General Notes:
Standard Tuning. Adapted from a live bootleg of Adam playing acoustic guitar
(12/10/2000, Copenhagen). Standard 4/4 time.
Verse:
G5 D5 E5 E5
E | | --3-----3-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0--0000--- |
B | | --3-----3-----3-----3-----0-----0-----0--3330--- |
G | | .-0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0--0000--- |
D | | .-0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2--2222--- |
A | | --2-----2-----------------2-----2-----2-----2--- |
E | | --3-----3-----------------0-----0-----0-----0--- |
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
I was born on a close street down a hill
Mauve and so did my hands Oh and the
F5 C5 B5
E | -1-----1--11-1-----1-----0-----0--00-0-----0---- |
B | -1-----1--11-1-----1-----1-----1--11-1-----1---- |
G | -2-----2--22-2-----2-----0-----0--00-0-----0---- |
D | -3-----3--33-3-----3-----2-----2--22-0-----0---- |
A | -------------------------3-----3-----2-----2---- |
E | ------------------------------------------------ |
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
The trees that lined the street could sense the winter change they felt the
Sound? There was no sound and I?m freezing in the
E5 E5 C5 B5
E | -0-----0-----0--0000-----0-----0--00-0-----0---- |
B | -0-----0-----0--3330-----1-----1--11-1-----1---- |
G | -0-----0-----0--0000-----0-----0--00-0-----0---- |
D | -2-----2-----2--2222-----2-----2--22-0-----0---- |
A | -2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----2-----2---- |
E | -0-----0-----0-----0---------------------------- |
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
chill they ducked and dived and so we knew that they were alive
sun Nobody cares to hide the dopeheads and the suicides
1st time through
F5 C5 B5 rep. 2X
E | -1-----1--11-1-----1-----0-----0--00-0-----0--00-- | |
B | -1-----1--11-1-----1-----1-----1--11-1-----1--11-- | |
G | -2-----2--22-2-----2-----0-----0--00-0-----0?-00-. | |
D | -3-----3--33-3-----3-----2-----2--22-0-----0?-00-. | |
A | -------------------------3-----3-----2-----2------ | |
E | -------------------------------------------------- | |
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Until the year the silver rain came down the trees turned
2nd time through
F5 C5 rep. 4X
E | -1-----1--11-1-----1---- | | --00---00----00--00-022--- | |
B | -1-----1--11-1-----1--?- | | --11---11----11--11-111--- | |
G | -2-----2--22-2-----2---- | | .-00---00----00--00-0----. | |
D | -3-----3--33-3-----3---- | | .-2----2-----2---2--2----. | |
A | ------------------------ | | --3----3-----3---3--3----- | |
E | ------------------------ | | -------------------------- | |
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Cause everyone freezes in the sun
Verse 2:
Basically, the same structure of the first verse, but the order of the chords is
flipped. Each line below = 1 bar
E5 E5
I kicked around with
C5 B5
Harry who lived near Salisbury Plain
F5
He worked on the cathedral there
C5 B5
every now and again he worked with
G5 D5
stone, carved with stone
E5 E5
Odd jobs on the telephone
F5
One sunny day he was sent to the
C5 B5
Houses of Parliament
E5 E5
chippin' away at gargoyles
C5 B5
Under the blistering sun
F5
He carved out "Maggie Sucks" on the
C5 B5
backs of every one
G5 D5
And so in five-hundred years
E5 E5
There's gonna be some history here
F5 C5
After it all subsides in the sun
Chorus:
Play the riff on the C chord from the end of the first verse 4X, and over the last
two times through, sing:
And it's fallin' away
Verse:
This one is the same chord changes from the first verse.
G5 D5
Another day, another loon
E5 E5
A new pied piper calls the
F5
Tune so blow it up, watch it explode
C5 B5
Noah's ark on overload
E5 E5
Wrestle with the results and
C5 B5
throw 'em round the ring
F5
Everybody knows there
C5 B5
ain't no rules in wrestling
G5 D5
The referee's a dupe
E5 E5
Who only old ladies and children be-
F5
-lieve,
C5 B5
I'm getting up now to leave
E5 E5
I'll go back to that street someday
C5 B5
The air's better there anyway
F5 C5
Though the trees are still gonna freeze in the sun
Chorus/Outro:
Use the Riff from the first chorus, but on F where noted.
And it's fallin' away
F5
And I don't wanna know
C5
I'm glad I don't know
G5 D5 E5
What's draggin' it un der
