Remote ukulele

Remote

• C

Remote  (Greg and Pat  Kane) Actual Key Db Capo 1 C

Instrumental  Verse
C      Em7   F   G11   C Em7 F G11   (G11 = Dm7 over G Bass)

Na Na Na etc

Verse 1
  C   Em7        F           G11        C     Em7         F G11
I am dead at the end of your wire, 'til you twist  and  pull it. 
     C         Em7       F           G11  C   Em7       F G11
The tension    is all    we'll ever have, may as well use it.
Pre-Chorus
     C   Em7      F         G11           C    Em7        F     G11
The lamplight is cold and abstract, it's thin and it's easy to snap.
   C   Em7         F       G11        C    Em7        F        G11
All we control and all we constrain, is cruelty, bitterness and pain.
Chorus
     C            D7sus4            F            C/E
I am remote from you now, remote as old diary phrases, 
           D7          G            C
distant as satellites, absence itself. 

Na Na Na Instrumental   (Over Two of the C through G11 Verse Sequences)

Verse 2
Warmth, is a curious thing, escapes at the merest chance. 
Friction, it so dearly loves , Friction oh it hates. Na Na Na
Pre-Chorus
The lamplight is cold and abstract, it's thin and it's easy to snap.  
All that  we control and all we constrain, is cruelty, bitterness and pain.
Chorus (4 times)
C                   D7sus4          F            C/E    
I am remote from you now, remote as old diary phrases, 
D7                      G
distant as satellites, 
   
I am remote from you now, remote as old diary phrases, distant as satellites, well
I am remote from you now, remote as old diary phrases, distant as satellites, 
I am remote from you now, remote as old diary phrases, distant as satellites, absence itself.

Outro (Over Verse sequence)
N a Na Na  Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
I am remote from you now, I am remote from you now, 
I am remote now, I am remote now,
I am remote from you now, I am remote now, I am remote now.

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