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Motion

The Cat Empire
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
e|--5--3--8---5--7--3--5--7--1--3------------------|
B|--5--3--10--7--9--5--6--9--3--3------------------|
G|--5--4--10--7--7--5--7--9--3--3------------------|
D|--7--5--10--7--9--5--7--9--3--5------------------|
A|--7--5--8---5--7--3--5--7--1--5------------------|
E|--5--3--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--3------------------|
 Set in motion  my imagination’s miles
 A million lights  expose those magic  cities on  the Nile  and my
Young  trials lead me sailing down this stream
 Of hidden songs and steam and my
 - Piano it floats and echoes
 A moonbeam through the kite she sent
 Read ‘Is your wooden boat in sight?’
 And while I replied ‘it’s not’
 It was in fact not far from right outside
 I would surprise her wake her up and rise her
 Go swimming in the night’s horizon then dry her
 Offer the familiar passage of my outstretched hand
 ‘Say when you staying home’  she said
‘Why  not come on my boat instead?’
 ‘Cos I’m  tired  of all your currents  and your tides
 Your moods  creating whirlpools
 And you’re in love  with the ride and I
Want  - some  - peace and quiet!’
 played like the verse)
 So we fought a while caught our breath a while
 I told her how the purple flowers glow along the river side
 She told me all she wanted was me home with some time
 I showed her how the sky was only water inclined
 I told her all about the huts the kind of music we played
 She reminded me that ‘Flashes pass a house is well made’
 I told her about the spot where all the ocean’s collide
 She said that ‘You could have that with me every night’ and so
 Set in motion my imagination’s miles
 A million lights expose those magic cities on the Nile and my
 Young trials leads me sailing down this stream of hidden songs and steam and my
 - Piano it floats and echoes
 ‘So when you coming home’ she said
 ‘Why not come on my boat instead?’
 ‘Cos I’m tired of all your currents and your tides
 Your moods creating whirlpools
 And you’re in love with the ride and I (need you)
 you have to figure out the rythm for yourself.
 you play Am G and the C you play as long as Am and G together ...
 then you play F C and G you play as long as F and C together ...
 at the very last beat you've to play something like F A C G
 i hope you get it.
 repeat this till the end.
 Peace

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Readable chord sheet for Motion by The Cat Empire

[Am] [G]  [F]   [D]  [E7] [C]  [Dm] [E]  [B] [Gm]

e|--5--3--8---5--7--3--5--7--1--3------------------|
B|--5--3--10--7--9--5--6--9--3--3------------------|
G|--5--4--10--7--7--5--7--9--3--3------------------|
D|--7--5--10--7--9--5--7--9--3--5------------------|
A|--7--5--8---5--7--3--5--7--1--5------------------|
E|--5--3--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--3------------------|

[Am]    Set in [G]motion my im[F]agination’s [D]miles [E7]

[Am]    A million l[G]ights expose those m[F]agic cities [D]on the [E7]Nile and my

[Am]Young trials lead me sailing down this stream
Of hidden songs and steam and my
- Piano it floats and echoes
A moonbeam through the kite she sent
Read ‘Is your wooden boat in sight?’
And while I replied ‘it’s not’
It was in fact not far from right outside
I would surprise her wake her up and rise her
Go swimming in the night’s horizon then dry her
Offer the familiar passage of my outstretched hand

[F]  [Gm]   [C]  ‘Say when you staying [F]home’ she said[Gm]
[C]‘Why not come on my boat instead?’
‘Cos I[B]’m tired[C] of all your [Dm]currents and your tides
Your m[B]oods creating wh[C]irlpools
And you’re in [Dm]love with the ride and I

[E]Want - [E]some - [E]peace [E]and [E]quiet!’

played like the verse)

So we fought a while caught our breath a while
I told her how the purple flowers glow along the river side
She told me all she wanted was me home with some time
I showed her how the sky was only water inclined
I told her all about the huts the kind of music we played
She reminded me that ‘Flashes pass a house is well made’
I told her about the spot where all the ocean’s collide
She said that ‘You could have that with me every night’ and so
Set in motion my imagination’s miles
A million lights expose those magic cities on the Nile and my
Young trials leads me sailing down this stream of hidden songs and steam and my
- Piano it floats and echoes

‘So when you coming home’ she said
‘Why not come on my boat instead?’
‘Cos I’m tired of all your currents and your tides
Your moods creating whirlpools
And you’re in love with the ride and I (need you)

[Am] [G] [C]

[F] [C] [G]

you have to figure out the rythm for yourself.
you play Am G and the C you play as long as Am and G together ...
then you play F C and G you play as long as F and C together ...
at the very last beat you've to play something like F A C G
i hope you get it.

repeat this till the end.

Peace

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