# A Perfect Circle — The Noose — FROMAUDIO Chords

> Source: Moises chord analysis from htdemucs_6s stems at `13th step apc/03 - The Noose/`.
> Key center: D# minor (Eb minor enharmonically). Duration: 4:53. Tempo: 89.1 BPM.
> Stems are FULL LENGTH — this is complete chord data, not truncated.
> Alignment is timestamp-approximate (±1s at 89 BPM). Vocals excluded from chord detection.

## Chord Vocabulary

Key: D# minor (Aeolian). Scale: D#, E#(F), F#, G#, A#, B, C#

- **D#m** = i (tonic minor — the song's gravitational center)
- **G#** = IV major (raised subdominant — the phrase-end lift chord)
- **G#m** = iv minor (subdominant minor — darker variation in verse 2)
- **F#** = III (relative major's submediant — the "halo slipping" chord)
- **D#** = I major (Picardy third — brief bright resolution on "curious")
- **C#** = bVII (subtonic — paired with F# in the final section)

The song is nearly static harmonically — D#m dominates entire verses at 89 BPM. The Picardy third (D# major) on "curious" is the most striking harmonic move, turning the tonic minor into major for one lyric phrase before returning to D#m.

```text
[Intro — 0:00]
D#m
(clean arpeggiated guitar figure, 12 bars)

[Verse 1 — 0:35]
D#m
So glad to see you well
D#m
Overcome and completely silent now
                           G#
With heavens help you cast your demons out

D#m
And not to pull your halo down
D#m
Around your neck and tug you off your cloud
          D#
But I'm more than just a little curious
        D#m
How you're planning to go about making your amends
D#m
To the dead
To the dead

[Verse 2 — 2:00]
D#m
Recall the deeds as if they're all
D#m
Someone else's atrocious stories
D#m
Now you stand reborn before us all
                G#
So glad to see you well

[Bridge — 2:30]
G#m
And not to pull your halo down
G#
Around your neck and tug you to the ground
F#
But I'm more than just a little curious
                D#
How you're planning to go about making your amends
D#m
To the dead
To the dead

[Final section — 3:20]
F#                  C#
With your halo slipping down
F#
Your halo slipping
C#                  F#
Your halo slipping down
D#                  F#
Your halo slipping down

[Coda — 3:50]
F#                          C#
(With your halo slipping down) but I'm more than just a little curious
F#                          C#
(With your halo slipping down) how you're planning to go about making your
F#                          D#
(With your halo slipping down) more than just a little curious
F#                          D#
(With your halo slipping down) how you're planning to go about making your
F#                          C#
(With your halo slipping down) more than just a little curious
G#                    D#
Your halo slipping down
D#
To choke you now
```