Intro -x4-: D  Gmaj7

Verse 1:
D                Gmaj7         D                  Gmaj7
 So you need the metal in your blood to keep you alive
D                 Gmaj7           D                    Gmaj7
 And you read the compass in your eyes so you can stay right
D                Gmaj7            D                 Gmaj7
 So you surf the earth's magnetic core to keep you aligned
D                Gmaj7         D                  Gmaj7
 So you need the metal in your blood to keep you alive
          Cadd9  G    A7sus4
Keep you alive

Interlude -x2-: D  Gmaj7

Verse 2:
D                Gmaj7      D                    Gmaj7
 So you turn the water into steam to push up the track
D                Gmaj7           D                   D   
 So you burn the furnace in your chest to anticipate that
D                D              D                       D   
 So you wear the colour in your cheek, the proof of the strive
D                D             D                  D   
 So you need the metal in your blood to keep you alive
          Cadd9  G    A7sus4
Keep you alive

Interlude:
   D  Gmaj7
   D  A

Chorus:
      G                        D
And I know I'm a collaboration
   A                 G
Bacteria, carbon and light
                       D
a florid orchestration
  A                     G
a recipe of fortune and time
                            D
Yeah, it's a lot to take in
       A             Em            G
When I try I see a short word
          Em            G
I see a short word

Interlude -x4-: D  Gmaj7

Verse 3:
D                    Gmaj7       D                     Gmaj7
 I want to throw the camera open wide -so you need the metal in your blood-
D                   Gmaj7         D                      Gmaj7
 I want to keep the multitudes in sight -so you need the metal in your blood-
D                   Gmaj7           D                        Gmaj7
 I want to feel the current pulsing through -so you need the metal in your blood-
D                Gmaj7         D                  Gmaj7
 So you need the metal in your blood to keep you alive
          Cadd9           G         A7sus4
Keep you alive -keep you; keep you; keep you, keep you-
          Cadd9           G         A7sus4
Keep you alive -keep you; keep you; keep you, keep you-
          D
Keep you alive

Interlude:
   D  Gmaj7
   D  A

Chorus:
      G                        D
And I know I'm a collaboration
   A                 G
Bacteria, carbon and light
                       D
a florid orchestration
  A                     G
a recipe of fortune and time
                            D
Yeah, it's a lot to take in
           A         G    D
And when I try I know
G                 D
-a collaboration-
   A                 G
Bacteria, carbon and light
                       D
a florid orchestration
  A                     G
a recipe of fortune and time
                            D
Yeah, it's a lot to take in
       A             Em            G
When I try I see a short word
          Em            G
I see a short word
          Em            G
I see a short word
          Em            G
I see a short word

Outro -x4-: Em  G