Put The Message In The Box Chords

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Put The Message In The Box by World Party is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Bm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: G  C  D  G 
      C  G  D  C 
      G  C  D  G 
      C  G  D  C 
      G   C   D   C  G 
  
Verso 1:
Bm 
And if you listen now 
C        G 
You might hear 
Bm 
A new sound coming in 
     C        D 
As an old one disappears 
Bm     C      G            D 
See the world in just one grain of sand 
Bm 
You better take a closer look 
          C              D 
Don't let it slip right thru your hand 
         C 
Won't you please hear the call 
The world says 
  

G                C 
Put the message in the box 
               D 
Put the box into the car 
                  C 
Drive the car around the world 
           G 
Until you get heard 
  
Verso 2:
Bm 
Now is the moment 
C          G 
Please understand 
Bm 
The road is wide open 
      C          D 
To the heart of every man 
Bm          C 
A few simple words 
G               D 
So a mule could understand 
Bm 
He don't want tomorrow 
       C             D 
If it's just crumbling into sand 
        C 
Won't please hear the call 

She says 

G               C 
Put the message in the box 
               D 
Put the box into the car 
                  C 
Drive the car around the world 
            G 
Until you get heard 
G   C   D   C 
           G 
Until you get heard 
  
        C 
The World says 
            Bm 
Give a little bit 
          Am        D 
Give a little bit of your love to me 
      C         Bm        Am  D 
Cos I'm waiting right here with my open arms   She says 
C            Bm 
Give a little bit 
          Am        D 
Give a little bit of your soul to me 
        C      Bm      Am   D 
Cos I'm waiting to behold your many charms 
       C 
Is that love in the air?   She says 
  
G                C 
Put the message in the box 
               D 
Put the box into the car 
                  C 
Drive the car around the world 
           G 
Until you get heard 
  
( G  C  D  C ) 
  
  Ponte:   
         G 
Until you get heard 
            C 
Until you get heard 
            G 
Until you get heard 
            C 
Until you get heard 
  
Final: G 
    	

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