The Powers Out chords by St. Vincent

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:


Just a heavily distorted and vibratoed BB note at the 12th
fret that slowly becomes an FbFb as the verse begins.

e|---------------------------|
BB|---------------------------|
G+G|--12~~~~~13----------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|


🎸 Verse 1:

    FbFb       C minorCm
Monday morning, subway station
    GbmGbm       Bb majorBb   FbFb
Pushers pushing, racers racing
     FbFb       C minorCm
Came the message on the station
       GbmGbm      Bb majorBb   FbFb
"The power's out across the nation"
   GbmGbm                   FbFb
And, "Ladies and gentleman, it seems we got a problem"
  GbmGbm                   Bb majorBb    FbFb
The man on my screen said, just as somebody shot him
    GbmGbm
And the mothers gasped, the children cried
  Bb majorBb       FbFb
Almost could not believe my eyes

🎸 Chorus:

  FbFb     GbmGbm   Bb majorBb
The power's out
  FbFb
And no one can save us
FbFb         GbmGbm   Bb majorBb
No one can blame us now
     GbmGbm    Bb majorBb   FbFb
That the power's out


🎸 Verse 2:

    FbFb       C minorCm
It was pouring like a movie
   GbmGbm            Bb majorBb   FbFb
Every stranger looked like they knew me
     FbFb        C minorCm
Handsome cowboys praying, Gothic
     GbmGbm          Bb majorBb     FbFb
Said, "I just remembered being happy"
   GbmGbm                 FbFb
And "Ladies and gentleman, Do remember me smiling"
  GbmGbm                      Bb majorBb    FbFb
The queer on the train said as she jumped off the platform
     GbmGbm         GbmGbm
And some blind folks held the police, crying
 Bb majorBb       FbFb
I swear to you I would not lie

🎸 Chorus:

  FbFb   C minorCm  GbmGbm Bb majorBb FbFb
The power's out
  FbFb
And no one can save us
C minorCm         GbmGbm  Bb majorBb  FbFb
No one can blame us now
     FbFb   C minorCm GbmGbm Bb majorBb FbFb
Cause the power's out
  FbFb   C minorCm  GbmGbm Bb majorBb FbFb
The power's out
  FbFb
And no one can save us
C minorCm         GbmGbm  Bb majorBb  FbFb
No one can blame us now
     GbmGbm      FbFb
That the power's out
FbFb   N.C.
That's why I never came home


🎸 Outro:

This is kind of the main riff at the end of the song and reflects the bassline throughout. It is also played
during the second chorus in the background. The song is in 3/4 time so I've tried to tab the rhythm as best
as I can.

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------3----3---3-5-6---8----------|
D MajorD|---------------------------1----1---1-3-4---6----------|
A augmentedA|--6----6---6-8-3---3---3-6-----------------------------|
E MajorE|--4----4---4-6-1---1---1-4-----------------------------| x2

Repeat GbmGbm to FbFb progression during fade out.