Tabbed by: Klaas Zijlstra (e-mail: klaaszijlstra@live.nl)
Standard tuning
Chords:
E5: 022xxx
Em: 022000
G5: 3x003x
Am: x0221x
Cadd9: x3x03x
D5: xx023x
Intro:
E5 | G5 | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | D5 | G | Cadd9 | Cadd9
Verse 1:
G
I would dig a thousand holes to
Cadd9
lay next to you
Em D5
I would dig a thousand more if I
Cadd9
needed to
Verse 2:
G
I look around the grave for an
Cadd9
escape route of old routines
D5 G5
There doesn't seem to be any other
Cadd9
way
Chorus:
E5 G5
Cause I've started falling apart
Cadd9
I'm not savouring life
D5
I've forgotten how good it
G5 Cadd9
could be to feel alive
Middle 8:
E5 | G5 | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | D5 | G | Cadd9 | Cadd9
(guitar 2 playing riff 1)
Verse 3:
G5
Crazy as it sounds you won’t feel
Cadd9
as low as you feel right now
Em
At least that's what I've been
D5 Cadd9
told by everyone
D5 G5
I whisper empty sounds in your ear
Cadd9 Am
and hope that you won't let go
Cadd9 Am
Take the pieces and build them skywards
Chorus:
E5 G5
Cause I've started falling apart
Cadd9
I'm not savouring life
D5
I've forgotten how good it
G5 Cadd9
could be to feel alive
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/biffy_clyro/machines_crd_ver_3.html ]
E5 G5
Cause I've started falling apart
Cadd9
I'm not savouring life (Take the pieces and build them skywards)
D5
I've forgotten how good it could
G5 Cadd9
be to feel alive (Take the pieces and build them skywards)
Middle 8:
E5 | G5 | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | D5 | G | Cadd9 | Cadd9
(guitar 2 playing riff 2)
Chorus:
G
I've started falling apart I'm not
Cadd9
savouring life (Take the pieces and build them skywards)
Em
I've forgotten how good it could
D5 Cadd9
be to feel alive
(Take the pieces and build them skywards)
Chorus:
E5 G5
Cause I've started falling apart
Cadd9
I'm not savouring life (Take the pieces and build them skywards)
D5
I've forgotten how good it could
G5 Cadd9
be to feel alive (Take the pieces
Am
and build them skywards)
Outro:
Em G5
Take the pieces and build them skywards and
Cadd9 Am
Take the pieces and build them skywards and
Em G5
Take the pieces and build them up
Cadd9
to the sky
riff 1 (transcribed for a 6-string, recorded version is played on a 12 string):
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-0h2/5----10-9-2--0h2/7--5--10-9-2---|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
riff 2 (transcribed for a 6-string, recorded version is played on a 12 string):
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---9-9-7-7-9-9----9-9-7-7-5-5----10-10-9-9-5-5-2-2------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---9-9-7-7-9-9----9-9-7-7-5-5----10-10-9-9-5-5-2-2------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
