How To Play The Synthesizer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][A][Am][C][D][G][A][Am][C][D][G]

[Verse 1]
[A]Take a [Am]single [C]oscillator[D]
[A]Producing a [Em]drone[Am][C][D]
[G]Sen[A]d it to the[Am] wave shaper
[C]Alt[D]er [G]ing t[Em]he to[A]ne[Em][A][C][G]
[A]This can [Am]be a [C]triangle[G][D]
[A]Sawtooth [Am]or a [C]square[D]
[Am]Modulate the pulse [C]width[D]
[Am]Nobody will [C]care[D]

[Verse 2]
This is [C]how to [D]play [Am]the synthesizer
This is [C]how to [D]play [Am]the synthesizer
Now go to the [Em]filter [Am]bank

[Verse 3]
[C][D]
[Em]Low, high, [Am]band or [C]notch[D]
[Em]Fiddle with [Am]the [Em]cutoff p[C]oint[D]
[Em]Pour your[A]self [Am]a Scotch[C][D][G]
[Am]Modern filters [C]oscillate[D]
[Am]All by themselves
[C]It [D]sou[A]nds like y[Am]ou're
[C]torturing[D][A]
[Am]Little metal [C]elves[D]

[Verse 4]
This is [C]how to [D]play [Am]the synthesizer
This is [C]how to [D]play [Am]the[Em]
synthesizer

[Verse 5]
Nextly, shape [C]the envelope
[D]AKA[A] ADS[Em]R[Am][C][D]
[A]At tack, delay, sus[Em]tain, re[Am]lease
[C]Whi[D]ch means [Em]how
[A]loud you [Am]are[C][D]
[Am]One millisecond to the next
[C]Whe[D]the[A]r you pluck[Am] or lurch[C][D]
[A]Or ooze [Am]like an organist
[C]In [D]a Venusi[A]an ch[Am]urch[C]
[D]This is how

[Verse 6]
[C]to pla[D]y the[Am] synthesizer
This is [C]how to [D]play [Am]the synthesizer
Now you [A]play [Em]the[A]

[Verse 7]
[C]
[D]syn[A]thesizer
Don't be lazy [Em]now[A][C][D]
Make it [A]hiss like [C]rattlesnakes
[D]Or moo lik[Em]e a c[Bb]ow[Gm][D]
[A]Crash [Am]like a hundred [C]marbles[D]
[A]Smashing [Am]on th[C]e floor[D][A]
You can [Am]make a thousand sound[C]s[D]
[A]Never [Am]heard before
[D]This is how

[Verse 8]
[C]to pla[D]y the[Am] synthesizer
This is [C]how to [D]play [Am]the synthesizer