• Song:

    Tension Like A Passing Note

  • Artist:

    Sixpence None The Richer

Chords:

A4/B  (020230)
Aadd11   (000220)
D        (000232)
Dsus2    (000230)
D4    (000234)
Em7      (020030)

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(Intro + 1st Couplet)

    D             Dsus2       D4      D            Em7      Aadd11  A4/B

E|-10-----10-----(b9)----(b9)----7-----7----5------5-------------------------------|
B|-----7------------10-----------0--------------------3----3---2---2--3----3-3-|
G|----7-7----------(b9)-(b9)--------7-7-------6-------------0--------2------2------|
D|---------------0-----------0----------7----7---------0-0------0-0----0-0-----|
A|--------------------------------------5-------------2--------0------2------2-|
D|--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    do           I           mur  der   when    I   forget you from  afar...too
    drunk on the  poison  of endless roads and the   countless smokey bars...

Chorus:

     A4/B         Dsus2      A4/B     Dsus2         A4/B      Dsus2

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-3-------3---3-------3--3-------3---3----------3--3---------3--3--------3---|
G|---2---2-------2---2------2---2-------2-----2-------2----2-------2----2-------|
D|-----0---0-------0---0----0-0---0--------0-----0------0-----0-------0---0---0-|
A|-2-2-----------0----------2-----------0-------------2------------0------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 but tension is   to be    loved    when it is like a passing note      to a

         A4/B     Aadd11     D

E|------------------------------2---|
B|--3-------3---2-------2------3----|
G|--2---2-------2---2---------2-----|
D|----0---0-------0---0------0------|
A|--2-----------0-----------0-------|
D|-------------------------0--------|

        beautiful    beautiful  chord

1st Couplet:

 D   Dsus2     D4
 do    I      murder

 D         Em7     Aadd11  A4/B
 when I forget you from    afar

 D                Dsus2     D4   D
 too drunk on the poison of endless roads

         Em7       Aadd11 A4/B
 and the countless smokey bars
(to Chorus)


2nd Couplet:

 D   Dsus2     D4
 do    I      murder

 D       Em7      Aadd11  A4/B
 putting pavement in my   veins

 D           Dsus2   D4-D
 shooting in special hero--in

         Em7     Aadd11    A4/B
 for the seeking and    displaced


Chorus:
 but tension is to be loved
 when it is like a passing note
 to a beautiful, beautiful chord

(Solo)
(back to intro)

 but tension is to be loved
 when it is like a passing note
 to a beautiful, beautiful
 tension is to be loved
 when it is like a passing note
 to a beautiful, beautiful chord
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