Another diamond off the Good Arrows album.
Enjoy.
Key: A
Intro
Slide Riff (00:03)
Acoustic guitar (00:31)
[A] [Fm]
repeat this 2x
Verse (00:48)
repeat the guitar riff from the intro as follows:
[A]The bicycles inside your skul[Fm]l
Send you away and off you go[A]
Into the street where all the [Fm]pretty girls collect their thoughts for y[A]ou
And pin them onto clouds and [Fm]trees and aggravate your parano[A]id
And shivering fears and rolling e[Fm]ggs, can you not see a star out ther[D]e?
Chorus (1:22)
strum D (x5423x or x5777x) and A now
[D]Where all the bricks are bright and f[A]ree
[D]Where all the bricks are bright and e[A]legant and free
Synth riff (1:40)
[A] [Fm] [A]
Verse II (1:49)
[A]The lizard skins around yours[Fm]elf
Drop off and let the others throug[A]h
In reds and whites and blacks and b[Fm]lues
Each facet shines or breaks an[A]ew
And in a big tall building s[Fm]he lets out her hair into the stre[A]et
Where cars and trucks career through i[Fm]t
Until the ends get wrecked and spl[D]it
Chorus (2:22)
[D]Where all the doors are bright and fr[A]ee
[D]and all the doors are bright and e[A]legant and free
Bridge (2:40)
Chords: D D A Fm
Verse III (3:07)
hit the indicated chords twice
The sun[Fm] revolves aro[Fm]und the sun
And th[A]en around a bri[A]ght black moon
And [Fm]in a caf [Fm]by the sea you st[A]ir your tea and su[A]ck your spoon
And w[Fm]hen your breakfast com[Fm]es you're miles awa[A]y
And all your eg[A]gs get cold
You're wh[Fm]ere the light is bl[Fm]inding bright
And a[A]ll the wi[A]ndows tilt to you
Outro (3:41)
repeat first chorus 3x
Enjoy.
Key: A
Intro
Slide Riff (00:03)
e|--2/12------12\2-------|
B|--2/14------14\2-------|o
G|--2/14------14\2-------| repeat 6x
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|o
E|-----------------------|
Acoustic guitar (00:31)
[A] [Fm]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6--6----6--6--6----6--6--6----6--6--6----2--2--2----2--2--2----2--2--2--|
D|--7--7----7--7--7----7--7--7----7--7--7----4--4--4----4--4--4----4--4--4--|
A|--7--7----7--7--7----7--7--7----7--7--7----4--4--4----4--4--4----4--4--4--|
E---5--5----5--5--5----5--5--5----5--5--5----2--2--2----2--2--2----2--2--2--|
repeat this 2x
Verse (00:48)
repeat the guitar riff from the intro as follows:
[A]The bicycles inside your skul[Fm]l
Send you away and off you go[A]
Into the street where all the [Fm]pretty girls collect their thoughts for y[A]ou
And pin them onto clouds and [Fm]trees and aggravate your parano[A]id
And shivering fears and rolling e[Fm]ggs, can you not see a star out ther[D]e?
Chorus (1:22)
strum D (x5423x or x5777x) and A now
[D]Where all the bricks are bright and f[A]ree
[D]Where all the bricks are bright and e[A]legant and free
Synth riff (1:40)
[A] [Fm] [A]
e|--5-----5--4--------------------------------|
B|--------------7--5--7-----5-----------------|
G|-------------------------------7-----6------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Verse II (1:49)
[A]The lizard skins around yours[Fm]elf
Drop off and let the others throug[A]h
In reds and whites and blacks and b[Fm]lues
Each facet shines or breaks an[A]ew
And in a big tall building s[Fm]he lets out her hair into the stre[A]et
Where cars and trucks career through i[Fm]t
Until the ends get wrecked and spl[D]it
Chorus (2:22)
[D]Where all the doors are bright and fr[A]ee
[D]and all the doors are bright and e[A]legant and free
Bridge (2:40)
Chords: D D A Fm
Verse III (3:07)
hit the indicated chords twice
The sun[Fm] revolves aro[Fm]und the sun
And th[A]en around a bri[A]ght black moon
And [Fm]in a caf [Fm]by the sea you st[A]ir your tea and su[A]ck your spoon
And w[Fm]hen your breakfast com[Fm]es you're miles awa[A]y
And all your eg[A]gs get cold
You're wh[Fm]ere the light is bl[Fm]inding bright
And a[A]ll the wi[A]ndows tilt to you
Outro (3:41)
repeat first chorus 3x
