Lush
Blackout Chords
"Blackout" by Lush, from the album "Split".
Chords used:
B: 7-9-9-8-7-7
F#: 2-4-4-3-2-2
A: 5-7-7-6-5-5
G: 3-5-5-4-3-3
D: 10-12-12-11-10-10
C: 8-10-10-9-8-8
Intro: | B | D | C | C |
Verse:
B F# A
I'm not interested in what you have to say
G B
You're just a vacant space
F# A
Other people's lives upon which you prey
G B
It's a permanent disgrace
F# A
Why do you think you know what's best for me?
G B
What I should and shouldn't do
F# A
Why do you judge my history
G
And tell me to improve?
Chorus:
D G
In the confines of your mind
F G
You think we're all the same
D G
I've left them all behind
F
Though you wish I hadn't
Verse:
B F# A
In finding fault in others I can't see
G B
What you have to gain
F# A
I know that you get pleasure from
G B
Other people's pain
F# A
You're not so perfect and I realise the scene
G B
That you're all coming from
F# A
When you say you care I know what you mean
G
You're really lying
Chorus:
D G
All the people around here
F G
Love to hear about a fall
D G
They all surface and disappear
F
In an instant
Middle 8:
B D C
Uuuuh uuuuuuh uuuuuuh
B D C
uuuuh uuuuuuh uuuuuuh
B D C
uuuuh uuuuuuh uuuuuuh
B D C
uuuuh uuuuuuh uuuuuuh
(solo: play an entire verse. Use lots and lots of distortion!)
Chorus:
D G
In the confines of your mind
F G
You think we're all the same
D G
I've left them all behind
F
Though you wish I hadn't
Outro:
B D C
Uuuuh uuuuuuh uuuuuuh
B D C
uuuuh uuuuuuh uuuuuuh
B D C
uuuuh uuuuuuh uuuuuuh
B D C
uuuuh uuuuuuh uuuuuuh
B D C
uuuuh uuuuuuh uuuuuuh
B D C
uuuuh uuuuuuh uuuuuuh
B D C
uuuuh uuuuuuh uuuuuuh
B D C
(no singing in the last line)
