Kevin Devine - Now Navigate

my first attempt at writing out some chords! the song is easiest if thought of in 6/8
time . just think of usually playing the chords on counts 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and for the muted
strumming to be on counts 5 and 6 . note , the chords don’t line up over the proper words ,
something is screwing up with the font , so just figure out the harmonic rhythm .

intro : D D D D

D D D D

there are tiers , as in levels , to reality

G G D D

on the industrial corner of north 17th street and wythe

A G D Bm

two black public high school kids watch a nordic model get photographed

Bm A G A D D

to them , she is lunar , impossible , alien life .

D D D D

so as a comet might relate to a traffic – stop taxi cab

G G D D

or a bahamas vacation to a stint in guantanamo bay

A G D Bm

so as access and privilege relate to their absolute opposites

Bm A G A D D

it’s the way that these kids and this woman will always relate

G D

and it’s nobody’s fault . yeah no one’s to blame .

A Em

we all work through the dark . we all carry the weight .

Bm D F#m Bm

slender shoulders and blindfolds spinning in cycles

Bm A G A D D D D

now , now , now : navigate!

D D D D

there are tiers , as in layers , to an experience .

G G D D

through each lens and metric the image warps every day .

A G D Bm

i’m either successful , independent , and largely uncompromised

Bm A G A D D

or a non – starter , never – was , has – been since 2008 .

G D

and it’s nobody’s fault . yeah no one’s to blame .

Em A

we all work through the dark . we all carry the weight .

Bm D F#m Bm

slender shoulders and blindfolds spinning in cycles

Bm A G A G

now , now , now : navigate!

instrumental : x2
[ G////// A////// G////// Bm///
A/// G////// D////// A/////////// ] D D
D D

D D D D
there are tears , as in water – works , and they’re threatening

G G D D
to spoil the negotiated sweetness of my afternoon

A G D Bm

i can’t answer anything honestly without an asterisk

Bm A G A D D

air – quotes and doublespeak litter the fountain of youth .

G D

and if it’s nobody’s fault , then i’m not to blame

Em A

i just work in the dark , i just carry the weight .

Bm D F#m Bm

slender shoulders and blindfolds stranded in cycles

Bm A G A D D D D

now , now , now : navigate!

end on A D and that’s it!