Keane - Perfect Symmetry: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Perfect Symmetry" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Perfect Symmetry Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Keane

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Perfect Symmetry" smoothly on your guitar.

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   Cm                             A#
I shake through the wreckage for signs of life
                       Fm        G#
Scrolling through the paragraphs
                      Cm       A#
Clicking through the photographs
   Cm                         A#
I wish I could make sense of what we do
                  Fm     G#
Burning down the capitals
                  Cm     A#
The wisest of the animals

G#          Cm
Who are you?
             A#      G#
What are you living for?
G#            Cm
Tooth for tooth
            A#      G#
Maybe we'll go one more

Chorus:
     D#  A#/D
This life
                     A#
is lived in perfect symmetry
       Fm G#
What I do
             Cm        A#
That will be done to me

Read page after page of analysis
Looking for the final score
We're no closer than we were before

Who are you? What are you fighting for?
Holy truth? Brother, I choose this mortal life

Chorus:
Lived in perfect symmetry
What I do, that will be done to me
As the needle slips into the run out groove
Love, maybe you'll feel it too

                  G#             D#
And maybe you'll find life is unkind
         A#
And over so soon
            G#
There is no golden gate
        D#                A#
There's no heaven waiting for you

                   G#
Oh boy, you oughta leave this town
A#
Get out while you can
             D#         Cm
The meter's running down
                     G#
The voices in the streets you love
A#                            D#
Everything is better when you hear that shout
 Cm  Fm
Woah!
 D#  Cm
Woah!
  A#
Woah!

Chorus:
Spineless dreamers hide in churches
Pieces of pieces of rush hour buses
I dream in emails, worn out phrases
Mile after mile of just empty pages

Wrap yourself around me
Wrap yourself around me
As the needle slips into the run out groove
Maybe you'll feel it too, maybe you'll feel it too
Maybe you'll feel it too, maybe you'll feel it too

(Spineless dreamers hide in churches)
Pieces of pieces of rush hour buses
I dream in emails, worn out phrases
Mile after mile of just empty pages

Spineless dreamers hide in churches


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Perfect Symmetry" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Perfect Symmetry" by Keane.