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Speed Kills

Bush
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4.1(3)

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Song

Artist: Bush

Song: "Speed Kills" (a.k.a. The People That We Love)

Album: Golden State (2001)

Transcribed by: Joe (Superjoe45@yahoo.com)

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| NOTE: this may not be 100% accurate, but it's pretty close, |

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Riff 1: (play guitars 1 & 2 simultaneously)

Guitar 2:

e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-:|
B|-5-4-4-5-4-4-5-4-4-5-4-4-5-7-5-:|
G|-------------------------------:|
D|-------------------------------:|
A|-------------------------------:|
E|-------------------------------:|

Guitar 1:

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-2-2-----5-5-2-0-2---|
D|-2-2-2-2-5-5-2-0-2---|
A|-0-0-2-2-3-3-0-0-0---|
E|-----0-0-------------|

Riff 2: (play guitars 1 & 2 simultaneously)

Guitar 2:

e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Guitar 1:

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-2-2-----5-5-2-0-2---|
D|-2-2-2-2-5-5-2-0-2---|
A|-0-0-2-2-3-3-0-0-0---|
E|-----0-0-------------|

Intro:

RIFF 1 (8x)-(Guitar 1 only on 3rd & 5th-8th times)

Verse 1: (palm muted)

A C E A

Speed kills, coming down the mountain

C E A

Speed kills, coming down the street

C E A

Speed kills, the presence of [minors]

C E A

Speed kills, if you know what I mean

RIFF 2 (2x)

Verse 2: (palm muted)

A C E A

I got to feel, woke-up inside again

C E A

I got to feel, this broke world fixed

C E A

I got to feel, a god outside myself

C E A

I got to feel, when I touch your lips

Pre-chorus: (Nigel plays one of the riffs under the chords)

A E C A

The things we do to the people that we love

E C A

The way we break, if there's something we can't take

E C A

Destroy the world that we took so long to make

RIFF 2

Chorus:

F A

We expect her gone, for sometime

F C G

I wish her safe from home

F A

To find yourself, in a fallen land

F C G

Another refugee, outside of refugee

A E C A (low volume)

RIFF 2 (2x)

Verse 3:

A C E A

How's it feel, she's comin' up roses

C E A

How's it feel, she's comin' up sweet

C E A

How's it feel, it's all inspite of you

C E A

How's it feel, when she's out of your reach

PRECHORS

RIFF 2

CHORUS

A E C A (hit once & let ring after each chord)

A E C A A E C

What happend to you (4x)

Solo: A E C A (4x)

A E C A

The things we do to the people that we love (3x)

A E C A A E C

The things we do to the people that we...

...that we love

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