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Necropolis

Hoax
Tab
4.2(3)

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Song

Hoax- Necropolis

Standard tuning.

s- slide

Intro:

e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
b|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
g|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
d|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
a|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
e|--0--5--3--0--1--0--|--0--5--3--0--1--0--|--0--5--3--0--1--0--|
e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
g|--------------------------|
d|--------------0-----------|
a|--------0--3-----3--0-----|
e|--0--3-----------------3--|

Play the above riff twice, but on second time, bend down last G. Then play:

F5 (F#5) B5 (C5)

e|--------------------|--------------------|
b|--------------------|--------------------|
g|--------------------|--4--4--4--4-s-(5)--|
d|--3--3--3--3-s-(4)--|--4--4--4--4-s-(5)--|
a|--3--3--3--3-s-(4)--|--2--2--2--2-s-(3)--|
e|--1--1--1--1-s-(2)--|--------------------|

Repeat the above riff four times: on last time play just one B5 and let it ring.

Straight to verse:

Em F5

Can you sit and watch as this,

G5 F5

city is decaying...

Then straight to chorus:

G5

It's calling out to you;

Em F5

but you can't help...

Verse two.

Chorus.

Solo:

e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
b|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
g|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
d|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
a|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
e|--0--5--3--0--1--0--|--0--5--3--0--1--0--|--0--5--3--0--1--0--|
e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
g|--------------------------|
d|--------------0-----------|
a|--------0--3-----3--0-----|
e|--0--3-----------------3--|

Play this twice then play:

e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
b|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
g|--0--5--3--0--1--0--|--0--5--3--0--1--0--|--0--5--3--0--1--0--|
d|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
a|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
e|--------------0-----------|
b|--------0--3-----3--0-----|
g|--0--3-----------------3--|
d|--------------------------|
a|--------------------------|
e|--------------------------|

Play this twice as well then finish the solo on:

F5 (F#5) B5 (C5)

e|--------------------|--------------------|
b|--------------------|--------------------|
g|--------------------|--4--4--4--4-s-(5)--|
d|--3--3--3--3-s-(4)--|--4--4--4--4-s-(5)--|
a|--3--3--3--3-s-(4)--|--2--2--2--2-s-(3)--|
e|--1--1--1--1-s-(2)--|--------------------|  (bend last C5 down)

After solo play last verse;

Am

The fuse has burned,

Em

like the buildings that scream...

Final chorus.

Outro:

e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
b|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
g|-0--5--3--5--3--1--0-|-0--5--3--5--3--1--0-|-0--5--3--5--3--1--0-|
d|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
a|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
e|--------------0-----------|
b|--------0--3-----3--0-----|
g|--0--3-----------------3--|
d|--------------------------|
a|--------------------------|
e|--------------------------|

Play the above riff twice, bend the last note, then play a G5 and let it ring, and that's the song.

*SONG TEXT*

Can you sit and watch as this,

city is decaying?

The rabid stray dogs beg skinless,

and the church tower is swaying.

Burned to the ground,

against a red sky,

the stained glass shivers,

and the tower says goodbye.

It's calling out to you,

but you can't help,

the acid's burning through.

Draining your health.

The silent attackers,

you can't hold back,

pushing through the skin,

and the city turns black.

Can you sit and watch as your,

entire world is falling?

The rotting remains

of what were humans noiselessly crawling.

The strees upturned, by the heat,

democracy's no more.

The city burns to a necropolis,

safer than what was before.

It's calling out to you...

The fuse is burned,

like the buildings that scream.

You want to wake up,

and find out it's a dream.

There's a glimmer of hope,

as dull as it is.

It burns out like the fuse,

and like the necropolis.

It's calling out to you...

any questions or comments? email them to me at feesk8ordie@hotmail.com

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