Sweet Invisible, by Boo Hewerdine

From Ignorance, 1992.

This is played with the capo on the first fret. The tabs refer to the chord shapes on 
tuning.

D G x 4

D (xx0232@1)               GEveryone (320003@1)a secret life
D (xx0232@1)                     GA (320003@1)secret sorrow, secret wife
D (xx0232@1)                                GSomewhere (320003@1)they think that they can hide
DBut (xx0232@1)all the time I knew
GI (320003@1)was watching you

D (xx0232@1)                  GUp (320003@1)the ladder to the roof
D (xx0232@1)                          GHalfway (320003@1)between hell and the stars
D (xx0232@1)                         GWe (320003@1)talked about the humdrum truth
DAnd (xx0232@1)all the time I knew
GAnd (320003@1)I was watching you

A (x02220@1)    GSweet, (320003@1)sweet
A (x02220@1)    GSweet, (320003@1)sweet
D (xx0232@1)         GSweet (320003@1)invisible
D (xx0232@1)     GSweet (320003@1)invisible
D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)     ASweet (x02220@1)invisible
         G (320003@1)           AHe (x02220@1)can't touch you any more

Bm (x24432@1)                       AYou (x02220@1)only get one chance so take it
Bm (x24432@1)                                   Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Or spend your whole life learning to fake    it

D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G

D (xx0232@1)                    GAnd (320003@1)the traces that we leave
D (xx0232@1)                      GAnd (320003@1)the loved ones in distress
D (xx0232@1)                       GTheir (320003@1)sleep patterns in a mess
DAnd (xx0232@1)all the time they knew
GAnd (320003@1)they were watching you

A (x02220@1)    GSweet, (320003@1)sweet
A (x02220@1)    GSweet, (320003@1)sweet
D (xx0232@1)         GSweet (320003@1)invisible
D (xx0232@1)     GSweet (320003@1)invisible
D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)     ASweet (x02220@1)invisible
         G (320003@1)           AHe (x02220@1)can't touch you any more

D (xx0232@1)                                  GSo (320003@1)they come to the same place every day
                                    DTo (xx0232@1)watch each other, but they never meet
                                  GSo (320003@1)they come each day to the same place
                                    DTo (xx0232@1)watch each other, but they never meet
                GThey (320003@1)never meet

D (xx0232@1)             GSweet (320003@1)invisible


On the D, I think Boo pulls off to get a Dsus2 on the second to last beat of the two 
on D. He does something similar to introduce a G6 on the bars with G. Listen to the song - 
get it.

EADGBe
XX0232 - D
XX0230 - Dsus2
320033 - G
320030 - G6
X02220 - A
X02220 - Asus4

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