Author's note: The F#'s in the song are played just on the second fret of the sixth string. Listen for it
[Intro]
Em Am C D G F# x4
[Verse 1]
Em Am
The leaves are bursting brightly slowly turning into flame
C D G F#
soon they'll lose their strength shrivel up and turn to gray
Em Am
the cold takes over little crystals from the sky
C D G F#
a wondrous white blanket covers all throughout the night
Em Am
in the morning it's the sun sprinklin' glitter all around
C D G F#
the wind blows softly like a lullabye through town
Em Am
and all this has happened while your mind's preoccupied
C D G F# Em
it's the ugly way of man that keeps us down and makes us blind
Am C G F#
woh oh oh oh woh oh oh ooooh
[Pre-Chorus]
C D
From a little tiny ant to the birds up in the sky
Em G
We could swim with the dolphins we could climb a mountainside
C D
We could hunt with the lions Lay beneath the stars at night
Em G Em
Procreating our existence underneath the moonlight
Am C D G F#
woh oh oh oh oh oh oh ooooh
Em Am C D G F#
woh oh oh oh oh oh oh ooooh
[Verse 2]
Em Am
One great tear splashes down upon the ground
C D G F#
Love paints and magic created life to swim around
Em Am
The sun burned hotter as the earth grew taller
C D G F#
There was beauty overwhelming all that life had to offer
Em Am
They crawled above the sky and they crawled above the earth
C D G F#
Life was blooming sweetly as the world was giving birth
Em Am
The necessities of life were pure and simple in their ways
C D G F# Em
To sustain and exist, things would love to live each day-ay-ay
Am C D G F#
woh oh oh oh oh oh oh ooooh
[Pre-chorus]
C D
From a little tiny ant to the birds up in the sky
Em G
We could swim with the dolphins we could climb a mountainside
C D
We could hunt with the lions Lay beneath the stars at night
Em G F#
Procreating our existence underneath the moonlight
C D
We've been polluted all the beauty that surrounds our daily lives
Em G
Technology is killing me It's bleeding me dry
C D
Communication has no patience Radiating inside
Em D Em
Our prophecy's no longer free one great eye in the sky
[Interlude]
Em Am C Em D G
Em C Em D
Em C Em D G F#
The sun beams down from the moon like a nightlight shattering the gloom
Em C Em E D
The sun starts warming up the ground like a warm breath of light beamin' down
Em C Em G
The rain starts nourishing the seeds as the sun helps it grow up into trees
Em G C Em D G F#
The trees give life to all who need so everything on earth can live and breathe
Em Am C D G F#
woh oh oh oh oh oh oh ooooh
Em Am C D G F#
woh oh oh oh oh oh oh ooooh
[Verse 3]
Em Am
You wake up to the shrieks of the angry cars outside
C D G F#
Everybody's way to busy living in this modern life
Em Am
Always texting driving tweeting into cyber overdrive
C D D G F#
It's a hi-def fog blurrin' out the earth's pride
Em Am
We're the lazy generation our question's answered with a click
C D G F#
Why leave the house to seek out knowledge when it's all at your fingertips
Em Am
If we just got back to basics put one seed into the earth
C D G F#
We could heal this epidemic save the world before it's cursed
Em Am C D
woh oh oh oh oh oh oh ooooh
[Chorus]
C D
From a little tiny ant to the birds up in the sky
Em G
We could swim with the dolphins we could climb a mountainside
C D
We could hunt with the lions Lay beneath the stars at night
Em G
Procreating our existence underneath the moonlight
C D
We've been polluting all the beauty that surrounds our daily lives
Em G
Technology is killing me It's bleeding me dry
C D
Communication has no patience Radiating inside
Em G
Our prophesy's no longer free one great eye in the sky
C D
Stop staring at the screens Stop countin' on machines
Em G
Start livin' in the world that your eyes were meant to see
C D
We've been polluting our own beauty forgettin' what we shouldn't
Em G
We need to keep our bodies happy keep our souls from feelin' empty
C D
The Sun rises in the east and sets in the west
Em G
The stars are out at night and the moon it likes the rest
C D
All this is common knowledge which soon will be forgot
Em G C
Unless we take a second to let the beauty blossom
D Em
wooh woh ooh ooh
G C
yeh let that beauty blossom
D Em
woh ooh oh
G C
yeh let that beauty blossom
Em Am
woh ooh oh
C D G
woh ooh oh yeh
[Instrumental]
Em Am A C D
G Em Am C D
Em Am C D
Em Am C D x4
[Solo]
Em Am C D x8
[Bass Solo]
Em Am C D x8
[Chorus]
C D
From a little tiny ant to the birds up in the sky
Em G
We could swim with the dolphins we could climb a mountainside
C D
We could hunt with the lions Lay beneath the stars at night
Em G
Procreating our existence underneath the moonlight
C D
We've been polluting all the beauty that surrounds our daily lives
Em G
Technology is killing me It's bleeding me dry
C D
Communication has no patience Radiating inside
Em G
Our prophesy's no longer free one great eye in the sky
C D
Stop staring at the screens Stop countin' on machines
Em G
Start livin' in the world that your eyes were meant to see
C D
We've been polluting our own beauty forgettin' what we shouldn't
Em G
We need to keep our bodies happy keep our souls from feelin' empty
C D
The Sun rises in the east and sets in the west
Em G
The stars are out at night and the moon it likes the rest
C D
All this is common knowledge which soon will be forgot
Em G C
Unless we take a second to let the beauty blossom
D Em
wooh woh ooh ooh
G C
yeh let that beauty blossom
D Em
woh ooh oh
G C
yeh let that beauty blossom
Em Am
woh ooh oh
C D G
woh ooh oh yeh
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/twiddle/polluted_beauty_chords_2657715