# A Perfect Circle — Weak And Powerless — FROMAUDIO Chords

> Source: Moises chord analysis from htdemucs_6s stems at `IF YOU CAN'T FIND SOMETHING ITS HERE/Moises_Input/stems/htdemucs_6s/13th step apc/02 - Weak And Powerless/`.
> Key center: C# minor (Krumhansl). Chord analysis via Moises segment detection + stems.
> **Note: Stems are truncated at 3:15 of 5:20.** Chord data covers intro through second chorus and start of bridge only. Final chorus and outro require full-length stems or Songsterr MIDI.
> Alignment is timestamp-approximate (±0.5s). Vocals excluded from chord detection.
> Tuning: Standard. The arpeggiated intro riff sounds on the open low F# — verify by ear.

## Chord Vocabulary (from Moises analysis)

Key center: C# minor. Main scale degrees in play:
- **C#m** = i (tonic minor, appears in verse as resting point)
- **F#m** = iv (minor subdominant, the intro riff anchor)
- **F#** = IV (raised subdominant, intro and chorus color)
- **A** = bVI (relative major of F#m; the "bright" release chord)
- **B** = bVII (major seventh degree, cadential motion)
- **C#** = V (dominant of C# minor — the chorus pedal)
- **G#m** = v (minor dominant, bridge color)

The song avoids the tonic C#m in the intro entirely. The intro riff oscillates F# / F#m — the major and minor forms of the subdominant — before landing on A (bVI) as a de-facto resting chord. The first clear C#m arrival is in verse 1.

```text
[Intro — 0:00]
F#   F#m   A
(rolling guitar arpeggio riff, 12 bars)

[Verse 1 — 0:18]
C#m
Tilling my own grave to keep me level
      A
Jam another dragon down the hole
C#m
Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren
                                            B
One that pushes me along and leaves me so

[Chorus 1 — 0:43]
F#                C#
Desperate and ravenous
B                G#m
I'm so weak and powerless
    A
Over you

[Verse 2 — 1:10]
C#m
Someone feed the monkey while I
           A
Dig in search of China
C#m                                       B
White as Dracula as I approach the bottom

[Chorus 2 — 1:35]
F#                C#
Desperate and ravenous
B                G#m
I'm so weak and powerless
    A
Over you

[Bridge — 2:00]
B                E
Little angel go away
C#m              G#m
Come again some other day
B                  E
The devil has my ear today
C#m                         B
I'll never hear a word you say
        E                     B
He promised I would find a little solace
E                 B
And some piece of mind
                   E
Whatever just as long as I don't feel so

[Final Chorus — 2:30 — beyond stem coverage; chords inferred from chorus repeat pattern]
F#                C#
Desperate and ravenous
B                G#m
I'm so weak and powerless
F#                C#
Desperate and ravenous
B                G#m
I'm so weak and powerless
    A
Over you

[Outro — ~3:00]
F#m   A
Over you
```