C 
Well, you called me on the phone but you didn't, as if 
G                     F       C 
Look out, kantori ongaku 
G                     F       C 
Shikata ga nai 


C                Dm      F       C 
Still there's no more beautiful pace 
         Gm                C 
Than the moonlight on your face 
         Gm                C 
Than the moonlight on your face 
         Gm                C 
Than the moonlight on your face 
         Gm                C 
Than the moonlight on your face 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante