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THE BENDS
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* This album tab has been done so for the use of acoustic (rhythm) guitar and so is not 100%
accurate. Some songs (such as High and Dry) have also been simplified for easier usage.


1. Planet Telex
2. The Bends
3. High And Dry
4. Fake Plastic Trees
5. Bones
6. (Nice Dream)
7. Just
8. My Iron Lung
9. Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was
10. Black Star
11. Sulk
12. Street Spirit (Fade Out)


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1. PLANET TELEX
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(CAPO ON 2ND)

D (xx0232)
G (32000x)
G/C (330033)
Gm (355333)
Asus4 (x02230)
A (x02220)
Am (xo2210)
G/A (x5543x)
Gmaj9 (3x002x)
G5 (3x003x)


Intro: | D G | G/C Gm | D G | G/C Gm |


Asus4 A Am A Asus4 A
VERSE 1: you can force it but it will not come
Am A G/A Gmaj9 G5 Gmaj9
you can taste it but it will not form


Asus4 A Am A Asus4 A
VERSE 2: you can crush it but it's always here
Am A G/A Gmaj9 G5
you can crush it but it's always here
Gmaj9 G/A Gmaj9 G5 Gmaj9
chasing me home, saying


D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
COURUS 1: everything is broken
D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
everyone is broken


Asus4 A Am A Asus4 A
VERSE 2: you can force it but it will stay stung
Am A G/A Gmaj9 G5 Gmaj9
you can crush it as dry as a bone


Asus4 A Am A Asus4 A
VERSE 4: you can walk it home straight from school
Am A G/A Gmaj9 G5
you can kiss it you can break all the rules
Gmaj9 G/A G5 Gmaj9
all of the rules, but still


D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
COURUS 2: everything is broken
D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
everyone is broken
D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
everyone is, everyone is broken
D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
everyone is, everything is broken


D G G/C Gm D G G/C
OUTRO: Why can't you forget
G D G G/C
why can't we forget
G D G G/C Gm
why can't you forget

| D G | G/C Gm | D G | G/C Gm | repeat to fade


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2. THE BENDS
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D (xx0232)
Cadd9 (x32030)
G/B (x20033)
Em (022000)
G (320003)
C (x32010)
A (0x2220)
Bb (x13331)


INTRO: | D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |

| D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |

| D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |
Oh____
| D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |
Oh____


Em G
VERSE 1: where do we go from here? the words are coming out all weird
C Cadd9 C
where are you now when I need you?
Em G C
alone on an aeroplane, falling asleep against the window pane
Cadd9 C
my blood will thick - en


LINK: | A | A | C | Bb |


Em G
VERSE 2: I need to watch myself again to hide all the dirt and pain
C Cadd9 C
'Cos I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath
Em G
and who are my real friends? Have they all got the bends?
C Caddd9 C
Am I really sinking this low


D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
COURUS 1: my baby's got the bends, oh no
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
We don't have any real friends, no, no, no
A
I'm just lying in a bar with my drip feed on
C
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
A
I wish it was the sixties I wish I could be happy
C Cadd9
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen


Em G
VERSE 3: where do i go from here? The planet is again numb
C Cadd9 C
In a sea of fear and where are you?
Em G
They bought in the CIA, the tanks and the whole marines
C Cadd9 C
To blow me away, to blow me sky high


D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
COURUS 2: my baby's got the be________________nds
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
We don't have any real frie__________nds
A
I'm just lying in a bar with my drip feed on
C
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
A
I wish it was the sixties I wish I could be happy
C Cadd9
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen


SOLO: | G Cadd9| G Cadd9| C | C |

| G Cadd9| G Cadd9| C | C |


(C) G Cadd9
OUTRO: I wanna live and breathe
G C Cadd9
I wanna be part of the human race
G Cadd9
I wanna live and breathe
G C Cadd9
I wanna be part of the human race, race, race, race
Em G
where do we go from here? the words are coming out all weird
C Cadd9 C(1)
where are you now when I need you?


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3. HIGH AND DRY
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G#m(11) (x66400)
F#m(11) (x44200)
Asus2 (x02200)
E (022100)


INTRO: | G#m(11) F#m(11) | Asus2 | E |

| G#m(11) F#m(11) | Asus2 | E |


F#m(11) Asus2 E
VERSE 1: two jumps in a week a bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy?
F#m(11) Asus2 E
Flying on your motorcycle, watching all the ground beneath you drop
F#m(11) Asus2 E
You'd kill yourself for recognition, kill yourself to never ever stop
F#m(11) Asus2 E
You broke another mirror, you're turning into something you are not


F#m(11) Asus2 E
COURUS 1: So don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry____
F#m(11) Asus2 E
Don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry


LINK: | G#m(11) F#m(11) | Asus2 | E |


F#m(11) Asus2 E
VERSE 2: drying up in conversation you will be the one who cannot talk
F#m(11)
All your insides fall to pieces
Asus2 E
you just sit there wishing you could still make love
F#m(11)
they're the ones who'll hate you
Asus2 E
when you think you got the world all sussed out
F#m(11) Asus2 E
they're the one's who'll spit at you, you will be the one screaming out


F#m(11) Asus2 E
COURUS 2: don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry____
F#m(11) Asus2 E
Don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry____


SOLO: | F#m(11) | Asus2 | E |

| F#m(11) | Asus2 | E |


F#m(11)
MIDDLE: oh, it's the best thing that you ever had
Asus2 E
The best thing that you ever, ever had
F#m(11)
It's the best thing that you ever had
Asus2 E
The best thing you have had has gone away


F#m(11) Asus2 E
COURUS 3: so don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry____
F#m(11) Asus2 E
Don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry____
F#m(11) Asus2 E
Don't leave me high____
F#m(11) Asus2 E(1)
Don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry


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4. FAKE PLASTIC TREES
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A (x02220)
E (022100)
A/F# (2x0220)
Amaj7 (x02120)
Dsus2 (xx0230)
Dsus2/B (x20230)


A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
VERSE 1: Her green plastic watering can, for her fake Chinese rubber plant
A Dsus2
In the fake plastic earth
A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
That she bought from a rubber man, in a town full of rubber plans
A Dsus2
To get rid of itself


Dsus2/B A
COURUS 1: It wears her out, it wears her out
Dsus2/B A
It wears her out, it wears her out


A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
VERSE 2: She lives with a broken man, a cracked polystyrene man
A Dsus2
Who just crumbles and burns
A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
He used to do surgery, for girls in the eigh - ties
A Dsus2
But gravity always wins


Dsus2/B A
COURUS 2: And it wears him out, it wears him out
Dsus2/B A
It wears him out, it wears____


A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
VERSE 3: She looks like the real thing, she tastes like the real thing
A Dsus2
My fake plastic love
A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
But I can't help the feeling, I could blow through the cei - ling
A Dsus2
If I just turn and run


Dsus2/B A
COURUS 3: And it wears me out, it wears me out
Dsus2/B A
It wears me out, it wears me out


Dsus2 A
OUTRO: And if I could be who you wanted, if I could be who you wanted
Dsus2 A
All the time, all the time

| Dsus2 | A | Dsus2 | A(1) |


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5. BONES
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D (xx0232)
G (320033)
G/F# (2x0033)
A (x02220)
Em (022000)


INTRO: | D | G | G/F# | A | A | A | A |

| D | G | G/F# | A | A | A | A |


D G G/F# A
VERSE 1: I Don't wanna be crippled cracked
D G G/F# A
Shoulders, wrists, knees and back
D G G/F# A
Ground to dust and ash
D G G/F# A
Crawling on all fours


(A) Em G G/F# A
COURUS 1: when you've got to feel it in your bones
Em G G/F# A
when you've got to feel it in your bones


D G G/F# A
VERSE 2: Now I can't climb the stairs
D G G/F# A
Pieces missing everywhere
D G G/F# A
Prozak painkillers


(A) Em G G/F# A
COURUS 2: when you've got to feel it in your bones
Em G G/F# A
when you've got to feel it in your bones


D G G/F# A
BRIDGE: I used to fly like peter pan____
D G G/F# A
All the children flew when I touched their hands____


(A) Em G G/F# A
COURUS 3: They say you've got to feel it in your bones
Em G G/F# A
They say you've got to feel it in your bones


OUTRO: | Em | G | G/F# | A | A | A | A |

| Em | G | G/F# | A | A | A | A |

| Em | G | G/F# | A | A | A | A |

| Em | G | G/F# | A(1) |


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6. (NICE DREAM)
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C (8(10)(10)988)
B (799877)
Bb (688766)
A (577655)
A* (x02220)
Asus2 (x02200)
Esus4 (022200)
E (022100)
Dsus2/B (x20230)
Dsus2 (xx0230)


INTRO: | C | B | Bb | A |

| C | B | Bb | A* | Asus2 | A* | Asus2 |


A* D Esus4 E
VERSE 1: They love me like I was a brother, they protect me, listen to me
A* D Esus4 E
They dug me my very own garden, gave me sunshine, made me happy


Dsus2/B Esus4 E A* Asus2 A* Asus2
COURUS 1: Nice dream, nice dream, nice dream


A* D
VERSE 2: I called up my friend the good angel
Esus4 E
but she's out with, her answer phone
A* D
She says that she'd love to come help but
Esus4 E
The sea would electrocute us all


Dsus2/B Esus4 E
COURUS 2: Nice dream, nice dream
A* F#m Dsus2/B Esus4 E
Nice dream, nice dream, nice dream, nice dream
A*
Nice dream (if you think that you're strong enough)
F#m
Nice dream (if you think you belong enough)
Dsus2/B
Nice dream (if you think that you're strong enough)
Dsus2 (A*)
Nice dream____


SOLO: | (A*) | A* | A* | A* G |

| A* | A* | A* | G D |

| A* | D G | A* | G D |

| A* | D G | A* | D |


OUTRO: | C | B | Bb | A |

| C | B | Bb | A |

| C | B | Bb | Bb |


A* F#m Dsus2/B E A(1)
Nice dream, nice dream, nice dream, nice dream


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7. JUST
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C (x3555x)
Eb (x6888x)
D (x5777x)
F (x8(10)(10)(10)x)
Am (577555)
G# (466544)
Eb* ((11)(13)(13)(12)(11)(11))
Bb (688766)
G (355433)
F* (133211)


INTRO: | C | Eb | D | F | (x3)


Am G# Eb* Bb
VERSE 1: Can't get the stink off, he's been hanging round for days
Am G# Eb* Bb
Comes like a comet, suckered you but not your friends


Am G# G G# F*
BRIDGE 1: One day he'll get to you and teach you how to be a ho - ly cow


C Eb D F
COURUS 1: You do it to yourself you do and that's what really hurts
C Eb D F
Is you do it to yourself just you, you and no-one else
C Eb D F C Eb D F
You do it to yourself____ you do it to yourself____


Am G# Eb* Bb
VERSE 2: Don't get much sympathy hanging out the fifteenth floor
Am
Changed the locks three times
G# Eb Bb
He still comes reeling through the door


Am G# G G# F*
BRIDGE 2: And soon he'll get to you and teach you how to get to pur - ist hell


C Eb D F
COURUS 2: You do it to yourself you do and that's what really hurts
C Eb D F
Is you do it to yourself just you, you and no-one else
C Eb D F C Eb D F
You do it to yourself____ you do it to yourself____


SOLO: | C | Eb | D | F | C | Eb | D | F |

| Am | G# | Eb* | F* | Am | G# | G F# | F* |

| C | Eb | D | F | C | Eb | (F) |


(F) C Eb D F
COURUS 3: You do it to yourself you do and that's what really hurts
C Eb D F
Is you do it to yourself just you, you and no-one else
C Eb D F C Eb D F
You do it to yourself____ you do it to yourself____


OUTRO: | C | Eb | D | F | (x9)

| C | Eb | D |


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8. MY IRON LUNG
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G (355433)
Cm (8(10)(10)888)
B (799877)
Bb (688766)
A (577655)
Am (577555)
G# (466544)
G#m (466444)
C (8(10)(10)988
Bbm (688666)


INTRO: | G | Cm | (x4)


G Cm G Cm G
VERSE 1: Faith, you're driving me away, you do it every day
Cm G Cm
You don't mean it but it hurts like hell
G Cm G Cm G
My brain, says I'm receiving pain, a lack of oxygen
Cm G Cm (G)
From my life support, my iron lung____


LINK 1: | G | Cm | (x2)


G Cm G Cm G
VERSE 2: We're too young to fall asleep, to cynical to speak
Cm G Cm
We are losing it, can't you tell
G Cm G Cm G
We scratch our eternal itch, our twentieth century bitch
Cm G Cm (G)
And we are grateful for our iron lung____


LINK 2: | (G) | Cm |

| G | Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m |


SOLO: G Gm G Gm C Cm C Cm
The head - shrinkers, they want everything
Bb Bbm Bb Bbm Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m
My un - cle bill, my be - li - sha be - can
G Gm G Gm C Cm C Cm
The head - shrinkers, they want everything
Bb Bbm Bb Bbm Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m
My un - cle bill, my be - li - sha be - can

| (G) | Cm | (x2)


G Cm G Cm G
VERSE 3: Suck, suck your teenage thumb, toilet trained and dumb
Cm G Cm
When the power runs out we'll just hum
G Cm G Cm G
This, this is our new song, just like the last one
Cm G Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m
A total waste of time, my iron lung____


SOLO: G Gm G Gm C Cm C Cm
The head - shrinkers, they want everything
Bb Bbm Bb Bbm Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m
My un - cle bill, my be - li - sha be - can
G Gm G Gm C Cm C Cm
The head - shrinkers, they want everything
Bb Bbm Bb Bbm Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m
My un - cle bill, my be - li - sha be - can
| G Gm G Gm | C Cm C Cm |

| Bb Bbm Bb Bbm | Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m |

| G Gm G Gm | C Cm C Cm |

| Bb Bbm Bb Bbm | Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m |


Gm C Bb
MIDDLE: And if you're frightened, you can be frightened
G#
You can be it's okay
Gm C Bb
And if you're frightened, you can be frightened
G#
You can be it's okay


SOLO: | G Gm G Gm | C Cm C Cm |

| Bb Bbm Bb Bbm | Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m |

| G Gm G Gm | C Cm C Cm |

| Bb Bbm Bb Bbm | Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m |


G Gm G Gm C Cm C Cm
OUTRO: The head - shrinkers, they want everything
Bb Bbm Bb Bbm Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m
My un - cle bill, my be - li - sha be - can
G Gm G Gm C Cm C Cm
The head - shrinkers, they want everything
Bb Bbm Bb Bbm Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m G(1)
My un - cle bill, my be - li - sha be - can


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9. BULET PROOF..I WISH I WAS
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Am7 (x02010)
Cmaj7 (x32000)
Gmaj7/B (x20032)
Dsus2 (xx0230)
Csus2 (x3003x)
G/B (x2003x)
G (320033)
Cadd9 (x3203x)
Bb6 (x1303x)


INTRO: | Am7 | Cmaj7 | Dsus2 |

| Dsus2 Csus2 G/B | Am7 | Cmaj7 |

| Dsus2 | Dsus2 | Am7 |


Am7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7/B Dsus2 Csus2 G/B
VERSE 1: Limb by limb and tooth by tooth, stirring up inside of me
Am7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7/B Dsus2 (Am7)
Everyday, every hour, wish that I was bullet proof

| Am7 | Cmaj7 | Dsus2 |

| Dsus2 Csus2 G/B |


Am7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7/B Dsus2 Csus2 G/B
VERSE 2: Wax me, mould me, heat the pins and stab them in
Am7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7/B Dsus2
You have turned me into this, just wish that it was bullet
G Gmaj7/B Cadd9
Proof
G Gmaj7/B Cadd9 Bb6
Was bullet proof


Am7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7/B Dsus2 Csus2 G/B
VERSE 3: So pay money and take a shot, lead-fill the whole in me
Am7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7/B Dsus2
I could burst a million bubbles, all surrogate and bullet
G Gmaj7/B Cadd9
Proof
G Gmaj7/B Cadd9
And bullet proof
G Gmaj7/B Cadd9
Bullet proof
G Gmaj7/B Cadd9 Bb6(1)
Bullet proof


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10. BLACK STAR
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D (xx0232)
Dsus4 (xx0233)
Em7 (022033)
Cadd9 (x32033)
G/B (x20033)
A7sus4 (x02033)
G (320033)
Csus2 (x30033)
Dsus4/F# (2x0233)
Bm (x24432)
Dsus2 (xx0230)
D7sus2 (xx0210)
D6sus2 (xx0200)
Am (x02210)
C (x32010)


INTRO: | D Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |

| D Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |

| D Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |

| D Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |


G Csus2 G/B Dsus4/F#
VERSE 1: I get home from work and you're still standing in your dressing gown
Emadd9
Well what am I to do?
G Csus2 G/B Dsus4/F# Emadd9
I know all the things around your head and what they do to you
Cadd9 Bm D
What are we coming to? What are we gonna do?


Dsus2 D7sus2 D6sus2 Am C Cadd9 Am C
COURUS 1: Blame it on the black star, blame it on the falling sky
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Gsus4 G D
Blame it on the satellite that beams me home


G Csus2 G/B Dsus4/F#
VERSE 2: Troubled words of a troubled mind, I try to understand
Emadd9
What is eating you
G Csus2 G/B
I try to stay awake but it's fifty-eight hours
Dsus4/F# Emadd9
Since that I last slept with you
Cadd9 Bm D
What are we coming to? I just don't know anymore


Dsus2 D7sus2 D6sus2 Am C Cadd9 Am C
COURUS 2: Blame it on the black star, blame it on the falling sky
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Gsus4 G (D)
Blame it on the satellite that beams me home


LINK: |(D) Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |

| D Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |

| D Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |

| D Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |


G Csus2 G/B Dsus4/F# Emadd9
VERSE 3: I get on the train and I just stand about now that I don't think of you
G Csus2 G/B Dsus4/F# Emadd9
I keep falling over, I keep passing out when I see a face like you
Cadd9 Bm D
What am I coming to? I'm gonna melt down


Dsus2 D7sus2 D6sus2 Am C Cadd9 Am C
COURUS 3: Blame it on the black star, blame it on the falling sky
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Gsus4 G (D)
Blame it on the satellite that beams me home


LINK: |(D) Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |

| D Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |

| D Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |

| D Dsus4 | Em7 | Cadd9(G/B A7sus4)|


(G/B A7sus4) D Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 D Dsus4 Em7
OUTRO: why?____ This is killing me____
Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 D Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 D Dsus4 Em7
Why?____ This is killing me____

| Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 |


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11. SULK
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D (xx0232)
Dsus2 (xx0230)
Dmaj9 (xx0220)
C (x32010)
G (320003)
Dsus4 (xx0233)
E (02210x)
E* (022100)
Emaj9 (02244x)
A (x02220)
Esus4 (02220x)


INTRO: e|---------------------------------|
B|---3-2-----3-2---2-2-0-----3-2---|
G|-------2-------2-------0-------2-|
D|-0-------0---------------0-------|

| D | Dsus2 | Dmaj9 | Dsus2 | D | Dsus2 | Dmaj9 | Dsus2 |

| C | C | G | G | D | Dsus2 | Dmaj9 |(Dsus2)|


(Dsus2) D Dsus2 Dmaj9
VERSE 1: You bite through the big wall
Dsus2 D Dsus2 Dmaj9
The big wall bites back
Dsus2 C G D Dsus2 Dmaj9
You sit there and sulk, sit there and bawl


Dsus2 D Dsus2 Dmaj9
VERSE 2: You are so pretty
Dsus2 D Dsus2 Dmaj9
When you're on your knees
Dsus2 C G D Dsus2 Dmaj9 Dsus2
Disin - fected and eager to please


G C Dsus4 D G C
COURUS 1: Sometimes you su - ulk, sometimes you burn
D Dsus4 G C Dsus4 D
God rest your so - oul when the loving comes and we've already gone
G C (D)
Just like your dad, you'll never change


LINK 1: |(D) | Dsus2 | Dmaj9 | Dsus2 | D | Dsus2 | Dmaj9 | Dsus2 |

| C | C | G | G | D | Dsus2 | Dmaj9 | Dsus2 |


(Dsus2) D Dsus2 Dmaj9
VERSE 3: Each time you come
Dsus2 D Dsus2 Dmaj9
It eats me alive
Dsus2 C G D Dsus2 Dmaj9
I try to behave, but it eats me alive


Dsus2 D Dsus2 Dmaj9
VERSE 4: So I declare
Dsus2 D Dsus2 Dmaj9
A holi - day
Dsus2 C G D Dsus2 Dmaj9 Dsus2
Fall asleep, drift away


G C Dsus4 D G C
COURUS 2: Sometimes you su - ulk, sometimes you burn
D Dsus4 G C Dsus4 D
God rest your so - oul when the loving comes and we've already gone
G C (D)
Just like your dad, you'll never change


SOLO: |(D) | Dsus2 | Dmaj9 | Dsus2 | E | E* | Emaj9 | E* |

| E | E* | Emaj9 | E* | D | D | A | A |

| E | E* | Emaj9 | E* | E | E* | Emaj9 | E* |

| E | E* | Emaj9 | E* | D | D | A | A |

| E | E | E | E |


A D Esus4 E A D
COURUS 3: Sometimes you su - ulk, sometimes you burn
E Esus4 A D Esus4 E
God rest your so - oul when the loving comes and we've already gone
A D E(1)
Just like your dad, you'll never change


==========================================================================================


12. STREET SPIRIT (FADE OUT)
----------------------------

Am (x02210)
Asus4 (x02230)
Asus2 (x02200)
Em (022000)
Em7 (022030)
Em/D7 (022010)
Cmaj7 (x32000)
Cadd9 (x32030)
C (x32010)


(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
INTRO: e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x4)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|


(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
VERSE 1: e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x4)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Rows of houses
All bearing down on me
I can feel there
Blue hands touching me

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

All these things into position
All these things will one day swallow whole

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|


(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
COURUS 1: e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

And fade__________________________________________

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Out_______________________________________________

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Again_____________________________________________

(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

And fade__________________________________________

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Out_______________________________________________


(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
VERSE 2: e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x4)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

This machine will
Will not communicate
These thoughts and the strain I am
Under

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Be a world child form a circle
Before we all go

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Under


(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
COURUS 2: e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

And fade__________________________________________
(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Out_______________________________________________

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Again_____________________________________________

(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

And fade__________________________________________

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Out_______________________________________________

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Again_____________________________________________


(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
SOLO: e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|


(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
VERSE 3: e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x4)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Cracked eggs, dead birds
Scream as they fight for life
I can feel death
Can see it's beady eyes

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

All these things into position
All these things will one day swallow whole

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|


(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
COURUS 3: e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

And fade__________________________________________

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Out_______________________________________________

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Again_____________________________________________

(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

And fade__________________________________________

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Out_______________________________________________

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Again_____________________________________________


(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
SOLO 2: e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|


(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
OUTRO: e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Immerse your

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Soul_____ in

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-| (x2)
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Love_____________________________________________

(Cmaj7 (Cadd9) (C) (Cmaj7)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Immerse your

(Em) (Em7) (Em/D7) (Em)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
G|----------0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|
A|-2----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Soul in

(Asus2) (Asus4) (Am) (Asus2) (Asus2*)
e|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|------------|------------|
B|------------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|------------|
G|----------2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----2-----2-|-2----------|
D|----2-------|------------|------------|-------2----|-2----------|
A|-0----------|------------|------------|------------|-0----------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Love


==========================================================================================

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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camilo
Average
#1 by camilo velasquez at May 13, 1989 at 2:17 AM EST
Love the line 'I wanna be part of the human face.' It just sums up a desire to conform. Brilliant.
 
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Andrew
Rhythm Player
#2 by Andrew Clayton at Aug 14, 1991 at 6:21 PM EST
I can relate a lot to this song.I'm always questioning the loyalty of my frineds,especially now.Lots of people call themselves my real friends when in fact they're a bunch of people who're using me or just want somebody to laugh with.I always find myself asking my so-called the question of where are you when i really need you? and do you really care about me??
 
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stephen
Average
#3 by stephen warunki at Feb 28, 1994 at 11:59 PM EST
TWO WORDS PEOPLE 'WACO SEIGE'
 
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Jeff
Average
#4 by Jeff Berg at Jan 18, 1999 at 2:45 AM EST
I would go for the friendship interpretation over the drugs one. I was skimming round the Our Lady Peace section - why are so many people interpretating their songs as about self-mutilation. What's with the morbidity? This song is straightforward in the interpretation of losing friendship... maybe the baby Thom refers to is the 'inner child' (yeah, pseudo-psycho-babble etc.) who, despite the adult exterior, still feels (as BrokeAnotherMirror put it) emotionally instable as a result of other people's actions.
 
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Collin
Average
#5 by Collin at Apr 10, 2005 at 5:57 AM EST
I feel that this song is about drugs as when you say someone has "the Bends" you are generaly meaning that they are on a high. My opinion is also reinforced by the line "i wish it was the sixties i wisk i could be happy". The person has turned to drugs and know he feels they are his life support and he doesn't have any real friends because of his way of life. Well thats what i think if it makes any sense.