Nine On The Bortle

Am (4x) Am F Smoke clouds have thickened C G to black out the stars Am C the night sky is lit now F G by headlights of cars Am F and the moon holds no purpose C G Am F G G but pulling the tides anymore (2x) Am F C G Am C F G Am Blow out the candles Am blow out the candles C throw on the light switch G Am and bask in the fluorescent glow Am we’re guided by satellites C we don’t need stars anymore G can’t see stars anymore Am F With a nine on the bortle C G we’ve blown out the stars Am F smashed all the lanterns C G to burn down the barns Am F and with less than one hundredth C G Dm* in sight to guide us home after dark Em Em we’re lost Am F C G Am C F G Am F C G C E Am The streetlights have killed them Am the street lights have killed them C G we’ve laid to rest gods in a tomb born of city lights Am and out in the flatlands Am we thought that we’d found them C but still the horizon G did glow like a brush fire Am F With a nine on the bortle C G we’ve blown out the stars Am F smashed all the lanterns C G to burn down the barns Am F and the moon holds no purpose C C G save pulling the tides on a planet G Dm * encrusted in fluorescent lights Am F C G Am C F G Am F C G C E Accelerando Am F Smoke clouds have thickened C G to black out the stars Am C the night sky is lit now F G by headlights of cars Am F and the moon holds no purpose C G Am F G G but pulling the tides anymore Am F C G Am C F G Am F C G C E Am F 300 miles we’d sail off the coast C G to be reunited with the skies of our hosts Am and at night soon the rivers F C G reflect nothing more than the moon Am F With a nine on the bortle C G we’ve blown out the stars Am F smashed all the lanterns C G to burn down the barns Am F and with less than one hundredth C G Dm * in sight to guide us home after dark Em Em we’re lost Am F C G Am C F G Am F C G C E Am Am 300 miles 300 miles C out into the ocean G we’d sail to remember them Am Em Em Em * Am Em Em Em * C G 300 miles out into the ocean we’d sail Am F With a nine on the bortle C G we’ve blown out the stars Am F smashed all the lanterns C G to burn down the barns Am F and the moon holds no purpose C C G save pulling the tides on a planet G Dm * encrusted in fluorescent lights Am F C G Am F C G Am F With a nine on the bortle C G we’ve blown out the stars Am F smashed all the lanterns C G to burn down the barns Am F and with less than one hundredth C G Dm * in sight to guide us home after dark Em Em we’re lost CHORUS 1 + VERSE 1 (Sung over each other) Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Dm * Em Em CHORUS 1 + CHORUS 2 (Sung over each other) Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Dm * Em Em CHORUS 1 + CHORUS 2 + VERSE 2 (Sung over each other) Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Dm * Em Em