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The Chemicals Between Us

Bush
Tab
4.6(30)

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

CHORDS

Bsus4 D6/9 A5 Cmaj7 G5 Em E5 D5

E|-0-----0-----------0-----3----0----------||
B|-0-----0-----2-----0-----3----0------3---||
G|-4-----7-----2-----0-----0----0------2---||
D|-x-----x-----2-----2-----0----2---2--0---||
A|-2-----5-----0-----3-----x----2---2------||
E|-------------------3-----3----0---0------||

Intro

Fill 1 Fill 1A

(0:00- 0:10) (0:10)

Bsus4 D6/9

E|-0--0-------0--0------||    ||---------0------||
B|-0--0-------0--0------||    ||--4b5----4------||
G|-4--4-------7--7------||    ||----------------||
D|-x--x-------x--x------||2x  ||----------------||
A|-2--2-------5--5------||    ||----------------||
E|----------------------||    ||----------------||

Fill 2

(0:11-0:15)

Bsus4 D6/9

E|-0--0-------------------0--0--------------------------||
B|-0--0-------------------0--0--------------------------||
G|-4--4---8--8---------7--7--7--7---7--7---8--8---------||
D|-x--x---x--x--9--9---x--x--x--x---x--x---x--x---7--7--||
A|-2--2---6--6--x--x---5--5--5--5---5--5---6--6---x--x--||
E|--------------7--7------------------------------5--5--||

[VERSE 1] (Play Fill 1)

Bsus4 D6/9

I want you to remember

Bsus4 D6/9 (Fill 1A)

A love so full it could send us all ways

Bsus4 D6/9

I want you to surrender

Bsus4 D6/9 ---------------> Fill 2!!!

All my feelings arose today

Fill 3

E|-0--0---------||
B|-7--7---------||
G|--------------||
D|--------0-----||
A|--------0-----||
E|--------0-----||

[VERSE 2] (Play Fill 1)

Bsus4 D6/9 (Fill 1A)

And I want you to remain

Bsus4 D6/9 (Fill 3)

The power of children can amaze

Bsus4 D6/9 ----------------> Fill 2!!!

I try not to complain

Bsus4

I know that's a pisser baby.

[CHORUS 1] (Chorus riff [grt.1]-> + chords [gtr.2])

Chorus riff (let ring)

A5 Cmaj7 G5 A5

E|-5---5---5----------------------3---3------------5----5----||
B|---5---5---0------0---0----3----------3/5-----5------------||
G|----------------0---0---0----------------------------------||2x
D|--------------5--------------5----5--------7-------7-----7-||
A|--------------3--------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||

A5 Cmaj7 G5

The chemicals between us , the walls that lie between us

A5

Lying in this bed.

A5 Cmaj7 G5

The chemicals displaced, there is no lonelier state

A5

than lying in this bed

[VERSE 3] (Play fill 1)

Bsus4 D6/9

I want you to remember

Bsus4 D6/9 -------------------->Fill 2!!!

Everything you said, every driven word.

Bsus4 D6/9 Bsus4 D6/9

Like a hammer, hell to my head.

[CHORUS 1] (Chorus riff [grt.1]-> + chords [gtr.2])

Chorus riff (let ring)

A5 Cmaj7 G5 A5

E|-5---5---5----------------------3---3------------5----5----||
B|---5---5---0------0---0----3----------3/5-----5------------||
G|----------------0---0---0----------------------------------||2x
D|--------------5--------------5----5--------7-------7-----7-||
A|--------------3--------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||

A5 Cmaj7 G5

The chemicals between us , the walls that lie between us

A5

Lying in this bed.

A5 Cmaj7 G5

The chemicals displaced, there is no lonelier state

A5

than lying in this bed

[BRIDGE AFTER CHORUS] (2:03) (Play Chorus riff + chords 1x)

A5 Cmaj7 G5

Chemicals between us, chemicals between us

A5

than lying in this bed.

[INTERLUDE] (2:13- 2:22)

E|-5---5---5----------------------3---3------------5----5----||
B|---5---5---0------0---0----3----------3/5-----5------------||
G|----------------0---0---0----------------------------------||
D|--------------5--------------5----5--------7-------7-----7-||
A|--------------3--------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||

[Fill 4] (2:23- 2:28)

____________H__________ ___H___

E|-0-0-0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0--7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
B|-0-0-0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0--7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------||

[VERSE 4] (play fill 1)

Bsus4 D6/9

We're of the hollow men, we are the naked ones

Bsus4 D6/9

We never meant you harm, never meant you wrong

Bsus4 + Fill 4!!! D6/9 ---------------------> Fill 2!!!

And I'd love to thank all of my lovers, lovers,

Bsus4

lovers, lovers, lovers, lovers

[CHORUS 2] (Play Chorus riff + chords)

A5 Cmaj7 G5

The chemicals between between us, army of achievers

A5

Lying in this bed

A5 Cmaj7 G5

The chemicals displaced, there is no lonelier state

A5

than lying in this bed

Outro

A5 Cmaj7 G5

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

"Chemicals between us, chemicals between us, chemicals..."

A5 Cmaj7 G5 A5

E|-5----5-----5-----------------------3---3---------5-----5--||
B|---5-----5----0------0---0-----3----------3/5---5-----5----||
G|-------------------0---0----0------------------------------||
D|-----------------5----------------5---5-------7-----7------||
A|-----------------3-----------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||

"Chemicals between

Em E5 D5 G5 E5 D5 G5

E|--0-------3---||   ||----------3-----------3--||
B|--0-------3---||   ||------3---3-------3---3--||
G|--0-------0---||   ||------2---0-------2---0--|| repeat and fade
D|--2-------0---||   ||--2---0---0----2--0---0--||
A|--2-------x---||   ||--2-------x----2------x--||
E|--0-------3---||   ||--0-------3----0------3--||

us"

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| x Dead note

| b Bend

| / Slide up

| > Accented note

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