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Bass1
This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
Riff 1
Eb7
e:--15--15---15--15--15--15--15---15~~-------------------------------| B:--14--14---14--14--14--14--14---14~~-------------------------------| G:--15--15---15--15--15--15--15---15~~-------------------------------| D:--13--13---13--13--13--13--13---13~~-------------------------------| A:-------------------------------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2
Gb6
e:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------| B:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------| G:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------| D:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------| A:---9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3
Ab Absus4
e:---8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8----9--9--9--8--------------------------| B:---9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--------------------------| G:---8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8--------------------------| D:--10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10--------------------------| A:-------------------------------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Song progression:
C#m7 C#m7
I see red. An'it hurts my head.
F# F# F# F# F#7sus4 3x F#7(addB)
I guess it must be something that I read.
E5 F#9 G9 G#9
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------| B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| G:--4---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| D:--2---------8---9--10\---------------------------------------------| A:--2---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 3 times
e:------------11---|------------11--14--| B:--13---14--(11)--|--13---14-----------| G:o----------(12)--|-------------------o| D:o----------(13)--|-------------------o| A:-----------------|--------------------| E:-----------------|--------------------|
[Riff 1] x1
[Riff 1] x2 very freely
It's the color of your heartbeat,
[Riff 2] x2
A rising summer sun,
[Riff 3] x2
The battle lost or won,
[Riff 1] x1 C#m7
The flash to fashion, the pulse to passion feels red,
C#m7
Inside my head.
F# F# F# F#~ F#7sus4 3x F#7(addB)
And truth is something better left unsaid.
E E E C#m7
I said red, red.
C#m7 C#m7 C#m7 C#m7
I'm thinking about the overhead, the underfed.
F# F#7sus4 F#7(addB)
Couldn't we talk about something else instead?
E5 F#9 G9 G#9
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------| B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| G:--4---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| D:--2---------8---9--10\---------------------------------------------| A:--2---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 3 times
e:------------11---|------------11--14--| B:--13---14--(11)--|--13---14-----------| G:o----------(12)--|-------------------o| D:o----------(13)--|-------------------o| A:-----------------|--------------------| E:-----------------|--------------------|
[Riff 1] x1
[Riff 1] x2 very freely [Riff 2] x2
We've got Mars on the horizon, says the National Midnight Star.
(It's true.)
[Riff 3] x2
What you believe is what you are.
[Riff 1] x1 C#m7
A pair of dancing shoes the Soviets are the blues. The reds under your
C#m7
bed,
F#7sus4 F#7(addB)
C#m7 C#m7 F# \/ \/
lying in the darkness dead ahead.
E5 F#9 G9 G#9
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------| B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| G:--4-----x---9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| D:--2-----x---8---9--10\---------------------------------------------| A:--2-----x---9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 16 times
e:--9-9--9-------9-11--------| B:---------11--9-------------| G:o-------------------------o| D:o-------------------------o| A:---------------------------| E:---------------------------|
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Play this whole next section twice
The keyboard plays this whole thing two times:
e:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------| B:--------------------7~~--|-----------------------------------------| G:---------6---6--8--------|-----------6---6--8~~--------------------| D:---6--8------------------|----6---8--------------------------------| A:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------| E:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
While the guitar plays this freely:
e:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------| B:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------| G:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------| D:--13-13--13--13--13-13-13-13-13------------------------------------| A:-------------------------------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then:
e:-----------------------------|-------------------------------------| B:--13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13--|-------------------------------------| G:o-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13-o|--11-11-11-11-------11-11-11-11------| D:o-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13-o|--11-11-11-11-------11-11-11-11------| A:--11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11--|---9--9--9--9--------9--9--9--9------| E:-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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And the mercury is rising; Barometer starts to fall.
You know it gets to us all.
The pain that is learning - and the rain that is burning -
C#m7 C#m7
Feel red. Still, go ahead.
F#7sus4 F#7(addB) E
C#m7 C#m7 C#m7 F# \/ \/ \/
You see black 'n' white, and I see red, red -
E E E C#m7
not blue.
C#m13 C#m7
e:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------| B:-12-12-12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11----9~------------------------------| G:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------| D:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------| A:-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11---11~------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[C#m7 freely] F#
I'm thinkin' about the overfed, the under read.
F#7sus4 a few times, then F#7(addB)
E
C#m7 [Fill 1] x1
Well I said I'm a bled red.
[Fill 1] - palm-muted and with echoed repeats
e:--------------------|
B:------9-9-----------|
G:---9------9---------|
D:--------------------|
A:--------------------|
E:--------------------|C#m7 freely
F# F#7(addB)
Thinkin' about what you said.
C#m7 C#m7 F#7(addB)
I think about it, I think, I think it, yeah!
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