s Slide
h Hammer-on
p Pull-off
T Tap
B Bend the note to the fret after the B
R Release back to the originally bent note
A.H. Artificial Harmonic
m Palm Muted
// Trem Pick (Pick as fast as possible)
Guitar 1 - Distorted Electric
Guitar 2 - Distorted Electric
Guitar 3 - Clean Electric
Guitar 4 - Distorted Electric
Guitar 5 - Distorted Electric
Guitar 6 - Acoustic Guitar
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F#5 G5 F#m G D5 C5
e|--------------------|
B|---------2--3-------|
G|---------2--4--7--5-| Chord List
D|--4--5---4--5--7--5-|
A|--4--5---4--5--5--3-|
E|--2--3---2--3-------|
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I. Vocal Under A Bloodlight
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e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-4~-2~----4~-| Gtr. 2 (play 4 times)
D|-4~-2~-4~-5~-|
A|-2~-0~-4~-5~-|
E|-------2~-3~-|
hold
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-17b19~-19r17-17~-----------------------------|
G|------------------18-18b19r18----18b19r18-16~-| Gtr. 1
D|------------------------------19--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
Last night you said I was cold, untouchable
e|-----------------|
B|-14b15-12s10-----|
G|-------------11~-| Gtr. 1
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
A lonely piece of action from another town
I just want to be free
e|--------------|
B|-10b12r10-----|
G|----------11~-| Gtr. 1
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
I'm happy to be lonely
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|-6b7r6----| Gtr. 1
D|-------4~-|
A|----------|
E|----------|
Can't you stay away?
Just leave me alone with my thoughts
Just a runaway
e|--------|
B|-14b15~-|
G|--------| Gtr. 1
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|
Just a runaway
e|-12b14r12b14r12b14r12-|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------| Gtr. 1
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
I'm saving myself
II. Passing Strangers
=====================
N.B. Guitar 2 plays the associated chord once at the beginning of each bar
G5
e|--------------------------5-|
B|---3p2h3-2p0----3p2h3-2p0---|
G|-------------4--------------| Gtr. 3 (play x2)
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
G5 F#5
|-------------x2-------------|---------------x2--------------|
e|--------------------------5-|---4-----5-----4-----5-----5---|
B|---3p2h3-2p0----3p2h3-2p0---|-------------------------------|
G|-------------4--------------|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-| Gtr. 3 (x 2.5)
D|----------------------------|-------4-----4-----4-----4-----|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
Strung out below a necklace of carnival lights
Cold moon, held on the crest of the night
I'm too tired to fight.
So now we're passing strangers, at single tables
Still trying to get over
Still trying to write love songs for passing strangers
All those passing strangers
And the twinkling lies, all those twinkling lies
Sparkle with the wet ink on the paper
Guitar Solo (Gtr. 1)
===========
N.B. Guitar 2 plays the associated chord once where indicated
F#m F#m G
e|-14----14----14----14----14-16-16-16b17r16-----------------------|
B|-17b19-17b19-17b19-17b19-------------------17b19~-19r17-15-------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------18b19-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------15-------------------------------|
B|----------------------------15-19----19b20r19-15-19-15-------------|
G|-18b19r18p16-18-16-15-16-18----------------------------18-19-16-18-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G // F#m
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-16-15-16-15h16----15----15b16-16r15----15-16-15h16----15h16-16-14~-|
D|----------------17----17-------------17-------------17--------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
// // // F#m
e|----------------------------16-17-19-17-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21-|
B|-------------14-17b19-17b19-------------------------------------|
G|----14-16b18----------------------------------------------------|
D|-16-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G G
e|-19b21~-19b21~b22~r19-19b21r19-19s17-19~-14-15----14-------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------17----15s14-14b15-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#m F#m
e|-----------------------9b12r9-----------------------------------|
B|-14b15-12-11h12s0-----------------------------------------------|
G|------------------9t11--------9h11~-11s18-18-18-18-18-18-18b19~-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
III. Mylo
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Gtr. 4
e|-19-17-15-17-----19-17-15-17-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------15~-------------15~-15-14h15p14----14~-15-14h15p14----14~-|
G|---------------------------------------------16-----------------16-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Gtr. 5
e|-15-14-12-14-----15-14-12-14-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------12~-------------12~-12-10h12p10----10~-12-10h12p10----10~-|
G|---------------------------------------------12-----------------12-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-3-2---3-2----------5-------5-|
B|-----0-----0--3p2p0---3p2p0---|
G|------------------------------| Gtr. 3 (repeats throughout)
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
N.B. Guitar 6 strums associated chords
Em7
Oh I remember Toronto when Mylo went down
A
And we sat and cried on the phone
Em7
I never felt so alone
A
He was the first of our own
Em7
Some of us go down in a blaze of obscurity
A
Some of us go down in a haze of publicity
Em7 A
The price of infamy, the edge of insanity
Em7
Another Holiday Inn, another temporary home
A
And an interviewer threatened me with a microphone
Am7 A
'Talk to me, won't you tell me your stories."
Em7
So I talked about conscience and I talked about pain
A
And he looked out the window and it started to rain
Em7 A
I thought maybe I've already gone crazy
Em7
So I reached for a bottle and he reached for the door
A
And I picked up the sleeping pills crushed on the floor
Em7 A
Inviting me to a casual obscenity.
IV. Perimeter Walk (All parts Gtr. 3 unless indicated)
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e|-------4-5-4-----------------------|-------4-5-4---------------------5-|
B|-7---7-------7---5---7-5-----------|-7---7-------7---5---7-5-----------|
G|---6-----------6---4-----7-6h7p6-4-|---6-----------6---4-----7-6h7p6---|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e|-9----9-10-------------|-9----9-10----|
B|-----------12----12s17-|-----------12-|
G|-----------------------|--------------| x2
D|---11---------11-------|---11---------|
A|-----------------------|--------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------|
e|-------4-5-4-----------------------|-------4-5-4---------------------5-|
B|-7---7-------7---5---7-5-----------|-7---7-------7---5---7-5-----------|
G|---6-----------6---4-----7-6h7p6-4-|---6-----------6---4-----7-6h7p6---|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e|-9~-9b10r9-------------------|
B|-----------12~-10~-9~--------|
G|----------------------9~-----| Gtr. 1 (repeat 'til 'Threshold')
D|-------------------------11~-|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
It would be incredible if we could
Retrace all the times that we lived here
All the collisions
Wasted, I've never been so wasted
I've never been this far out before
Perimeter walk
There's a presence here
I feel could have been ancient,
I could have been mystical
There's a presence
A child, my child
My childhood, a misplaced childhood
Give it back to me, give it back to me
A childhood, that childhood
Oh please give it back to me.
V. Threshold (All parts Gtr. 2 unless indicated)
============
\.5/\.5/\.5/ A.H Scrape down fret board
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|----2------------------------2--------------|
G|-2~-4b6~------------------2~-4b6~-4b6----//-|
D|-2~------5~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~----------5~-//-|
A|-0~------5~---------------0~----------5~-//-|
E|---------3~---------------------------3~----|
\.5/\.5/ \.5/\.5/ w/bar
e|-----------------------------------7b9~--------|
B|----2------------------------------------------|
G|-2~-4b6~------------------------2~---------0~~-|
D|-2~------5~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~------5~-5~~-|
A|-0~------5~---------------------0~------5~-----|
E|---------3~-----------------------------3~-----|
I saw a war widow in a launderette
Washing the memories from her husband's clothes
She had medals pinned to a threadbare greatcoat
A lump in her throat with cemetery eyes
Gtr. 2 just plays the associated chords once where indicated
D5 D5
I see convoys curbcrawling West German Autobahns
C5 C5
Trying to pick up a war
D5
They're going to even the score
D5 C5 C5
Oh... I can't take any more
\.5/\.5/ \.5/\.5/ w/bar
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----2------------------------------2-----------|
G|-2~-4b6~------------------------2~-4b6~----0~~-|
D|-2~------5~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~------5~-5~~-|
A|-0~------5~---------------------0~------5~-----|
E|---------3~-----------------------------3~-----|
I see black flags on factories
Soup ladies poised on the lips of the poor
I see children with vacant stares, destined for rape in the alleyways
Does anybody care, I can't take any more!
N.B. Gtr. 1 plays this interlude part alongside Gtr. 2
e|-17-15-14-17-15-14-------17-15-14-17-15-14-------|
B|-------------------15----------------------15----|
G|----------------------14----------------------14-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-15-13-12----13-12-------15-13-12-15-13-12-15-13-12-15-13-12-|
B|----------13-------13----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------12-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-17-15-14----15-14-------17-15-14----15-14-------|
B|----------15-------15-------------15-------15----|
G|----------------------14----------------------14-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-15-13-12----13-12-------15-----------|
B|----------13-------13-------13-15b17~-|
G|----------------------12--------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Should we say goodbye?
\.5/\.5/ \.5/\.5/ w/bar
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----2------------------------------2-----------|
G|-2~-4b6~------------------------2~-4b6~----0~~-|
D|-2~------5~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~------5~-5~~-|
A|-0~------5~---------------------0~------5~-----|
E|---------3~-----------------------------3~-----|
I see priests, politicians?
Heroes in black plastic body-bags under nations' flags
I see children pleading with outstretched hands
Drenched in napalm, this is no Vietnam
Gtr. 2 plays associated chords once where indicated (with lots of bar use)
D5 D5
I can't take any more
e|-15-14--------|
B|-------15-----|
G|----------14~-| Gtr. 1
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
C5 C5
Should we say goodbye
D5 D5
How can we justify?
e|-15-14---------|
B|-------15~-----|
G|-----------14~-| Gtr. 1
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
C5 C5
They call us civilised!
Gtr. 1
e|--------------12~-9-10-12-10p9--------9-10-9--------------------|----|
B|----10---10--------------------12~-12--------10~-10----10b12r10-|-*--|
G|-9~----9----9---------------------------------------11----------|-9~-| x 4
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
*4th time only