I'm not a seasoned player or tabber, so please make corrections when you find mistakes.
Key is D minor
Chords
Chopped One slow strum
<---------> <------------>
D5 G5 Bb5 Dm Gm Bb Dm* Gm* Bb*
E|-----------------------------1----3----1-|
B|----------------6------------3----3----3-|
G|--7-------------7---3---7----2----5----3-|
D|--7---5---8-----7---5---8----0----5----3-|
A|--5---5---8-----5---5---8---------3----1-|
E|------3---6---------3---6---------3------|
Riff 1
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|--------5--7------------------|(1/2 bend & return)
A|--5---8-----------------------|
E|------------------------------|
Riff 2
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--------7--9------------------| (1/2 bend & return)
D|--7--10-----------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
Riff 3
E|------------------------------|
B|--------8--10-----------------|(1/2 bend & return)
G|--7--10-----------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
D5 (swell)
I was down in the city on a miracle street
I flailed like a swimmer through the summer heat
G5
I was waiting for a friend that I needed to meet
And I's hopin' she was bringin' with her something sweet
Bb5 (Riff 1 x5)
And I's hopin' for an open little opening
And I suffer for a groovy little happening
D5
But it's all going wrong just like I sing in that song
The song I wrote about you that they put on TV
G5
The TV that I gave you 'cause you wanted to see
(Riff 2 x4)
But all you saw were spaces where the people used to be
Bb5
The hundred bastard voids with their pull on me
In the valley of death you'll be breathless and free
Dm
Dm (Riff 3 x5)
Gm
Gm
Bb
Bb
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Dm (Riff 1 x4)
You'll be dancing like a fool by the swollen sea
You'll be twitching like a drug in a pharmacy
Gm
You'll be swatting at the flies in the pavillion
Where the millionare just blew a gazillion
Bb (Riff 2 x3)
Fingernails are all hot vermillion
When the traffic grinds down to a standstill-ion
Dm
And the mynah birds are pecking at the carrion
(Riff 3 x5)
And you read it already in Hyperion
Gm
And you read about my trial in the Clarion
A sack full of ashes I've been carrying
Bb
When the lights turn green I dissolve the screen
When the lights turn red I put the whole thing to bed
D5 (chopping) (Dm*)
Well I got a fever
And I'm feeling fainter
G5 (Gm*)
I'm a dim receiver
I'm a Cold War painter
Bb5 (Bb*)
If you can just hold still
(Dm*)
I will make you all so beautiful
D5 (Riff 2 x4)
D5 (Dm*)
G5
G5 (Gm*)
Bb5 (Bb*)
When the lights turn blue I know what to do
I'll drown my tomorrows in an ocean or two
Dm (Dm*) (Riff 3 x6)
And the pretty little things with their magnets and rings
Blooming like a flower through a series of springs
Gm (Gm*)
Thank you Fate and the freight that she brings
Thank you Fortuna and the song that she sings
Bb (Bb*)
Thank you to my manager for letting me live
Thank you to my friends and the friends that you're with
Dm (Dm*) (Riff 1 x4)
Dm (Dm*)
Gm (Gm*)
Gm (Gm*)
Bb (Bb*) (Riff 2 x2)
Thank you to the Lord who created all this
(Bb*)
There's a whole lotta hurt before you get to the bliss
Dm (Dm*) (Riff 3 x4)
Why even Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss
(Dm*)
But that was long before that he got in show biz
Gm (Gm*)
Well I understand the land and the land ain't no sea
(Gm*) (Bb*)
But when I try to walk I'm sinking you see
(Riff 1 x1)
Fill:
E|--8^---10-17-17p15--13p12p10-|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
D5 (Dm*)
So I got a fever
(Gm*)
And I'm feeling fainter
G5
I'm a dim receiver
I'm a Cold War painter
Bb5 (Bb*)
If you can just hold still
(Dm*)
I will make you all so beautiful
Dm (Dm*)-Gm (Gm*)-Bb (Bb*) progression (until end, with solo)
End with Bb*
