Artificial Chords
Artificial by Martha Tilston is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Ag with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords E, C, Am, G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
th fret (Sounds in the key of E)
The hammer notes in the intro are also used in the verses,
and on the Am's in the second half of the Choruses too.
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Intro x2
C Am
e |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |--1--1------------1--1-----------|--1--------1------------------|
G |--0--0--------0---0--0--------0--|--0---h2---0---h2---2---------|
D |--------0--h2-----------0--h2----|------h2-------h2------2------|
A |--3--3------------3--3-----------|--0--------0------------------|
E |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
G Am
e |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |---0-----0-----------------------|--1--------1------------------|
G |---0--0--------------------0-----|--0---h2---0---h2---2---------|
D |--------------------0--h2-----0--|------h2-------h2------2------|
A |--------------0--h2--------------|--0--------0------------------|
E |---3-------3---------------------|------------------------------|
verse 1
C
I turn awake, I'm just sleep rising,
Am
I put on my clothes, sleep gliding,
G Am
Onto the bus, sleep riding to work again, to work again!
C
I swipe-in the door, sleep lifting,
Am
Up to my floor, sleep drifting,
G Am
A number twenty-four, white coffee with a sweetener, a sweetener!
C G Em Am
This artificial ...me, I'd like to show you what I really could be,
C G
I'd like to run across the office tables,
Am G Am G
Singing, "No, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
Am G Am G
No, no, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
Am G C
And I'll ...keep a -running 'til I reach the sea------!"
Bridge
C Am G Am
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verse 2
C
I switch on my machine, sleep typing,
Am
I answer the phone, sleep hyping,
G Am
Am I alone? I don't really know what I'm selling, I'm selling!
C
And the boss wants a word, I've been daydreaming,
Am
The boss wants a word, clockwatching,
G Am
I wish I was a bird, I'd fly right out of the window, the window!
C G Em Am
This artificial ...me, I'd like to show you what I really could be,
C G
I'd like to run across the office tables,
Am G Am G
Singing, "No, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
Am G Am G
No, no, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
Am G C
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea------!"
verse 3
C Am G Am
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C Am G Am
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C
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verse 4
C
But I turn awake, I'm just sleep rising,
Am
I put on my clothes, sleep gliding,
G Am
Onto the bus, sleep riding to work---- again!
C
I swipe-in the door, sleep lifting,
Am
Up to my floor, sleep drifting,
G Am
A number twenty-four, white coffee with a sweetener, a sweetener!
C G Em Am
This artificial ...me, one day I'll show you what I really can be,
C G
And I'll run across the office tables,
Am G Am G
Singing, "No, you didn't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
Am G Am G
No, no, you won't have me, and not your company ...policy,
Am G
A little more hu--- ...manity, please,
Am G
And not the company ...policy,
Am G
A little more hu--- ...manity!
Coda
Am G
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
Am G
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
Am G
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
Am G
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
Am G C
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea--------!
C Am G Am
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C Am Am
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