Biography:
Architecture in Helsinki are an indie pop band which formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2000. The band has released four studio albums: "Fingers Crossed" (2003), "In Case We Die" (2005), "Places Like This" (2008) and "Moment Bends" (2011). The band consists of Cameron Bird (vocals, guitar), Gus Franklin (horns, drums, guitar), Kellie Sutherland (vocals, keyboards, melodica, other instruments), Jamie Mildren (multiple instruments) and Sam Perry (multiple instruments).
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Architecture in Helsinki - Contact High
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Key of F#, ear-transcribed on ukulele by Neil Killer.
Key change to A for the final chorus.
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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.
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INTRO:
F# - B - D#m - D#m
VERSE 1:
F# B D#m D#m
If one of these two walls could speak
F# B D#m D#m
I'd turn the lights down long enough to hit repeat (babe)
F# B
Right now my vision is gone and magic's to blame
D#m D#m
It's silent down here, hey I want to get loud again
F# B D#m D#m
You'll hold the thunder while I bring the rain
PRE-CHORUS:
F# B D#m D#m
I might be dancing doing nothing but I've had my share
F# B D#m (B - F#)
You've got a strange infatuation with the elements in the air
CHORUS:
F#
Contact high
B D#m
I'm done dreamin that we can fly
D#m F#
Am I guilty? Boy you decide
B D#m
I've got nothing to hide
VERSE 2:
F# B D#m D#m
Four letter words won't hold any sway (uh uh)
F# B D#m D#m
And in a paradise that shakes the word "romantic" to the bone
F# B D#m D#m
Mystical forces are circling me, while perfect nostalgia is dating the enemy
F# B
Lost in the ether with no one to blame
D#m (B) (G#m)
It's silent down here, maybe I want to get loud again
CHORUS:
F#
Contact high
B D#m
I'm done dreamin that we can fly
D#m F#
Am I guilty? Boy you decide
B D#m
I've got nothing to hide
D#m
(When we touch I get a)
CHORUS 2:
F#
Contact high
B D#m
I'm done leaving if we can try
D#m F#
Am I guilty? Boy you decide
B D#m
I've got nothing to hide
SOLO:
F# - B - D#m... [x2]
PRE-CHORUS:
F# B D#m
I might be dancing doing nothing but I've had my share
F# B D#m (B - F#m - A)
You've got a strange infatuation with the elements in the air
CHORUS:
A
Contact high
D F#m
I'm done dreaming that we can fly
F#m A
Am I guilty boy you decide
D F#m
I've got nothing to hide
F#m
(When we touch I get a)
OUTRO:
A D F#m
Contact high...
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# B D#m D#m
If one of these two walls could speak
F# B D#m D#m
I'd turn the lights down long enough to hit repeat (babe)
F# B
Right now my vision is gone and magic's to blame
D#m D#m
It's silent down here, hey I want to get loud again
F# B D#m D#m
You'll hold the thunder while I bring the rain
PRE-CHORUS:
F# B D#m D#m
I might be dancing doing nothing but I've had my share
F# B D#m (B - F#)
You've got a strange infatuation with the elements in the air
CHORUS:
F#
Contact high
B D#m
I'm done dreamin that we can fly
D#m F#
Am I guilty? Boy you decide
B D#m
I've got nothing to hide
VERSE 2:
F# B D#m D#m
Four letter words won't hold any sway (uh uh)
F# B D#m D#m
And in a paradise that shakes the word "romantic" to the bone
F# B D#m D#m
Mystical forces are circling me, while perfect nostalgia is dating the enemy
F# B
Lost in the ether with no one to blame
D#m (B) (G#m)
It's silent down here, maybe I want to get loud again
CHORUS:
F#
Contact high
B D#m
I'm done dreamin that we can fly
D#m F#
Am I guilty? Boy you decide
B D#m
I've got nothing to hide
D#m
(When we touch I get a)
CHORUS 2:
F#
Contact high
B D#m
I'm done leaving if we can try
D#m F#
Am I guilty? Boy you decide
B D#m
I've got nothing to hide
SOLO:
F# - B - D#m... [x2]
PRE-CHORUS:
F# B D#m
I might be dancing doing nothing but I've had my share
F# B D#m (B - F#m - A)
You've got a strange infatuation with the elements in the air
CHORUS:
A
Contact high
D F#m
I'm done dreaming that we can fly
F#m A
Am I guilty boy you decide
D F#m
I've got nothing to hide
F#m
(When we touch I get a)
OUTRO:
A D F#m
Contact high...
F#m A D F#m... A
Contact high...contact high
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