Architecture in Helsinki - Contact High
Key of F#, ear-transcribed on ukulele by Neil Killer.
Key change to A for the final chorus.
They keep it simple with the 3-chord progression, but you can keep things
interesting by sustaining, muting and changing your strumming pattern in
different parts, like they do in the song. Watch for the chords in brackets,
which I transcribed to match the cadences at the end of most of the verses.
INTRO:
[F#] [-] [B] [-] [D#m] [-] [D#m]
VERSE 1:
[F#]If one of [B]these two walls could s[D#m]peak[D#m]
I'd turn the[F#] lights down long en[B]ough to hit rep[D#m]eat (bab[D#m]e)
Right now my [F#]vision is gone and [B]magic's to blame
It's [D#m]silent down here, hey [D#m]I want to get loud again
[F#]You'll hold the [B]thunder while I bring the [D#m]rain[D#m]
PRE-CHORUS:
I might be [F#]dancing doing nothing but I've [B]had my share[D#m][D#m]
You've got a [F#]strange infatuation with the [B]elements in the [D#m]air[(B][-][F#)]
CHORUS:
[F#]Contact high
[B]I'm done dreamin that [D#m]we can fly
[D#m]Am I guilty? Boy [F#]you decide
[B]I've got nothing to[D#m] hide
VERSE 2:
[F#]Four letter [B]words won't hold any sw[D#m]ay (uh uh[D#m])
And in a [F#]paradise that [B]shakes the word "romantic" to the [D#m]bone[D#m]
[F#]Mystical forces are [B]circling me, while [D#m]perfect nostalgia is [D#m]dating the enemy
[F#]Lost in the ether with [B]no one to blame
It's [D#m]silent down here, maybe[(B)] I want to get[(G#m)] loud again
CHORUS:
[F#]Contact high
[B]I'm done dreamin that [D#m]we can fly
[D#m]Am I guilty? Boy [F#]you decide
[B]I've got nothing to[D#m] hide
[D#m](When we touch I get a)
CHORUS 2:
[F#]Contact high
[B]I'm done leaving if [D#m]we can try
[D#m]Am I guilty? Boy [F#]you decide
[B]I've got nothing to[D#m] hide
SOLO:
F# - B - D#m... (x2)
PRE-CHORUS:
I might be [F#]dancing doing nothing but I've [B]had my share[D#m]
You've got a [F#]strange infatuation with the [B]elements in the [D#m]air[(B][-][F#m][-][A)]
CHORUS:
[A]Contact high
[D]I'm done dreaming that [F#m]we can fly
[F#m]Am I guilty boy [A]you decide
[D]I've got nothing to[F#m] hide
[F#m](When we touch I get a)
OUTRO:
[A]Contact high[D]...[F#m]
F#m A D F#m... A
Contact high...contact high
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Key of F#, ear-transcribed on ukulele by Neil Killer.
Key change to A for the final chorus.
------------------------------
They keep it simple with the 3-chord progression, but you can keep things
interesting by sustaining, muting and changing your strumming pattern in
different parts, like they do in the song. Watch for the chords in brackets,
which I transcribed to match the cadences at the end of most of the verses.
------------------------------
INTRO:
[F#] [-] [B] [-] [D#m] [-] [D#m]
VERSE 1:
[F#]If one of [B]these two walls could s[D#m]peak[D#m]
I'd turn the[F#] lights down long en[B]ough to hit rep[D#m]eat (bab[D#m]e)
Right now my [F#]vision is gone and [B]magic's to blame
It's [D#m]silent down here, hey [D#m]I want to get loud again
[F#]You'll hold the [B]thunder while I bring the [D#m]rain[D#m]
PRE-CHORUS:
I might be [F#]dancing doing nothing but I've [B]had my share[D#m][D#m]
You've got a [F#]strange infatuation with the [B]elements in the [D#m]air[(B][-][F#)]
CHORUS:
[F#]Contact high
[B]I'm done dreamin that [D#m]we can fly
[D#m]Am I guilty? Boy [F#]you decide
[B]I've got nothing to[D#m] hide
VERSE 2:
[F#]Four letter [B]words won't hold any sw[D#m]ay (uh uh[D#m])
And in a [F#]paradise that [B]shakes the word "romantic" to the [D#m]bone[D#m]
[F#]Mystical forces are [B]circling me, while [D#m]perfect nostalgia is [D#m]dating the enemy
[F#]Lost in the ether with [B]no one to blame
It's [D#m]silent down here, maybe[(B)] I want to get[(G#m)] loud again
CHORUS:
[F#]Contact high
[B]I'm done dreamin that [D#m]we can fly
[D#m]Am I guilty? Boy [F#]you decide
[B]I've got nothing to[D#m] hide
[D#m](When we touch I get a)
CHORUS 2:
[F#]Contact high
[B]I'm done leaving if [D#m]we can try
[D#m]Am I guilty? Boy [F#]you decide
[B]I've got nothing to[D#m] hide
SOLO:
F# - B - D#m... (x2)
PRE-CHORUS:
I might be [F#]dancing doing nothing but I've [B]had my share[D#m]
You've got a [F#]strange infatuation with the [B]elements in the [D#m]air[(B][-][F#m][-][A)]
CHORUS:
[A]Contact high
[D]I'm done dreaming that [F#m]we can fly
[F#m]Am I guilty boy [A]you decide
[D]I've got nothing to[F#m] hide
[F#m](When we touch I get a)
OUTRO:
[A]Contact high[D]...[F#m]
F#m A D F#m... A
Contact high...contact high
