On Returning Chords

by Wire
KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays686

On Returning by Wire is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, G, A and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			



Intro (0:00) 

   B 
e-----------|---------------| 
b-----------|---------------| 
g-----------|--------4-4-4--| 
d-----------|--------4-4-4--| x3 
a--2-4-5-2--|--2-4---2-2-2--| 
e-----------|---------------| 



Verse (0:18) 

B 
You'll be sorry when the sun has roasted you to 
B 
Lobster red, nothing said 
B 
When yellow has turned green to brown, divide by four 
B 
Multiply by nine, describe your divisions, anatomical derision 



Chorus (0:40) 

B                             
Lobster head and lobster feet 
G        A 
   On arriving with a third language 
G            A                   B 
   Tucked into your brief case, next to your toothbrush 
G            A 
Along with a copy of the 'Nouvel Observateur' 



Riff (0:54) 

   B     E     B 
e-----------|---------------| 
b-----------|---------------| 
g-----------|--------4-4-4--| 
d--------2--|--------4-4-4--| 
a--2-4---2--|--2-4---2-2-2--| 
e--------0--|---------------| 



Verse (0:59) 

 B                                      E     
While your sons and daughters who registered naught 
 B 
Under intensive electronic scanning 
 B                          E    
You regard your body with regard to events 
 B 
With which nothing planned 



Chorus (1:11) 

B 
Never lacked a sense of theater 
G        A 
    On returning with the tab you've gained 
G            A                   B 
    A head of world service, the best of your culture 
    G                    A                   B 
An evening of fun in the metropolis of your dream 



Outro (1:24) 

    G                    A                   B 
An evening of fun in the metropolis of your dream   
                                                (x8 and fade out) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante