Tuning: Half step down (D#G#C#F#A#D#)
Key: Eb/Cm
Chords are not transposed with the tuning, so an Eb is played like an E in
standard tuning, a Cm is played like a C#m and so on.
Intro:
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|----12h14p12p0------12h14p12p0--|----12h14p12p0-------12h14p12p0--|-17-|
|-13--------------13-------------|-13--------------13--------------|-16-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
Riff 1
|-----------------|--|--|----|--|----|--|----|
|-17--14--12--14--|--|--|-12-|--|-14-|--|-12-|
|-16--14--13--14--|--|--|-13-|--|-14-|--|-13-|
|-----------------|--|--|----|--|----|--|----|
|-----------------|--|--|----|--|----|--|----|
|-----------------|--|--|----|--|----|--|----|
(a) (b)
|----|-------|----|--|----|-------|----||----|----------------------|
|-14-|-16-17-|-12-|--|-14-|-16-17-|-17-||-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-14-|-14-14-|-13-|--|-14-|-14-14-|-16-||-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|----|-------|----|--|----|-------|----||-16-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|----|-------|----|--|----|-------|----||----|----------------------|
|----|-------|----|--|----|-------|----||----|----------------------|
Riff 2
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----12h14p12p0-----12h14p12p0--|----12h14p12p0------12h14p12p0--|
|-13-------------13-------------|-13-------------13--------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|
|-9----------9----------|-9----------9----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|
|-8----------8----------|-8----------8----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
1..
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|
|-9----------9----------|-9----------9----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
2..
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-7-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-|-7-9-9-10-10-9-9-9-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9--9--9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
Outro (7/8)
|---------|---------| |----------|---------|
|---------|---------| |----------|---------|
|-4-6-8h9-|-4-6-8h9-| |-11-9-8\4-|-11-9-8\-|
|---------|---------| X7 |----------|---------|
|---------|---------| |----------|---------|
|---------|---------| |----------|---------|
Riff 1a
Ab/Eb Eb
Well how's your view of thing today
Ab/Eb
Got up young to fade away
Eb
The sinners sin but aren't aware
Our fables take us everywhere
Ab Ab/#11 Ab Eb
I can't keep up with you
Ab Ab/#11 Ab Eb
I can't keep up
Riff 1b
Ab/Eb Eb
I can't compete with history
Ab/Eb
We'll film it live but dub our tale
Eb
The mystery must stay inside
Look at our homes, look at our lives
Ab Ab/#11 Ab Eb
In control of the morning
Ab Ab/#11 Ab Fm7
In control of the sea
Riff2
Cm Ab
You are creating all the bubbles at night
Bb Cm
I'm chasing round trying to pop them all the time
Cm Ab
We don't need to trust a single word they say
Bb Cm
You are creating all the bubbles at play
Eb Fm Gm
There's a girl, there's a girl, there's a girl, there's a girl
Ab Eb
And she's down by the river
Cm Ab
In her own creepy world, there's a girl, there's a girl
Bb
And she's down by the river
Cm Ab
It's time to consider
Cm Eb
That baby is a sinner
Fm
She'll wash away your sins (wash away your sins)
Gm Ab
She'll wash away your sins (wash away your sins)
Eb
She'll wash away your sins and go home
Riff 1b
Ab/Eb Eb
I only once upset my kin
Ab/Eb
Accused him of a moral slip
Eb
He came back and claimed a change
I know his life's the same again
Ab Ab/#11 Ab Eb
I can't ask him again
Ab Ab/#11 Ab Fm7
I should let it go
Riff2
Cm Ab
You are creating all the bubbles at night
Bb Cm
I'm chasing round trying to pop them all the time
Cm Ab
We don't need to trust a single word they say
Bb Cm
You are creating all the bubbles at play
Eb Fm Gm
There's a girl, there's a girl, there's a girl, there's a girl
Ab Eb
And she's down by the river
Cm Ab
In her own creepy world, there's a girl, there's a girl
Bb
And she's down by the river
Cm Ab
It's time to consider
Cm Eb
That baby is a sinner
Fm
She'll wash away your sins (wash away your sins)
Gm Ab
She'll wash away your sins (wash away your sins)
Eb
She'll wash away your sins and go home
Outro 7/8
|Cm|Cm|Cm|Cm|Ab|Ab|Ab|Ab|
|Cm|Cm|Cm|Cm|Ab|Ab|Eb|Eb|
X4
Starting at third repetition
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|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12...-|
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|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9...-|
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Last repetition
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|----|----|----------|----|----|----|----------|----|
|----|----|----------|----|----|----|----------|----|
|-11-|-11-|-11h14p11-|-11-|-11-|-11-|-11h14p11-|-11-|
|----|----|----------|----|----|----|----------|----|
|----|----|----------|----|----|----|----------|----|
|--9----|--9----11----|----------|--9----11----|----|--|
|-12b14-|-12b14-14b16-|----------|-12b14-14b16-|----|--|
|-------|-------------|----------|-------------|----|--|
|-------|-------------|-11h14h11-|-------------|-11-|--|
|-------|-------------|----------|-------------|----|--|
|-------|-------------|----------|-------------|----|--|
|----------|----------|-------|-------|
|----------|----------|-------|-------|
|-11-9-8\4-|-11-9-8\4-|-11----|-11----|
|----------|----------|----11-|----11-|
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