DEPECHE MODE - Fragile Tension

The real tuning is down half step (Eb G# Db F# Bb Eb)

(Intro synthesizer notes G#m)

E||-----------------6-----| x8
B||-----------------------|
G||--------------1-----3--|
D||-----------------------|
A||---------1-------------|
E||--4--------------------|

(verse synthesizer notes)

|------------------6-----| x2|-----------------7-----|
|------------------------|   |-----------------------|
|---------------1-----3--|   |--------------4-----4--|
|------------------------|   |---------9-------------|
|----------1-------------|   |-----------------------|
|---4--------------------|   |--7--------------------|

|-----------------7-----|-----------------12-----|-----------------12-----|
|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------4-----4--|--------------9------9--|--------------9------9--|
|---------9-------------|---------2--------------|---------2--------------|
|-----------------------|--7---------------------|--7---------------------|
|--7--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

|-----------------7-----|-----------------6-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------4-----4--|--------------3-----3--|
|---------9-------------|---------8-------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--7--------------------|--6--------------------|

(verse)

G#m (133111@4)                   BThere's (x2444x@1)a fragile tension
                    E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)   A#mThat's (x13321@1)keeping us going
G#m (133111@4)               BIt (x2444x@1)may not last forever
                    E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)   A#mBut (x13321@1)oh, when it's flowing

(chorus)

Ebm (xx4342@1)              G#m (133111@4)         EbThere's (x43121@3)something magical in the air

Fill: C#    E

Ebm (xx4342@1)              G#m (133111@4)         EbSomething (x43121@3)so tragic we have to care

Fill: C#    E

(verse)

G#m (133111@4)                   BThere's (x2444x@1)a strange obsession
                    E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)   A#mThat's (x13321@1)drawing us nearer
G#m (133111@4)               BWe (x2444x@1)don't understand it
                    E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)   A#mIt (x13321@1)never gets clearer

(chorus)

Ebm (xx4342@1)              G#m (133111@4)         EbThere's (x43121@3)something mystical in our genes

Fill: C#    E

Ebm (xx4342@1)              G#m (133111@4)         EbSo (x43121@3)simplistic it kicks and screams

Fill: C#    E

(bridge)

Gm (355333@1)             F#Oh (244322@1)when we're teetering
E (022100@1)               Eb (x43121@3)        
On the edge of collapse
C# (x43121@1)         B (x2444x@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)Nothing can keep us down

E||-------------------|-------------------|------2------------| x2
B||------4------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G||----4--------------|----3--------------|----4--------------|
D||--4----------------|--4----------------|--4----------------|
A||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|



(verse)

G#m (133111@4)                   BThere's (x2444x@1)a dizzying feeling
                    E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)   A#mThat's (x13321@1)keeping us flying
G#m (133111@4)                   BThrough (x2444x@1)glittering gardens
                    E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)   A#mWithout (x13321@1)even trying

(chorus)

Ebm (xx4342@1)              G#m (133111@4)         EbThere's (x43121@3)something radical in our hands

Fill: C#    E

Ebm (xx4342@1)   G#m (133111@4)          EbNothing (x43121@3)logical to our plans

Fill: C#    E

End: G#m





(verse fill)

E||-------------------|-------------------| x2
B||------7------------|-------------------|
G||----8--------------|------8------------|
D||--9----------------|----9--------------|
A||-------------------|--9----------------|
E||-------------------|-------------------|

(chorus fill)

E||-6-|-6-|---|-4----4--4--4--4--4--4-|-7----7--7--7--7--7--7-|
B||-7-|-4-|-8-|-6----6--6--6--6--6--6-|-9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
G||-8-|-4-|-8-|-6----6--6--6--6--6--6-|-9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
D||-8-|-6-|-8-|-6----6--6--6--6--6--6-|-9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
A||-6-|-6-|-6-|-4----4--4--4--4--4--4-|-7----7--7--7--7--7--7-|
E||---|-4-|---|-4----4--4--4--4--4--4-|-7----7--7--7--7--7--7-|

/ -  slide into from below or out of upwards