This is the studio version, but it's virtually identical to
the live versions i've heard. Unfortunately, the solo was a little
beyond me.
First, the nitty-gritty
verse rhythm:
straight 8ths
| B5 B5maj7 B5 | etc.
pm. | ^ ^ ^ |
| | | | | | | | | |
| / / / / / / / / |
| |
Bridge:
F (8 times) E (4 times with arps)
e||-----------|--------------------------||
B||-----------|--------------------------||
G||-----------|--------------------------||
D||-----------|----------------6b7-7r6-4-||
A||-----------|--------------------------||
E||-----------|--------------------------||
CHORUS:
F#m D Am Am/F#
e||-------2-------|-------2-------|---------------|--------------|
B||-----2---2-----|-----3---3-----|-----0-1-0-----|-----0-1-0----|
G||---2-------2---|---2-------2---|-----------2---|------------0-|
D||-4-----------4-|-0-----------0-|---2---------2-|---2----------|
A||---------------|---------------|-0-------------|--------------|
E||---------------|---------------|---------------|-2------------|
1 + 2 +3+ 4 + 1 + 2 +3+ 4 + 1 + 2 +3+ 4 + 1 + 2 +3+4 +
B5 Db5 Eb D
e|--------2-------|---------2-------|---------2--------|------------|
B|------2---2-----|-------2---2-----|-------2---2------|------------|
G|----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2----|------------|
D|-/4-----------4-|--/3-----------3-|--/4-----------4--|--7-5-4-----|
A|----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------|
E|----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------|
rhythm cont. as above
C
e|--------|--------||
B|--------|--------||
G|--------|--------||
D|--------|--------||
A|--------|--------||
E|--------|--------||
Rhythm Fig. 1 (bass & gtr)
Em F#m
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-------2-3---2---|-------2-3---2---|-----0-4-5---4-0-|-----0-4-5---4-0-|
E||---0-3---------3-|-0---3---------3-|---2-------------|-2---------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D A
e|---------|---------|----------|---------||
B|---------|---------|----------|---------||
G|---------|---------|----------|---------||
D|---------|---------|----------|---------||
A|---------|---------|----------|---------||
E|---------|---------|----------|---------||
Rhythm Fig.2
chords tacet
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A||-------2---------|-------2-5-5-4-2-|-4-4-2-0-3-3-2-0-||
E||-0-0-3---0-----0-|---0-3-----------|-----------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Arpeggios played during Rhythm Fig. 2
e|-------------|--------------------|
B|-------------|--------------------|
G|--------9----|-------------12-----|
D|------9------|-----------9--------|
A|---10--------|--------10----------|
E|-------------|--------------------|
Rhythm fig. 3
Em F#m D D A A
e|------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----|-----|-----|----||
B|------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----|-----|-----|----||
G|------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----|-----|-----|----||
D|------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----|-----|-----|----||
A|-------2----|--------2----|-----0-4---|-----0-4---|-----|-----|-----|----||
E|-0-0-3---0--|--0-0-3---0--|-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-|-----|-----|-----|----||
1+2+ 3 + 4 + 1+2+ 3 + 4 +
Chords
e|---------------------------------2---2---0---0------0---1---0--
B|---------------------------------2---3---1---1------2---1---0--
G|-4-----3-------6----8---7--------2---2---2---2------2---2---1--
D|-4-----4-------6----8---7--------4---0---2---2------2---3---2--
A|-2-----2-------4----6---5--------4-------0---X------0---3---2--
E|---------------------------------2-----------2----------1---0--
| B5 B5maj7 Db5 Eb5 D5 F#m D Am Am/F# A F E
similar for C5, C5maj7 etc.
INTRO
||:B5 B%maj7 B5 :|| 4 times
VERSE 1
|1,2,3,4.
||: B5 B5maj7 B5 |Db5 |B5 B5maj7 B5 |Db5 |
I've seen faces in the window I've seen faces in the
|5.
|Eb |D5 D5maj7 D5 :||Em | |
| | :||Rthm Fig 1 | |
street they talk and walk of nothing...
|F#m |F#m |D |D |
They're all talkin' shit to
VERSE 2
|1,2.
|A |A ||: B5 B5maj7 B5 |Db5 |
me out-talked by the mass-
| B5 B5maj7 B5 |Db |Eb5 | D5 D5maj7 D5 :||
media to pay the bills it lies and the lies we eat with breakfast
|Em | |F#m | |
|Rhythm Fig. 1 | | | |
and they've got those tears in their eyes
|D | |A | ||
Well it makes no sense to me
BRIDGE
|1,2,3,4. |5.
||: Rhythm Fig.2 | | :||F |
||with vox adlib | | || |
|F |F |F |F |
Why don't they
|F |F |F |E |
understand We're so
|E |E |E ||
ordinary too
CHORUS
||F#m |D |Am |Am/F# |
|B5 |Db5 |Eb5 |D5 |
|1,2.
|C |C ||: C5 C5maj7 C5 |D5 |
| C5 C5maj7 C5 |D5 |E5 |Eb Eb5maj7 Eb :||
||3.
||Em |Em |F#m |F#m |D |
||Rhythm Fig.3 | | | | |
| |A | ||F |F |
CHORUS 2
|F |F ||F#m |D |Am |
|Am/F# |B5 |Db5 |Eb5 |D5 ||
|C | | ||
||Rhythm fig.2 repeat till fade with adlib gtr solo
LYRICS:
{Verse 1}:
I've known many restless summers, sand dunes I imagine
a place without a postcard
flower people were so beautiful, but straight and loud's the way
good luck the beatnik spirit
the talk of politicians, the sentences of cynics
are the sentences of childhood
They're all talking shit to me
{Verse 2}:
Out-talked by the mass-media to pay the bills it lies
and the lies we eat with breakfast
brave faces face the boardroom, the oak-stained walls fall silent
they leave lined with defeat
and they got those tears (tills?) in their eyes
well it makes no sense to me
{vocal adlib:}
when we danced, when we danced, all night, all the night
you saw me, I looked right
I was the one with my head in the clouds,
up and down, round and round
Why don't they understand? We're so ordinary too.
{Chorus}:
I saw the exits closing now
pain and passion, my point of view (oh yeah)
well there's nothing but the truth (oh yeah)
{Verse 3}:
I've seen men that have been marked out, ruled out by grim assassins
they fell hard on instant replay
and I'm never going there, no I'm never going there,
well the place I see's so much better (so much better)
get it high, get it low
cos it makes no sense to me
{Chorus}:
I saw the exits closing now
burning mountains, burning paper, burning all around and later
