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Notes in () play very quietly
Intro (x2)
Enter synth (Riff B) on second time
1, 2, 3, 1 Humming..............................................
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Synth arranged for guitar
Riff A
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Riff B
"my eyes seek reality..........."
A G D/A E G
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"I fall cause I let go.................."
Riff C H P
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|----------3-2--------3---3----------3---------0--0------3--3---|
|*-------2------------0---0--------2-----------1--1------0--0--*|
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"The trash fire is warm"
Riff D
Am Em Am Em
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"And i can't bare to see....................."
Riff E
Am G C B
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|--------------2--2--|-|-|-|--0--0--|-|-|-|--2--|-|-|-|-----4---
|---------3-0--0--0--/-/-/-/--2--2--/-/-/-/--3--/-/-/-/-0-0-2---
|---0-3-5---------------------3--3------------------------------
"due........" "please forgive me"
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"my eyes seek reality..........."
Riff F
A G D/A E G
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|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|--2--|-|-|-|----1--1---0--0--*|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|----2--2---0-----*|
|---0--/-/-/-/--2--/-/-/-/--0--/-/-/-/----2------2------|
|---------------3-----------------------0-0----3-3------|
Riff G
Am G F F+4
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|*-----2---2----------0-------2-----2---2----*|
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Ok, here's how the riffs go with the song:
Riff B
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
Riff B
Theres a dog at your back step
He must come in from the rain
Riff C
I fall cause I let go
The net below has rot away
Riff C
So my eyes seek reality
And my fingers seek my veins
Riff D
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
Riff D
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Riff E
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Riff F
My eyes seek reality
My fingers feel for faith
Riff F
Touch clean with a dirty hand
I touched the clean to the waste
Riff D
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
Riff D
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Riff E
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Riff G
Riff G
So low the sky is all I see
Riff G
All I want from you is forgive me
Riff G
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Riff G
Though he just wants right back out again
Riff F
And I cry, to the alley way
Confess all to the rain
Riff F
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
The one I've broken, to match my face
Riff D
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
Riff D
So as I write to you (yeah)
Of what is done and to do (yeah)
Riff E
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Riff G
Riff G
So low the sky is all I see
Riff G
All I want from you is forgive me
Riff G
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Riff G
Though he just wants right back out again
Riff B
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
Outro
Humming.........................................fade out
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Play this with the strings completely muted and pluck the stings
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_MrBlitz
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KELSO Wanna Be |
#1 by KELSO Is a COOL kid at Feb 12, 2006 at 11:15 AM EST |
| All I hafta say is this song is bad ass!!!! All of yalls thoughts r great. It is really hard to get one interpretation from it. | |
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isaac Average |
#2 by isaac fritsch at Aug 8, 2006 at 10:34 PM EST |
| yeah weaselfierce i believe you are correct on the lyric there. I always thought this song was about someone trying to pull the writer out of the hole that was his life, but everytime he kept on pushing the helper away...and now he regrets it.....could just be me thouhg....definatley yhas something to do with past mistakes etc | |
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Anthony Average |
#3 by Anthony at Dec 10, 2006 at 3:20 AM EST |
| FEELING! DEFINATELY | |
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Freddy Badass |
#4 by Freddy Timmons at Feb 6, 2007 at 11:35 AM EST |
| It's a story about a bum who put himself there despite the best efforts of those around him who tried to help. Frankly you can't fall much lower than that, short of death on the street. Heck you're already halfway there. A "trash fire" isn't symbolic of very much other than a trash fire, and makes more sense when you see homeless on the street huddled around 55 gallon oil drums burning garbage during the winter. | |
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Daniel Average |
#5 by Daniel Johnson at May 10, 2007 at 2:05 PM EST |
| Its about a man who made alot of mistakes in his life (obviously) and feels that nobody wants him anymore "Bring this poor dog in from the rain" But he keeps going back to the drugs "Though he just wants right back out again" And... he's thinking of suicide "Of what is dawning to do, Maybe you'll understand and dont cry for this man 'Cuz low man is due" | |
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Chris Average |
#6 by Chris Tucker at May 31, 2007 at 10:55 PM EST |
| This song is about a homeless man who is seeking redemption for his acts before his death. | |
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† james † Average |
#7 by † james † at Jun 30, 2007 at 12:58 AM EST |
| It should be "Net below has ROT away" not right away. | |
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Kempy Lead Player |
#8 by Kempy at Oct 10, 2007 at 5:24 AM EST |
| I interpret this song to be about a homeless man who once had a family, but drugs messed up his life and now he's out on the streets. He just wants his family to forgive him and no matter how they try to help him, he keeps ending up back "out in the rain", and on the street. The trash fire symbolizes the place where he feels safest. It's warm and comforting, but not safe from the storm that is his drug use. He's writing this letter to his family to tell them to forgive him and and not to worry about him because he did it to himself. | |