Aloft Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][D][C]
[D][C][D][Em][D][Bm][Am]

[Verse 1]
[C]Whispers
of a wind to [D]lift you off the [C]ground,
The breath of air [D]that'll take
you where [C]it will,
This flight of fancy [D]carries you [Em]until
you know for [Bm]sure[D]
[Am]There's no going back
To where you were before,
Now you've lost the knack.
[C]With best- laid plans you

[Verse 2]
once flattered [D]to de[C]ceive,
Of fatted calf were [D]intent
to eat [C]your fill.
Perpetual motion [D]carries you but
[Em]still you know for [Bm]sure[D]
[Am]That you can't keep track
And you can't keep score
There's no going [E]back [C]any
more.
[Am][E][Em][Am]

[Verse 3]
You were tethered
Eyes and ears peeled tightly
on the ground,
Wondering whether
What goes up is certain
to come [Dm]down...
[D]Steady measures,
[G]Learn [D]to take the whole thing in
[Bm]the [Am]round.

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Dm][D]
[Am]

[Verse 4]
Keep [Am]on talking,
For that's all that's keeping you aloft
It was awkward
Holding in your breath before the [Dm]off.
[D]Now you travel,
[G]though you're not so [D]eager to arr[Dm]ive.
[C]On the journey what respect
you earn is token,
[G]Faith in progress [F]goes unspoken
[C]And that's all tha[Am]t's keeping you alive.
[E]And you know it'[Am]s

[Verse 5]
[E]not the going,
it's the getting [Dm]there
[E]That'll slow you[Am],
[E]so you really can't remember [Dm]where
[D]You were heading whe[Dm]n you started;
All was [C]elo[Am]quence but now it's
[Bm]all hot [D]air.

[Interlude 2]
[Bm][D][Bm]
[D]Draw breath in [E]apprehen

[Verse 6]
[F]sion,
[Dm]No safet[D]y feat[Dm]ures left [D]in place,
Your sentence [E]in suspen[F]sion.
[Dm]You'[D]re cling[Dm]ing on,
[D]a basket [Bm]case.[D][Bm][D][Bm]
[D]You [E]didn't want to tell [F]me
[Dm]About your secre[F]t pass[Dm]ion.
[D]What dummy wou[E]ld you sell me[F][Dm]
[D]With such unfashion[Bm]able haste?

[Interlude 3]
[Bm][D][Bm][D][E][F][Dm][D][Dm][D]
[E][F][Dm]
[D][F][Dm][Bm][C#m][E][C#m][E][Am][Bm]
[D][Bm][Am][Bm][D][Bm][Am]

[Verse 7]
Hold [Am]it steady,
Can't afford to let direction drift.
Are you ready?
The denouement when it comes is [Dm]swift.
Are [D]you joking? Were [G]you hoping
[D]for some jolly [Dm]japes?
[C]Eat those words or spit them out before
they choke you.
[G]Failing progress
[F]From this moment
[C]I don't see you m[Am]ak ing yo[E]ur esc[Am]ape.

[Verse 8]
[E]And you know it's not the going,
it's the getting [Dm]there
[E]That'll get you, that'll get you,
no- one [Am]lets you
[E]Know you're slowly in the process
of forgetting [Dm]where
You [D]were head[Dm]ing when you started.
All [C]was elo[Am]quence
Or was it all [E]hot [Am]air ?
[C][D][C]

[Verse 9]
[Am]So the pay- off's due,
Now you've told your tale.
All the words you used
Are exhaled.