Hemisphere

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Year: 2010
Album: Rancho Tetrahedron

INTRO
Dm 
 
C 
 
Dm 
VERSE 1
Dm 
Twelve-storey freighter with its deck a
Gm 
blaze
Dm 
Bound for a jetty from where old men  
Gm 
gaze
Am 
No sirens,  
F#m 
no questions  
Em 
 
Dm 
 
Dm 
Off on my journey with the life I’ve  
Gm 
led
Dm 
Car-circled islands where the conscripts  
Gm 
begged
F7 
‘neath hills where where comfort basked
F7 
Tract homes now weed and ash
F7 
Supper’s ready, super-ready
CHORUS 1
Cm7 
Sun hits the towers in the hemisphere
Cm7 
Day has come, give a mighty cheer
Gm 
You will have your  
Ab7sus2 
answer
Gm 
You will have your  
Ab9 
answer
 
Cm7 
Now you’re a creature of the barren wastes
Cm7 
No consulate and no escape
Bbm 
Nature 
 
de
Ebm7 
cides and sheds no  
F7sus4 
tears
VERSE 2
Dm 
Talk loud til midday, last night’s sackcloth  
Gm 
worn
Dm 
Teeth and applause as a switch is  
Gm 
thrown
Am 
Next backyard,  
F#m 
screen door  
Em 
barred 
 
 
Dm 
 
Dm 
Off on my journey with the things I’ve  
Gm 
been
Dm 
Teeth and applause from an airport  
Gm 
screen
F7 
What harm if this time I crash
F7 
Case settled in one one final flash
F7 
We stayed faithful, the years semi-gainful
CHORUS 2
Cm7 
Sun hits the towers in the hemisphere
Cm7 
Smashed empty towers from which birds appear
Gm 
Continents 
 
di
Ab7sus2 
vide 
 
us
Gm 
Emptiness won’t  
Ab9 
hide 
 
us
 
Cm7 
Made me a creature of the midday cloud
Cm7 
White glare of dawn winds the sky a shroud
Bbm 
Wind changes,  
Ebm7 
now all we’ve said must  
F7sus4 
freeze 
 
 
F7 
INTERLUDE
G#m7 
All through the mall-filled valleys
G#m7 
The cartels ran the bulls
G#m7 
No more cards of platinum
 
They  
D#7 
came for lives not  
E7/G# 
goods
VERSE 3
Dm 
Twelve-storey freighter with its guts on  
Gm 
fire
Dm 
Lights up this harbour as the day ex
Gm 
pires
Am 
Gone gentle  
F#m 
to pirate rental  
Em 
 
Dm 
 
Dm 
Sit face to face, nightfall number  
Gm 
two
Dm 
Sickbed and dayjob gutting me and  
Gm 
you
F7 
Short sleeve and open plan
F7 
They printed flags for the cola stands
F7 
Opined and hurried
F7 
Soon dead and buried
CHORUS 3
Cm7 
Sun sets on towers in the hemisphere
Cm7 
Day has gone, but its strain’s still here
Gm 
When we have our  
Ab7sus2 
answer
Gm 
Will it be time for  
Ab9 
cancer?
 
We  
Cm7 
trusted a backdrop which was blown away
Cm7 
Now behold your endless twilit stage
Bbm 
A toiling mass  
Ebm7 
divides and disap
F7sus4 
pears 
 
 
E7/B