The intro is based around E major, you play the bottom string parts with your baby finger
| d | 2 2 O 2 3 O |
| A | O O |
| F | 1 1 |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | O O |
Here's the chords:
E G
.. Go on parade and fade
(F#m) C
Hit the ceiling slow
G Em
Spending all your time with some girl
C
You'll never get to know
G (F#m) c
Wound up tight
G Em
Dressed all in white
D A
Some torment saint
C
Blowing out to drift
A C D
... Leave you even if
G Em
You live up in your head
(F#m) C
Scared of every little noise
G Em
Someone's always breaking in accidentally
C
Using nothing but their voice
G C
Shrill and small
G Em
Echo down the hall
D A
Repeating pet names
C
Seeing it in your eyes
A C
... You're only passing by
Chorus:
C#dim D D# Em
. . . . . . . Go by
C#dim D5 (slide to) E5 C
... Go by
E G
Someone's in the way
(F#m) C
Pretty words and inside slurs
G
All the things they have to say
Em C
To perform the work that they've rehearsed
G C
It's a waste of time
G Em
I put it behind me
D A
Once and for all
C
And let the hype decline
A C
.. If the problem wasn't mine
Repeat chorus, finish on C
Here's some of the lead guitar parts which play over the verse.
.. Spending all your time .... Wound up tight .. Dressed all in white
| d | 10 8 7 8 7 10 8 7 10 7 8 7 |
| A | 12 10 8 10 8 12 10 8 12 8 10 8 |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
.. Some torment ....
| d | 10 5 5 5 |
| A | 8 10 8 10 8 8 5 5 5 5 55 |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
You'll need to listen to the song to figure out how these lead parts fit in with
the chords as they're quite tricky
Corrections welcome!