This is how I play the song. I'll mostly be following Dave's voice. Noah's voice will be in [brackets.] Suggestions and corrections welcome! {Verse} Mountains in Kauai, Make me feel so lowly, Cower at their power, Vertical I like Dizzy under buildings, Bending like their willing, Is it what I?m seeing, Vertical is fright F G F [Hard to gain perspective, Often it?s perplexing, Reaching for a record, Vertical is sight,] F G F [Hanging on a pylon, Dropping from a million, Jumping hill to hill on, Vertical is height] F G People live above you, Postured like a totem, Runnin? up some stairs oh, Vertical is might F G Stalling on a nose and, Places to propose in, Seeing everything from, Vertical is light F G Diamonds of the sky on, Black and endless background, Reaching out to grab them, Vertical at night F G My imagination, Reaches to forever, Like an endless tower, So vertical I write
{Pre-Chorus} F#m G A So high and still it sends a feeling through me (Oh up above me falling over) [Suddenly not vertical] E D C#m Breathe in the the air goes through a system that is (down below me working steady) [Weary when it?s vertical] F#m G A A tree we are with limbs extending to the sun (Single holly finches calling) [Very lovely vertical] E D A Come find me floating up if you should find me gone (Nice and breezy spirits easy) [And did you hear a child say?] {Chorus} D My feet can't cross the parking lot Am The parking lot is way too hot [Then everything went vertical] x4 {Bridge} Bm A G For me, for me, for me Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh {Verse} F G At the tips of cities, Birds are tracing columns, Windows bend in wind, Vertical in flight F G Down below a statue, People stand in poses, Making good impressions, Vertical delights F G Lying on a trunk, And waiting to be dreaming, Startled by a thumpin, Vertical insight F G Lots of people thinkin, Thinking about falling, Nothing but a rope so, Vertical hold tight {Pre-Chorus} F#m G A Sometimes you feel the pressure dropping on you (Heavy folders daring soldiers) [Crashing from the vertical] E D C#m I start to wonder does this system matter? (Crumbling boulder couldn?t hold her) [Only if it?s vertical] F#m G A Even in leaves some creatures build themselves a home (Ancient maples empty stables) [Can?t always be vertical] E D A Lifted above the din their worlds a peaceful dome (Natures diet finding quiet) [They don?t hear the child say] {Chorus} D My feet can?t cross the parking lot Am The parking lot is way too hot [The everything went vertical] x8 {Outro} D Am G Am The parking lot is way too hot [The everything went vertical] x8