The Fuse – Jackson Browne (Album: The Pretender)
Chord voicings:
Chord EADGBe EADGBe
D/C xx0010
Eb#5 x6544x
G/B x20033 x20003
D x5423x xx0232
Em 022000
G 320003
C 032013 032010
G/D x5543x
C(add9) x32020
D#dim xx1212
G/F 1x0003
Gmb5(6) 3x2320
D/F# 2x0232
Em/G 3x2000
B7/F# 201202
C/G 3x2013
C/E 0x2013
Dsus4/F# 2x0233
D/A x0423x
F(add9)/G 1xx213
Intro:
|Em |Em |C |C |
|Em |Em |C |C |
|Em |Em |C |C |
|Em |Em |C |C |
Em
It's coming from so far away
C C/D
It's hard to say for sure
G G/B C
Whether what I hear is music or the wind
D
Through an open door
Em Eb#5
There's a fire high in the empty sky
G/D C(add9) G
Where the sound meets the shore
G
There's a long distance loneliness
C G D
Rolling out over the desert floor
|Em |Em |C |C |
|Em |Em |C |G |
C Bm
And the years that I spent lost in the mystery
D#dim Em
Fall away leaving only the sound of the drum
G/F
Like a part of me
It speaks to the heart of me
Em
Forget what life used to be
You are what you choose to be
Eb#5 D
It's whatever it is you see
G Gmb5(6)
That life will become
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D/F#
Whatever it is you might think you have
Em/G B7/F#
You have nothing to lose
C/G
Through every dead and living thing
Em
Time runs like a fuse
G C D C/E Dsus4/F# G
And the fuse is burning
G C D C/E D7sus4/F# G
And the earth is turning
|Em |Em |C |C |
|Em |Em |C |C |
|Em |Em |C |C |
|Em |Em |C |C |
|Em |Eb#5 |G/D |C(add9) |
|G/B |D/A |F(add9)/G |F(add9)/G |
C Bm
Though the years give way to uncertainty
D#dim Em
And the fear of living for nothing strangles the will
G/F
There's a part of me
That speaks to the heart of me
Em
Though sometimes it's hard to see
C
It's never far from me
Eb#5 D
Alive in eternity
G
That nothing can kill
Gmb5(6)
Oh Lord
D/F# Em/G B7/F#
Are there really people starving still?
C/G
Look out beyond the walls of Babylon
Em
How long will their needs go unfilled
G C D C/E D7sus4/F# G
I want to say right now I'm going to be a - round
(backgr. vocals: I'm going to be around)
G C D C/E D7sus4/F# G
When the walls and towers are crumbling
(backgr. vocals: When the towers are tumbling down)
G C D C/E D7sus4/F# G
And I will tune my spirit to the gentle sound
(backgr. vocals: I want to hear the sound)
G C D C/E D7sus4/F# G
Of the waters lapping on a higher ground
(backgr. vocals: Of the children laughing)
|G C D |C/E D7sus4/F# G | (play 4 x)
|Em |Em |C |C | (play 12 x)
Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) – aug 2007
Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com
