Standard tuning
Intro/verse
C F G F G
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B|---1---1---1---1-1---3-3---3---1-------3---|
G|---0---0---2---2-2---0-0---0---2p0h2---0---|
D|---2---0---3---------0-0h2-0---3-------0---|
A|---3---3---3---------X-X---x---3-------2---|
E|---------------------3-3---3-----------3---|
(4) (only sometimes)
Segway
C Am G
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C F G
Loosesn the wire your time has expired the only word left is "goodbye,"
F
and in my new dream the light's shigning on me
(skip the G)
little needles of sodium unstitch the seems of the,
C F G F G (finish the whole intro riff with the G)
sky,
C F G
Hold your head higher the heavenly choir is settling in for the night,
F
and where I had friends I am left with loose ends
G
four hours of vision exchanged for four hours of fright,
Chorus
C F Em F(full)
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C F
but enough of "the fight" and enough "you and I"
Em F(full)
and enough of "prevail" or "walkin' the line,"
C F
while the angles stand by I get high as a kite
Em F(full)
I'm too tired to smile or know that I'm right,
G
am I right?
(Play through the intro/verse here with the G and then play segway)
bridge
F(full) G C Am G
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F(full) G C Am
and all our best laid plans... well they crumbled in our hands,
G
our flags fell where they'd fanned,
F(full) G C Am
you held in your breath... long after projections of death,
G
you sat in the waiting room rasping and gasped on dry land,
(play the intro/verse with this next part)
C F
but the audience is tired we've had enough fire
G
we're entering the age now of ice,
F
and I feeling older pull off to the shoulder
G
and I wonder with my head in my hands should I call my wife,
(play the chorus with this next part)
C F
and say enough "you and I" and enough of "the fight,"
Em F(full)
and enough of "prevail" and "walkin the line,"
C F
while the angles stand by I get high as a kite,
Em F(full)
I'm too tired to smile or know that I'm right,
C F
Enough "you and I" and enough of "the fight,"
Em F(full)
and enough of "prevail" or "walkin the line,"
C F
when the spacecraft came down I was left on the ground,
Em F(full)
will you keep me around, will you help me survive,
G
after my time?
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