Hop Along – Not Abel Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

This is the chord progression of Not Abel  by Hop Along on Piano, guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G#m F#m E A

[Verse I]
G#m                                                          C#m
The whole town lined up outside the tent
F#                                                       E
What those kids thought they saw
A
Do you really want to remember this?
G#m                   C#m                   F#                   E
Today, think of all the alien shots in the dark
A
That at one time, all at once, coexisted
F#m                                                       D
I mean aside from all the burning
F#m                                                       D
Hurry by the shanties beside the road
A
Sunset on a cart
E                                     F#
Pulled home by a white horse
A                                     E                                     F#
Conscience of the husband was righteous and coarse
C#m
There must be a limit
F#m
If we only circle around
B
There’s no hurry in reaching it

[Verse II]
G#m F#m E A

G#m
Shirt bloodstained
C#m                                     F#                                     E
And yet it was not Abel but Cain who got to hear
A
The voice that for so long had been a stranger
G#m                                     C#m                                                       E
Not one word of all the time they spent growing up brothers
A
Even love, yes, even love, yes, even love
Something to lose
F#m                                                       D
What if the details there were suddenly shared?
F#m                                                       D
Tender moments siblings keep secret
A                                     E                                     F#
Sunset on a time when no words could be spared
A                                     E                                     F#
Unknowing mother rocks soft in her chair
C#m
There must be a limit
F#m
This has happened
This will happen
B
This is happening

[Bridge]
D                   A                   E
Voice on the radio again
D                                     A                                     E
Strange to be shaped by such strange men
D                   A                   E
It’s the hottest summer again
D                   A                                     E
Strange to be shaped by such strange men
E
But where will you go? Where?

[Conclusion]
A E F# (x3)

A
Where, where?
E                                     F#                   A                                     E
When you asked me that question it sounded like a joke
F#
A rubber hand extended to shake
C#m                                                       F#m
Outside my kitchen the sound of fists on the door
B
In the early morning light
A                   E                                     F#
A death so small and sentimental
A                   E                                     F#
Daddy giving the middle finger to the Kodak lens
C#m
When I saw her face she smiled
F#m                                     E                   B
“I don’t know why I saved it all this time”

[Outro]
A E F# (x2)
C#m F#m B

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