Burning City Smoking

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  • Capo 1. Standard Tuning. I provided the strum pattern to the best of my ability.
    +When strumming, it doesn't matter if you play the open notes surrounding the chord. It
    even sound better ;)
  • + "^" denotes upstroke. "V" denotes downstroke. "xx" denotes mute.
     
    Intro
  •  
    V V ^V^ ^V^ ^V^ ^V^ ^V^ V V V V
    e-------------------------------------------|
  • B--2-2--222--222--232--222--222-0---0--0-0--|
    G--2-2--222--222--222--222--222-2h4-2--0-0--| Play twice.
    D--2-2--222--222--222--222--222-0---0--4-2--|
  • A-------------------------------------------|
    E-------------------------------------------|
    (*)
  •  
    -Verse part 1- (Under chords, I've placed the vocal cues to the best of my ability.)
     
  • V V ^V^ V V ^V^ V V ^V^ V V ^V^ V V ^V^ V V ^V^
    e--------------------3-3--333-----------------------------|
    B--2-2--222-2-2--222-2-2--222----------2-2--222-2-2--222--|
  • G--2-2--222-2-2--222-3-3--333-1-1--111-2-2--222-2-2--222--| Play twice.
    D--2-2--222-2-2--222----------2-2--222-2-2--222-2-2--222--|
    A-----------------------------2-2--222--------------------|
  • E---------------------------------------------------------|
    (F)orty.. (N)o.. (E)arth..(H)ome..
    (O)ne.. (N)othing(S)how.. (L)oans..
  •  
    -Transition- (After two full verses are played, play this little thing.)
     
  • ^V^ V V V V
    e-----------------|
    B-----------------|
  • G--222------------|
    D--222------------|
    A--222--0-0-2-4---|
  • E-----------------|
     
    -Verse part 2-
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    V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^
    e--3-33--333---------------------------------|
  • B--2-22--222-2-22--222-----------------------|
    G--3-33--333-2-22--222-1-11--111-2-22--222---| Play twice.
    D------------2-22--222-2-22--222-2-22--222---|
  • A----------------------2-22--222-0-00--000---|
    E--------------------------------------------|
    (A)nd... (M)ake... (S)omeone.(B)lood..
  • (O)ur... (W)ash... (V)anish..(F)lood..
     
    -Chorus-
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    V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^ V V^ V V^ V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^ ^V^ ^V^ ^V^
    e----------------------3-xx---xx--------------------------------------------|
  • B------------2-22--222-2-xx---xx---------------------2-22-222--232--222--222|
    G--4-44--444-2-22--222-3-xx-1-xx-4-44--444-4-44--444-2-22-222--222--222--222|
    D--4-44--444-2-22--222---xx-2-xx-4-44--444-4-44--444-2-22-222--222--222--222|
  • A--2-22--222-------------xx-2-xx-2-22--222-2-22--222------------------------|
    E------------------------xx---xx--------------------------------------------|
    (D)eeper..(H)urri.. (T)id(W)av(W)ar... (O)h.. (W)e
  •  
    -Chorus cont.-
     
  • V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^ V V^ V V^
    e----------------------3-xx---xx---|
    B----------------------2-xx---xx---|
  • G--6-66--666-4-44--444-3-xx-1-xx---| *lyric "more" is first strum of Intro!
    D--6-66--666-4-44--444---xx-2-xx---|
    A--4-44--444-2-22--222---xx-2-xx---|
  • E------------------------xx---xx---|
    (E)veryth.(S)ee.. (G)on(W)e.. *
     
  • +Repeat Intro>Verse1>Trans.>Verse2>Chorus 4 more times.
    +Hopefully you can match the vocals on your own. :)
     
  • +Then there comes a section that differs from the predictable pattern.
    +When the lyrical line "and as my daydream ends he stands there shamed, a shocked and
    shell" in the last verse comes, play this:
  •  
    -Odd Section-
     
  • V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^ V V^ V V^ V V^ ^V^
    e----------------------3-xx---xx--------222---|
    B----------------------2-xx---xx--2-22--222---|
  • G--6-66--666-4-44--444-3-xx-1-xx--2-22--222---|
    D--6-66--666-4-44--444---xx-2-xx--2-22--222---|
    A--4-44--444-2-22--222---xx-2-xx--------------|
  • E------------------------xx---xx--------------|
    (D)aydream(S)tands (S)ho(S)hat(S)hell...
     
  • -Odd Section cont.-
     
    V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^ V V^ V V^ V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^ ^V^ ^V^ ^V^
  • e----------------------3-xx---xx--------------------------------------------|
    B------------2-22--222-2-xx---xx---------------------2-22-222--232--222--222|
    G--4-44--444-2-22--222-3-xx-1-xx-4-44--444-4-44--444-2-22-222--222--222--222|
  • D--4-44--444-2-22--222---xx-2-xx-4-44--444-4-44--444-2-22-222--222--222--222|
    A--2-22--222-------------xx-2-xx-2-22--222-2-22--222------------------------|
    E------------------------xx---xx--------------------------------------------|
  • (N)ever...(A)nswer..(S)ta(T)on(T)ell.. (O)h..
     
    -Odd Section cont2.-
  •  
    V V^ ^V^ V V^ ^V^ V V V
    e----------------------3~--------------|
  • B----------------------2~---------2~---|
    G--6-66--666-4-44--444-3~---1~----2~---|
    D--6-66--666-4-44--444------2~----2~---|
  • A--4-44--444-2-22--222------2~---------|
    E--------------------------------------|
    (D)irector(A)ction (S)et(J)ust(W)ell
  •  
    LYRICS (taken from google xD)
     
  • 40 million refugees with no place on this earth to call their home
    One for every aimless graduate with nothing else to show for it but loans
    And those of us who make a mark using someone else's blood
  • Our western stain won't wash away, won't vanish in the flood
    It's just deeper with each hurricane and tidal wave and war
    Oh whoa oh woh
  • We want everything we see and once it's gone we just want more
     
    Atlas had those shoulders, we've got Ambien and Jamesons and blow
  • To bind us in a bubble, keep the newsprint nightmare distant and remote
    But when we wake in guillotines and pitch our screaming fits
    When the Governor strikes up the band and gags our parted lips
  • When the worst case shows up dressed and dazzling ready for the ball
    Oh whoa oh woh
    Boy that bubble's bound to burst and what a tragic way to fall
  •  
    The tabloids tell us hate the rat who strikes those subways closed and puts you out
    Forget those 50-hour tunnel weeks inhaling steel dust poison through his mouth
  • Well if he don't deserve a pension that makes his family feel secure
    If we're now so disconnected it's our relfections we ignore
    And if our constant choice is skimming past the writing on the wall
  • Oh whoa oh woh
    Then I'm sad to say we're lost and I'm embarrassed for us all
     
  • So most days I can't put to rest the burning city smoking in my mind
    And I play pretend the principals are nothing more than actors running lines
    And I stumble through a movie set where torture victims laugh
  • At abandoned journalist who juggled knives and daggered glass
    While they entertain the marble Heads of State and CEO's
    Oh whoa oh woh
  • I stagger past anarchist extras through saloon doors painted gold
     
    So I turn and I see Uncle Sam, walks out of wardrobe ready for the shoot
  • So I walk right up and talk to him, I tell him that I'm scared and I'm confused
    While they test the cameras out and get the lighting right, while catering fills coffee
    and carves up apple pie
  • And while the stylists trim his beard and straighten those lapels
    Oh whoa oh woh
    I ask was it pies that made him drive us straight to hell
  • and as my daydream ends he stands there shamed, a shocked and shattered shell
     
    But there's never any answer for my starving tongue to tell
  • Oh whoa oh woh oh oh
    Cause the director's shouting action and from off set it's just as well
  • PLAY TOO ..
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