• Song:

    Rusting Friendships

  • Artist:

    The Hail Seizures

Great song. Some of the rhythms are a bit choppy, listen to the record and it'll be a 
breeze though.

Also note that I think I sing the lyrics slightly differently from how they do it, for 
example in the first line I think is just 'thrives on being lonely' and not 'it thrives' 
- but for the sake of simplicity on myself I'm just gonna type them as I sing them.

Am (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)              FThe (133211@1)story, it thrives on being lonely
Em (listen for the rhythm here)
All stray cats die unnoticed
F (133211@1)       GUnder (320003@1)our buildings
Am (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)         FRipe (133211@1)fruit falls quiet in the city
Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)    FWe (133211@1)struggle, we cry, we wonder how it came
   Gto (320003@1)rotting

Am (x02210@1)                   CThis (x32010@1)wrench of drama twists everything
    Em (022000@1)           Four (133211@1)petty problems rusting freindships
G (320003@1)             Cto (x32010@1)the point of breaking
         F (133211@1)           Gconstant (320003@1)leveling, the hurt and hurting

Em (listen for the rhythm here)

the next part is without vocals, play this chord pro twice:

Am, C, F, G, C, F, G

for 'There are no footprints in the pavement' go tacet, i usually strum along dead notes 
the same rhythm the percussion does on the record, then play an Em with the same rhythm 
as the 'all stray cats' line form teh beginning of the song and sing:

No reminder of our trail
G (320003@1)         AmFrom (x02210@1)the escaping
AmUnder (x02210@1)this tragic weights of dying
remember, remember, remember how we came
to living

Am (x02210@1)                   CThis (x32010@1)wrench of drama twists everything
    Em (022000@1)           Four (133211@1)petty problems rusting freindships
G (320003@1)             Cto (x32010@1)the point of breaking
         F (133211@1)           Gconstant (320003@1)leveling, the hurt and hurting
     Am (x02210@1)                   CThe (x32010@1)truth is somewhere in between
     F (133211@1)                   G (320003@1)                 Cthe (x32010@1)songs we write and the shadows the moon is casting
         F (133211@1)           Glevels (320003@1)everthing, our soiled sentry
F (133211@1)                       Gwe're (320003@1)still learning, our soiled century
    F(jsut hit it once at the beginning of the bar)
the hurt and hurting

the only part I'm sketchy on is the ending there where it goes F, G. But it sounds 
decent and is in key so that's how I play it. If you have suggestions, send 'em to me please.

This song appears on the album For The Ruin, which is only 12 bucks for a CD or 6 for a 
digital download from Black Powder Press. Highly recommended!
http://www.blackpowderrecords.com/hailseizures/
http://thehailseizures.wordpress.com/

I can be contacted at ghytwembpang at gmail dot com
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