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Tessellate

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RockEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em
D××
G
A×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Em (4x) 
 
Em          D 
Bite chunks out of me 
Em                   D 
You're a shark and I'm swimming 
Em                    D 
My heart still thumps as I bleed 
Em                   D 
And all your friends come sniffing. 
 
Em                 G              A 
Triangles are my favorite shape 
Em                          G           A 
Three points where two lines meet. 
Em                         G              A 
Toe to toe, back to back, let's go 
Em             G       A 
My love it's very late. 
Em                          A 
'Til morning comes, let's tessellate. 
 
Em 
Go alone my flower 
                         D 
And keep my whole lovely you. 
           Em 
Wild green stones alone my lover 
                  D 
And keep us on my heart. 
 
Em             D 
Three guns and one goes off 
Em                 D 
One's empty, one's not quick enough 
Em            D 
One burn, one red, one grin 
Em                          D 
Search the graves while the camera spins 
Em                  D 
Chunks of you will sink down to seals 
Em              D 
Blubber rich in mourning 
Em                                D 
They'll nosh you up, yes they'll nosh the love away 
                  Em                 D 
But it's fair to say, You will still haunt me. 
 
Em            G              A 
Triangles are my favorite shape 
Em                 G           A 
Three points where two lines meet. 
Em                  G           A 
Toe to toe, back to back, let's go 
Em             G       A 
My love it's very late. 
Em                           
'Til morning comes, let's tessellate. 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · D · G · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.