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Guitar chords: wtorres@bucknell.edu
Bass tablature: therapy@smug.adelaide.edu.au

Intro:

Opening/ending riff: [x refers to 10th fret]
G:|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|
D:|0-------------|7-------------|8-------------|7-------------|
A:|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E:|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

G:|xh------|12h-----|--------|------------------------|
D:|0-------|--------|12h-----|------------------------|
A:|--------|--------|--------|12-12--10-10--8-8--7-7--|
E:|--------|--------|--------|------------------------|
[h = harmonic]

Verse refrain: [note 'x' refers to the 10th fret]
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D:|-----xx-7----------xx-7----------------------------------------|
A:|5-77-------0305-77-------030---------------03-5--305305-530530-|
E:|----------------------------3-13-1-01-3313---------------------|
^
|
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[repeat through verse, repeat in a broken kinda way in some parts though]


Solo: (let open d ring occasionally)
G:|7--9--9/10\9--10--12--14-14-14-14--14-14-14--12--14--14/15\14--15--17--|
D:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G:|19-19-19-19--19-19-19--12--14--14/15\14--12--10--12/14\12--10--|
D:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------------------------------------------|

G:|---------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------|
A:|12-12-12----12-12--10-10--8-8--7-7--(5)|
E:|---------------------------------------|

D
Color me once color me twice
Everything gonna turn out nice
G
Everlasting arms
D
You gotta keep me from these false alarms
Alarm, alarm i see you sad
Maybe i see you i'm glad
G d
Maybe maybe the fire of her desire
Patience patience said the man
Patience patience i can't understand
G
Patience like a man and a wife
D
I got patience on my neck like a cold cold knife
I say jack be nimble jack fall dead
Jack bend over and give jilly head
G d
Oh you gotta help my body heal my soul

Bass solo:

Verse 2:
D
Dead men working a sinner a saint
Mixing up a pail of paint
G
Painted the house, black as night
D
When the sun came up the house was white
Gotta go on
G
Gotta go on
We gotta go on
D
You gotta go on
You gotta go on
G
Go on
Go on
D
Try and live life like i couldn't

Guitar solo:

Outro:

Bass

G|-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-|
D|-0------------7------------8------------7------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

G|-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7---7-|
D|-0------------7------------8------------7----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Harmonic^

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