Elysium Cifra

1. Capo 5 to play it with the song, you can put it wherever the fuck your voice doesn't sound like shit.
2. It's open D. Get a tuner app on your phone if you haven't already,
   if you're going to piss off the neighbors at least piss them off in key.
3. Beard: Optional, but preferred.
4. Where to put your non cigarette holding fingers, or chords (whatever you call them)
 
         G or         Em          Bm          C          D          Am
D |------0----0-------0-----------0-----------0----------0----------0---|
A |------0----0-------0-----------0-----------0----------0----------0---|
F#|------0----3-------8*----------3-----------5----------7----------1---|
D |------0----4-------0-----------0-----------0----------0----------0---|
A |------0----0-------9-----------4-----------5----------7----------2---|
D |------0----0-------9-----------4-----------5----------7----------2---|
*Play that 8 if you have the hands like a freak
 
PS: The chord names are based on the key of the song WITH the Capo on the 5th fret, i.e. the G is
actually a D without a capo, etc.
 
The fingerpicking goes like this (adjust the notes played accordingly for each chord):
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------0------------0-----------0------------0--|
D |-----0------------0-----------0-----------0------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
D |--0--------0--0---------0--0--------0--0---------|
 
 
[Intro]
G
 
[Verse]
G                              Em
  Brother do you believe in an afterlife
               Bm
Our souls will both collide
              C
In some great Elysium
              G
Way up in the sky
                                        Em
Free from our shackles, our chains, our mouths, our brains
           Bm
We'll open all the gates
            C                             G
We will walk  careless, straight into the light
 
[Interlude]
G Em D  x2
 
[Verse]
G                      Em
  I've never felt so enlightened
      Bm
Every page I turn
       C
I only find myself
             G
Feeling more alone
                             Em
Posing questions to a silent universe
        Bm
My very thoughts are cursed
                  C
They just seem to multiply
              Am
Forever in my mind
 
[Bridge]
Am                 D
Brother don't grow up
Am                        C
Brother please never grow up
 
[Interlude]
G Em D  x4
(Sunglasses hide the fact you're crying at this point)
 
Horns part:
 
D |--7---0--2--4--7---0--2--4--2--|--7---0--2--4--7---0--2--4--2--|
A |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 
D |--0--2--0--7---0--2--4--7---0--2--4--2--|--7---0--2--4--7---0--2--4--2--|
A |----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 
[Verse]
Bm          C               G
  Just hold out against the night
Bm               C              G
  and guard your hope with your life
        Am                  D
For the darkness, she will come
       Am                       C
Oh and you have nowhere left to run
            G                   Em                     D
Oh but your eyes are wider than mine, and help me to sleep
               G            Em                    D
Just hope that age does not erase all that you've seen
G           Em           D
  Don't let bitterness become you
G           Em                D
  Your only hopes are all within you
 
[Interlude]
G Em D  x2
 
Horns part:
 
D |--0-2-0--7---0--2--4--7---0--2--4--2--|--0-2-0--7---0--2--4--7---0--2--4--2--|
A |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
 
[Outro]
Bm          C               G
  Just hold out against the night
Bm               C              G
  And guard your hope with your life
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