Brush fire (G)fair y tales,
it sy bit sy (C)dia mond whales.
Big fat (G)hur ri canes,
yel low bel lied (C)giv en names.
Well, short cuts can (D)slow you down,
and in the (C)end, we’re bound
to re bound off of (G)we.
Well, dust off your (G)think ing caps, so lar pow ered (C)plas tic plants.
Pret ty pic tures of (G)things we ate; we are on ly (C)what we hate.
But in the long (D)run we have found
si lent films are (C)full of sound,
in au di bly (G)free.
(G)Slow down, ev ’ry one; you’re (B)mov ing too fast.
(C)Frames can’t catch you when you’re (A)mov ing like that.
(G)In au di ble mel o dies serve (B)nar ra tion al strat e gies.
(C)Un ob stru sive tones
help to (A)no tice noth ing but the zone of (G)vi su al rel e van cy.
(B)Frame lines tell me what to see, (C)chop ping like an axe or may be (A)Eis en stein should just re lax.
(G)Slow down, ev ’ry one; you’re (B)mov ing too fast.
(C)Frames can’t catch you when you’re (A)mov ing like that.
Well, (G)Pla to’s Cave is full of freaks de (B7)mand ing re funds for the things they’ve seen.
I (C7)wish they could be lieve in all the (A)things that nev er (Ab)made the screen.
And just (G)slow down, ev ’ry one; you’re (B)mov ing too fast.
(C)Frames can’t catch you when you’re (A)mov ing like that.
(G)Slow down, ev ’ry one; you’re (B)mov ing too fast.
(C)Frames can’t catch you when you’re (A)mov ing like that, mov ing too...
This page shows “Inaudible Melodies” by Jack Johnson in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 76 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.