Standard Tuning


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

     E5            B5           A5

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 | ------- | 


E5


E5
long we were searching
                                 B5
these serpentine streets for the signs of a spark
        A5
fucking around in the dark
     E5
then long we were held
                               B5
in the thrum and the desperate heat of the clubs
         A5                            E5
drinking deep from that cup



              E5
we'd drink it up
              B5
we'd drink it up
              A5
we'd drink it up
              E5
we'd drink it up



E5
each step was something
                              B5
the beat in the blood and the heat in our hands
          A5
of twelve regular men
           E5
so when we come down cathedral street
                          B5
hollow and beaten, to the room that i rent
          A5 
i'm going back up again


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


          E5
i'm going up
          B5
i'm going up
          A5
i'm going up
          E5
i'm going up


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


    E5
but while everything is blooming
             B5
you know the wilting always waits
   A5                        E5
to steal away your body, to steal away your brains



E5
oh man i hate this part,
         B5
when the car sails off the bridge
   A5                                        E5
am i the knuckles white inside? or am i the water rushing in?


            E5
am i rising up?
            B5
am i rising up?
            A5
am i rising up?
            E5
am i rising up?







singing
A5          Ab5  F#5   E5 
silent night, holy night
A5          Ab5    F#5  E5       A5            B5
take my eyes, take my mind and lay me down!
    A5            Ab5          F#5   E5 
oh! sweet winter kiss on these heavy lids!
A5             Ab5    F#5  E5           A5            B5 
sweet winter gift of dreamless sleep, lay me down! draw me out!

no!




A5                   E5       B5
doctor unbandage my eyes
A5                        E5           B5
i feel the light and i'm ready to be out in it
A5                   E5       B5
doctor uncover my ears
A5                          E5         B5
I hear the chorus weeping, i see the people singing:
A5                   E5       B5
doctor unbandage my eyes
A5                         E5          B5
i feel the light and i'm ready to be rising!
A5                   E5       B5
doctor uncover my ears!
A5                          E5         B5
I hear the chorus weeping! i see the people singing:


(Chill)

A5
let the loser up.
E5             B5
let the loser up.
              A5
let's get him up. 
              E5     B5
let's get him up. 
              A5
let's get him up. 
              E5     B5
let's get him up.