Standard Tuning


(Song begins with light strumming then picking. Barre chords sound best)
 

     E            Bm           A

e | ---7--- |    e | ---7--- |    e | ---5--- | 
B | ---(b9)-- |    e | ---7--- |    e | ---5--- | 
G | ---(b9)-- |    e | ---7--- |    e | ---6--- | 
D | ---(b9)-- |    e | ---(b9)-- |    e | ---7--- | 
A | ------- |    e | ------- |    e | ------- | 
E | ------- |    e | ------- |    e | ------- | 


E


E
long we were searching
                                 Bm
these serpentine streets for the signs of a spark
        A
fucking around in the dark
     E
then long we were held
                               Bm
in the thrum and the desperate heat of the clubs
         A                            E
drinking deep from that cup



              E
we'd drink it up
              Bm
we'd drink it up
              A
we'd drink it up
              E
we'd drink it up



E
each step was something
                              Bm
the beat in the blood and the heat in our hands
          A
of twelve regular men
           E
so when we come down cathedral street
                          Bm
hollow and beaten, to the room that i rent
          A 
i'm going back up again


(Switches to more agressive strumming, use standard chord fingerings)


          E
i'm going up
          Bm
i'm going up
          A
i'm going up
          E
i'm going up


(E is played throughout the interlude, trying messing around with a Dm scale for leads)


    E
but while everything is blooming
             Bm
you know the wilting always waits
   A                        E
to steal away your body, to steal away your brains



E
oh man i hate this part,
         Bm
when the car sails off the bridge
   A                                        E
am i the knuckles white inside? or am i the water rushing in?


            E
am i rising up?
            Bm
am i rising up?
            A
am i rising up?
            E
am i rising up?







singing
A          Abm  F#m   E 
silent night, holy night
A          Abm    F#m  E       A            B
take my eyes, take my mind and lay me down!
    A            Abm          F#m   E 
oh! sweet winter kiss on these heavy lids!
A             Abm    F#m  E           A            B 
sweet winter gift of dreamless sleep, lay me down! draw me out!

no!




A                   E       B
doctor unbandage my eyes
A                        E           B
i feel the light and i'm ready to be out in it
A                   E       B
doctor uncover my ears
A                          E         B
I hear the chorus weeping, i see the people singing:
A                   E       B
doctor unbandage my eyes
A                         E          B
i feel the light and i'm ready to be rising!
A                   E       B
doctor uncover my ears!
A                          E         B
I hear the chorus weeping! i see the people singing:


(Chill)

A
let the loser up.
E             B
let the loser up.
              A
let's get him up. 
              E     B
let's get him up. 
              A
let's get him up. 
              E     B
let's get him up.