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Fragile Dreams

Anathema
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Fragile Dreams - Anathema

transcribed by Stefano (barleycorn@infinito.it)

|: Gm Eb6 :|

instrumental: | Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm |

| Eb | Eb | Eb | Eb |

| Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm |

| Eb | Eb | Eb | Eb |

| Cm | Cm | Cm | Cm |

| Gm | Gm | F | F |

| Cm | Cm | Cm | Cm |

| Gm | Gm | F | F |

| Cm | Cm | Eb | F | Gm (let ring)

from now on I write the chords resulting from the bass and guitar part together.

Bass plays G A Bb C, guitar keeps arpeggiating on Gm 3553xx (or 3103xx?).

Gm Am Bb Cm Gm Am Bb Cm

Countless times I trusted you, I let you back in

Gm Am Bb Cm Gm Am Bb Cm

Knowing... yearning... you know I should have run but I, I stayed

Gm F Cm Bb Gm F

Maybe I always knew

Cm Bb Gm F Cm Bb Gm F Cm Bb

My fragile dreams would be broken for you

Gm Am Bb Cm Gm Am Bb Cm

Today I introduced myself to my own feelings

Gm Am Bb Cm Gm Am Bb Cm

In silent agony, after all these years, they spoke to me... after all these years

Gm F Cm Bb Gm F

Maybe I always knew

Cm Bb Gm F Cm Bb Gm F Eb F

My fragile dreams would be broken for you

instrumental: | Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm |

| Eb | Eb | Eb | Eb |

| Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm |

| Eb | Eb | Eb | Eb |

| Cm | Cm | Cm | Cm |

| Gm | Gm | F | F |

| Cm | Cm | Cm | Cm |

| Gm | Gm | F | F |

| Cm | Cm | Eb | F | Gm (let ring)

in the instrumental part, "Gm" means to alternate Gm and Gsus4, while

"Eb" ... .. ... Eb ... Eb6.

Gsus4 is 355533, Eb6 is x65543.

playing the song with a capo on the 3rd fret makes it easier.

the guitar riff is essentially made of two slighly different repeating figures:

|----------------------|
|-----------3-----3----|
|.-5----3-5---3-----3-.| over Gm
|.--------------------.|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-----------3-----3----|
|.-5----3-5---------3-.| over Eb and Cm
|.------------5-------.|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

the only relevant variation, played over the F chord:

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--5-3-2----5-3-2------|
|--------5--------5-3--|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

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