Instamatic — Vertical Horizon
Chords and lyrics for Instamatic by Vertical Horizon (key of D#).
Intro
[F]
Okay, [C#m/G#]so, uh, [C#maj7][Am]it's [D#/G]warming [C#]up.
Intro (Chord Section)
[Bmaj7/A#] [G#maj7] [A#m7] [G#m] [G7] [Fmaj7] [D] [G#maj7] [E] [Bmaj7] [F]
Verse 1
Today we're [C#maj7]going to commence the [F]master recording [Fmaj7]here where at Hansen Studios today.
Just for a pause for a moment and talk about recording technology, they built an igloo out of my bass drum.
I think it's a Canadian drummer. I think they're making, oh, [Fm]the Canadian drummer's here. Let's build an igloo over his bass drum.
[Fmaj7]They're all ice-chuckers.
That's my friend Michael. He calls Canadians ice-chuckers.
So by the process defined before, we've been just playing through the song Matteo and me a few times and putting down a couple takes [Dm]and listening to them.
And at this point we have one that we like. It's good and solid and lots of interesting spice and a lot of push and pull in this song.
We're going to talk about the complexities of the structure of the drum part at a later time, like when there is one.
Verse 2
[Fm]But for now, now [F#maj7]that we have one we like, [Fmaj7]now we move on [Dm]to raise it up a bit.
I feel confident now [C#]that we've got a good one and everything [Dm]that I was aiming to get into the song and support the song vocally, structurally, dynamically and rhythmically has been done.
So at this point [Em]now I'm just [Fm]going to go to, I like this [Dm]one, trying to beat it, I call it kind of a leapfrog, where I've got to take, I like, try to beat it and then try to beat it.
So we're [Fmaj7]in that pleasurable [C#/F]mode now because there's [A#]nothing left. We've got a good one.
We're moving on, trying to go up that little bit higher.
Okay, let's rock.
Instrumental Break 1
[F] [Fm7/D#] [D#] [G#] [D#/A#] [G#]
Ad Lib 1
Hmm.
Instrumental Break 2
[D#] [A#] [D#] [A#] [D#sus2] [D#] [A#] [G#] [D#] [G#] [C#]
Ad Lib 2
Hey now.
Verse 3
[D#m]Oh, [D#sus2]yeah, [D#/A#]really love the fall.
[D#maj7]Oh, yeah.
Instrumental Break 3
[D#] [A#] [G#] [D#] [A#] [D#] [A#] [D#]
Ad Lib 3
Yeah.
Instrumental Break 4
[G#] [C#] [D#m] [D#] [D#sus2] [D#] [G#] [D#/A#] [G#/D#]
Verse 4
Oh, [D#]yeah.
Now [D#sus2]you're going to run.
Run.
Instrumental Break 5
[G#/D#] [D#] [A#7] [D#]
Ad Lib 4
So come on.
Chorus
[A#m] [Fsus2] [D#/A#] [G#] [D#] [A#m] [Fm] [A#] [G#] [D#sus2/F] [D#] [A#m] [D#] [A#] [D#] [A#]
After me belongs to you
[D#] [A#]The battleships
Circling, [G#]waiting [D#]for your call
Verse 5
[G#][Fm7]So [G#sus4/C#]no use flying
Yeah, no use flying
[Fm7]I just [C#m]love the [D#]fall
Yeah, really love the fall
Ad Lib 5
Oh, oh, oh
Outro
Now you're gonna run
Now you're gonna run
Now you're gonna run
So come on, come on
Now [Fm7/D#]you're gonna run
Now you're gonna run
[D#]Now you're gonna run
Now you're gonna [Fm7/D#]run
Now you're gonna run
Now you're gonna run
Now you're gonna run
Now you're [A#7]gonna run
[D#] [F]
Oh, yeah, I love that.
That was killer, man. Good.
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