The Fuse - Jackson Browne     (Album: The Pretender)

Chord voicings:

Chord        EADGBe   EADGBe  
D/C (x30232@1)        xx0010
Eb#5         x6544x
G/B (143121@7)        x20033   x20003
D (xx0232@1)          x5423x   xx0232
Em (022000@1)         022000
G (320003@1)          320003
C (x32010@1)          032013   032010
G/D (4x3121@7)        x5543x
C(add9)      x32020
D#dim (2312xx@1)      xx1212
G/F (120003@1)        1x0003
Gmb5(6)      3x2320
D/F# (200232@1)       2x0232
Em/G (322000@1)       3x2000
B7/F#        201202
C/G (3x555x@1)        3x2013
C/E (x3111x@5)        0x2013  
Dsus4/F#     2x0233
D/A (x00232@1)        x0423x
F(add9)/G    1xx213


Intro:
|Em     |Em    |C      |C      |
|Em     |Em    |C      |C      |
|Em     |Em    |C      |C      |
|Em     |Em    |C      |C      |



     Em (022000@1)      
It's coming from so far away
     C (x32010@1)             C/DIt's (x5555x@1)hard to say for sure
        G (320003@1)            G/B (143121@7)        CWhether (x32010@1)what I hear is music or the wind
                DThrough (xx0232@1)an open door
           Em (022000@1)            Eb#5
There's a fire high in the empty sky
          G/D (4x3121@7) C(add9) (x32030@1) GWhere (320003@1)the sound meets the shore
          G (320003@1)       
There's a long distance loneliness
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)           DRolling (xx0232@1)out over the desert floor


|Em     |Em    |C      |C      |
|Em     |Em    |C      |G      |


        C (x32010@1)                            Bm (x24432@1)And the years that I spent lost in the mystery
     D#dim (2312xx@1)                            EmFall (022000@1)away leaving only the sound of the drum
       G/FLike (120003@1)a part of me
                 
It speaks to the heart of me
                 EmForget (022000@1)what life used to be

You are what you choose to be
                 Eb#5        DIt's (xx0232@1)whatever it is you see
                 G (320003@1)       Gmb5(6)
That life will become


                         D/F#Whatever (200232@1)it is you might think you have
                    Em/G (322000@1)      B7/F#
You have nothing to lose
         C/G (3x555x@1)
Through every dead and living thing
     EmTime (022000@1)runs like a fuse
        G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)    C/E (x3111x@5) Dsus4/F#  GAnd (320003@1)the fuse is   burning
        G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)    C/E (x3111x@5) D7sus4/F#  GAnd (320003@1)the earth is    turning


|Em      |Em      |C       |C       |
|Em      |Em      |C       |C       |
|Em      |Em      |C       |C       |
|Em      |Em      |C       |C       |

|Em      |Eb#5    |G/D     |C(add9) |
|G/B     |D/A     |F(add9)/G |F(add9)/G  |

           C (x32010@1)                 BmThough (x24432@1)the years give way to uncertainty
        D#dim (2312xx@1)                                  EmAnd (022000@1)the fear of living for nothing strangles the will
          G/FThere's (120003@1)a part of me

That speaks to the heart of me
                      EmThough (022000@1)sometimes it's hard to see
           CIt's (x32010@1)never far from me
           Eb#5        DAlive (xx0232@1)in eternity
                 G (320003@1)     
That nothing can kill


Gmb5(6)
   Oh Lord
D/F# (200232@1)                           Em/G (322000@1)   B7/F#
Are there really people starving still?
C/GLook (3x555x@1)out beyond the walls of Babylon
    EmHow (022000@1)long will their needs go unfilled
          G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)      C/E (x3111x@5)D7sus4/F#  GI (320003@1)want to say right now I'm going to be   a   -    round

(backgr. vocals: I'm going to be around)
          G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)    C/E (x3111x@5)D7sus4/F#  GWhen (320003@1)the walls and towers are crumbling

(backgr. vocals: When the towers are tumbling down)
           G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)        C/E (x3111x@5)D7sus4/F#  GAnd (320003@1)I will tune my spirit to the gentle         sound

(backgr. vocals: I want to hear the sound)
       G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)       C/E (x3111x@5)D7sus4/F#  GOf (320003@1)the waters lapping on a higher         ground

(backgr. vocals: Of the children laughing)



|G      C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1) |C/E  D7sus4/F#   G (320003@1) |  (play 4 x)

|Em     |Em    |C      |C      |   (play 12 x)



Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - aug 2007
Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com