WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Relient K - Look On Up Chords | Ver. 2
Key: B
Intro: Easiest if fingerpicked - what Thiessen does when he plays it:
B
e|---------------------------------|
B|-------4---------------4---------|
G|---4-------4---4---4-------4---4-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|---------------------------------|
Verses: Play the following progression for all of the verses - same picking pattern for the
bridge, just follow the chord progression listed.
B E
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------4---------------4---------------4---------------4----------|
G|---4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---4--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
G#m F#
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------4---------------4---------------4---------------4----------| whole thing x2
G|---4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---4--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
then:
E
e|----------------------------------|
B|-------4---------------4----------|
G|---4-------4---4---4-------4---4--|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
Here are the chords:
Before playing: The chords are played differently in the chorus than the
rest of the song.
Here are how they are played:
Chords for verses, prechoruses, and bridge (should be fingerpicked as shown above):
B - x24442
E - 0xx440
G#m - 4xx44x
F# - 2xx44x
Chords for chorus:
B - x24422
E - 022100
G#m - 466444
F# - 244322
Intro (described above)
Verse: (picking described above)
B E
I remember when a photograph was worth
G#m
A thousand words
F#
A thousand words
B E
Now a thousand pictures come my way, every day
G#m F#
and I like them all the same but they can't take my breath away
B E
I'm fighting the temptation not to look
G#m F#
But I'm still leafing through the pages like the world's my open book
B E
Why don't I got something else to do?
G#m F#
Feeling trapped behind the viewfinder to share it all with you
E
But that's not what it's about
PreChorus:
G#m* F#*
I'm so tired of missing out
***Pluck only the low E and the B strings of these chords***
Chorus:
E
I look on up
F#
To the sky
G#m B
I wonder why I put a filter between beauty and my eyes
E
I look on up
F#
To your eyes
G#m B
It's time I put down my devices and I start to live my life
E
I look on up
F#
I look on up
B
To the sky
Intro x2
Verse 2:
B E
Have you ever tried to photograph the moon?
G#m
Well I have too
F#
Yeah I have too
B E
Find it funny how it never turns out right
G#m F#
It's like someone poked a pinhole in the canvas of the night
E
And that's not what it's about
Prechorus:
G#m* F#*
I'm so tired of missing out
***Pluck only the low E and the B strings of these chords***
Chorus:
E
I look on up
F#
To the sky
G#m B
I wonder why I put a filter between beauty and my eyes
E
I look on up
F#
To your eyes
G#m B
It's time I put down my devices and I start to live my life
E
I look on up
F#
I look on up
B
To the sky
Bridge:
E
Cause it's a Nick Drake Pink Moon seeing the Pines
F# G#m
In the pacific north west for the first time. I cannot believe my eyes.
F#
Yeah I'm singing out loud in the middle of the night
G#m B E
On the balcony in Brisbane looking up into the sky
F#
Into the sky
E B*
It's time I put down my devices and I start to live my life
***Pluck only the low E and the B strings of this chord***
Instrumental
E F# B
E F# B
Chorus:
E
I look on up
F#
I look on up
B
I look on up
F#
I look on up
E
I look on up
F#
Up to your eyes
G#m B
It's time I put down my devices and I start to live my life
E
I look on up
F#
I look on up
B
To the sky
Verse 3:
B E
Have you ever tried to photograph the moon?
G#m
Well I have too
F#*
I have too
