Son Volt - Atmosphere Ukulele

Son Volt - "Atmosphere"
Words and Music by Jay Farrar


**Note: All of the chords listed below may at first seem a bit overwhelming, but
actually they are all just very slight variations of themselves.  In fact, most
of the C-chords and F-chords simply involve a 3-1-0 progression on the little
e-string.

Chords used (eBGDAE) - names of some may be incorrect:

C2 - 31023x
Csus4 - 11023x
Cadd9 - 03023x
C - 01023x
Cmaj7 - 00023x
C/B - 01002x
F - 1123xx
F/G - 3123xx
F/E - 0123xx
F* - 112331
Am - 01220x
Dsus2 - 0320xx

Intro: [C2] [Csus4] [Cadd9] [C] x2, then [F] [F/G] [F] [F/E]

[C]Love is the pavement 
With spit in your heart [C2] [Csus4] [Cmaj7] [C]
[C]Slow diamonds no laughter
Sweep the hell[F]hound trail

[C]Translate the faces
Wash off the dust [C2] [Csus4] [Cmaj7] [C]
[C]Smoke plume twilight
American [F]tears

[F] [F] [F]

[C] [C] [Am] [Am]

[C]Prairie burnt eyes tell the hell and break through the [Am]lens
[C]Feed the buildings by the coast a flagrant [Am]dance [F]
[Dsus2]Wounded in the world by a single twist of [C]hate
And it's all [C/B]over now
[F*]You're headed for the atmosphere
[F*]You're headed for the atmo[C2]sphere

Intro chords

[C]Pick up the blessings
Meet the new sky [C2] [Csus4] [Cmaj7] [C]
[C]Summoned to live up to
The speculation [F]din

[C]

[F]Getting that old time feeling [C]again
[F]Madmen on both sides of the [C]fence
[F]Getting that old time feeling [C]again
[F]Madmen on both sides of the [C]fence [F]

[F] [F] [F]

[C] [C] [Am] [Am]

[C]Melody of riot in the wilderness of oxy[Am]gen
[C]Mercy on the waterfall mist in the middle class [Am]sea [F]
[Dsus2]Wounded in the world by a single twist of [C]hate
And it's all [C/B]over now
[F*]You're headed for the atmosphere
[F*]You're headed for the atmo[C2]sphere

Intro chords

[F] [F] [F]

end on [C]