Biography:
A notorious homebody, Chad VanGaalen is well known for rarely leaving his rickety house in Calgary, endlessly drawing, recording and making art. With Diaper Island, VanGaalen distills his approach, producing his most sonically cohesive album to date, and the closest thing he has done to a rock album.
Also a celebrated visual artist, VanGaalen is widely renowned for his illustration and animation work. As with his previous albums – Infiniheart, Skelliconnection and the Polaris short-listed Soft Airplane
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Other songs:
- After The Afterlife
- Bare Feet On Wet Griptape
- Blood Machine
- Bones Of Man
- City Of Electric Light
- Cries Of The Dead
- Do Not Fear
- Evil
- Graveyard
- Hangmans Son
- I Changed My Name
- Inside The Molecules
- Mini Tvs
- Molten Light
- Monster
- Old Man The Sea
- Pine And Clover
- Poisonous Heads
- Rabid Bits Of Time
- Sara
- Wandering Spirits
- Weighed Sin
- Weird Love
- Willow Tree
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Artist: Chad VanGaalen
Song: City of Electric Light
Album: Soft Airplane
Tabbed by: Don Tago
Email: [email protected]
Standard Tuning
Chords used:
EADGBe
Am:002210
F: 1332--
G: 320033
Riff 1
e-------------|
B-----1-0-----|
G-2/4-----2-0-|
D-------------|
A-------------|
E-------------|
Riff 2
e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G----0------------0------------0--------|
D--7---7-3-0----7---7-3-5----7---7-3-0--|
A---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Riff 1 Am G
And I thought you were the moon in the sky
Riff 1 Am G
But it turned out you were just a streetlight
Riff 1 Am G
You were burning like a hole in the night
Riff 1 F Am G
You were burning like a city of electric light
F Am G
You were burning like a city of electric light [repeat 3x]
Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords and riffs)
And I thought you were the moon in the skies
But it turned out you were just a pair of eyes
You were lurking like a creature in the night
You were looking like a city of electric light [repeat 4x]
Bridge:
Riff 2
Hanging by your feet, hanging in your sleep, hanging in a dream
F Am
Ooooh, oh-oh-ooooh-oh [repeat 2x]
Riff 2
We connect the stars, every single one, hanging like the sun
F Am
Ooooh, oh-oh-ooooh-oh [repeat 4x]
Verse 3:
And I thought you were the moon in the sky
but it turned out you were just a streetlight
You were burning like a hole in the night
You were burning like a city of electric light [repeat 4x]
Song: City of Electric Light
Album: Soft Airplane
Tabbed by: Don Tago
Email: [email protected]
Standard Tuning
Chords used:
EADGBe
Am:002210
F: 1332--
G: 320033
Riff 1
e-------------|
B-----1-0-----|
G-2/4-----2-0-|
D-------------|
A-------------|
E-------------|
Riff 2
e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G----0------------0------------0--------|
D--7---7-3-0----7---7-3-5----7---7-3-0--|
A---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Riff 1 Am G
And I thought you were the moon in the sky
Riff 1 Am G
But it turned out you were just a streetlight
Riff 1 Am G
You were burning like a hole in the night
Riff 1 F Am G
You were burning like a city of electric light
F Am G
You were burning like a city of electric light [repeat 3x]
Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords and riffs)
And I thought you were the moon in the skies
But it turned out you were just a pair of eyes
You were lurking like a creature in the night
You were looking like a city of electric light [repeat 4x]
Bridge:
Riff 2
Hanging by your feet, hanging in your sleep, hanging in a dream
F Am
Ooooh, oh-oh-ooooh-oh [repeat 2x]
Riff 2
We connect the stars, every single one, hanging like the sun
F Am
Ooooh, oh-oh-ooooh-oh [repeat 4x]
Verse 3:
And I thought you were the moon in the sky
but it turned out you were just a streetlight
You were burning like a hole in the night
You were burning like a city of electric light [repeat 4x]
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