Fragile Tension Chords & Tabs
DEPECHE MODE - Fragile Tension
The real tuning is down half step (Eb G# Db F# Bb Eb)
(Intro synthesizer notes G#m)
E||-----------------6-----| x8
B||-----------------------|
G||--------------1-----3--|
D||-----------------------|
A||---------1-------------|
E||--4--------------------|
(verse synthesizer notes)
|------------------6-----| x2|-----------------7-----|
|------------------------| |-----------------------|
|---------------1-----3--| |--------------4-----4--|
|------------------------| |---------9-------------|
|----------1-------------| |-----------------------|
|---4--------------------| |--7--------------------|
|-----------------7-----|-----------------12-----|-----------------12-----|
|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------4-----4--|--------------9------9--|--------------9------9--|
|---------9-------------|---------2--------------|---------2--------------|
|-----------------------|--7---------------------|--7---------------------|
|--7--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------7-----|-----------------6-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------4-----4--|--------------3-----3--|
|---------9-------------|---------8-------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--7--------------------|--6--------------------|
(verse)
G#m B
There's a fragile tension
E B A#m
That's keeping us going
G#m B
It may not last forever
E B A#m
But oh, when it's flowing
(chorus)
Ebm G#m Eb
There's something magical in the air
Fill: C# E
Ebm G#m Eb
Something so tragic we have to care
Fill: C# E
(verse)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/depeche_mode/fragile_tension_tab_ver_2.html ]
G#m B
There's a strange obsession
E B A#m
That's drawing us nearer
G#m B
We don't understand it
E B A#m
It never gets clearer
(chorus)
Ebm G#m Eb
There's something mystical in our genes
Fill: C# E
Ebm G#m Eb
So simplistic it kicks and screams
Fill: C# E
(bridge)
Gm F#
Oh when we're teetering
E Eb
On the edge of collapse
C# B Bb
Nothing can keep us down
E||-------------------|-------------------|------2------------| x2
B||------4------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G||----4--------------|----3--------------|----4--------------|
D||--4----------------|--4----------------|--4----------------|
A||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
(verse)
G#m B
There's a dizzying feeling
E B A#m
That's keeping us flying
G#m B
Through glittering gardens
E B A#m
Without even trying
(chorus)
Ebm G#m Eb
There's something radical in our hands
Fill: C# E
Ebm G#m Eb
Nothing logical to our plans
Fill: C# E
End: G#m
(verse fill)
E||-------------------|-------------------| x2
B||------7------------|-------------------|
G||----8--------------|------8------------|
D||--9----------------|----9--------------|
A||-------------------|--9----------------|
E||-------------------|-------------------|
(chorus fill)
E||-6-|-6-|---|-\4----4--4--4--4--4--4-|-\7----7--7--7--7--7--7-|
B||-7-|-4-|-8-|-\6----6--6--6--6--6--6-|-\9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
G||-8-|-4-|-8-|-\6----6--6--6--6--6--6-|-\9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
D||-8-|-6-|-8-|-\6----6--6--6--6--6--6-|-\9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
A||-6-|-6-|-6-|-\4----4--4--4--4--4--4-|-\7----7--7--7--7--7--7-|
E||---|-4-|---|-\4----4--4--4--4--4--4-|-\7----7--7--7--7--7--7-|
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
