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* artist: THURSDAY *
* song: THIS SONG BROUGHT TO YOU BY A FALLING BOMB *
* album: WAR ALL THE TIME *
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.::info
this song is originally played by a piano and so it doesn't
sound the same miserable way when played by a single guitar.
anyway i think that the chords a quite right. if you have
any suggestions mail me at 414@gmx.net.
tabbed by ulli kassner.
.::tuning
Drop D
.::chords
B G# D# D#var1 D#var2
---X------X------X------X------X---
---X------X------X------X------X---
---4------X------X------X------X---
---4------6------1------3------4---
---2------6------1------1------1---
---X------6------1------1------1---
.::variations
at 'D#var1/D#var2' play the first 2/4 D#var1 and the other
2/4 D#var2.
.::sound
playing this song on a single acoustic guitar sounds quite
boring. so i tried out my electric guitar with an effect
called 'cathedral'. this effect has a very strong reverb
and makes the guitar sound like a violin. if you have an
FX-board look for a sound like this.
.::song
B G# D# D#
do you hear the jetplane yawning miles across the sky?
B G#
hear the garbage truck back down the boulevard setting of the
D# D#var
car alarms as it passes by.
B G# D# D#
do you hear the static of one thousand detuned radios?
B G# D#
shut the window, love. keep the world outside. i don't want
D#var
to think about anyone
B G# D#
but the footsteps are getting louder, drowning out the sound
D#
of the rain as it knocks on the windowsill
B G#
i'm not answering the phone let it ring lately i've been
D# D#var
feeling like a falling bomb
B G# D# D#var
the ground is getting closer and the sky - is falling
B G# D# D#
do~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~wn
B G# D# D#var1/D#var2
this song has been brought to you
B G# D# D#var1/D#var2
this song has been brought to you [whisper] by a falling bomb
B G# D# D#var1/D#var2
[whisper] by a falling bomb
B G# D# D#var1/D#var2
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Guitar FrE@k Average |
#1 by Guitar FrE@k Freak at Apr 10, 1971 at 4:06 AM EST |
| This song is Fucking Awesome, this band is the best. I love it. It describes the way I feel sometimes when the world is to hard to face, and how I choose to stay away. | |
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jordan Porreca Lead Player |
#2 by jordan Porreca porreca at Apr 1, 1975 at 7:15 PM EST |
| I have a different take on this. I've always thought it was a made-up point-of-view of a guy in a war-torn place (fitting with the theme of the album), whose lover won't see things as they are. Hence the repeated "do you hear". He sees desolation all around him, and wants to make the most of whatever time he's given until another bomb strikes. ("Shut the window, love. Keep the world outside. I don't wanna think about anyone.") But his partner doesn't realize the end is nearer and nearer ("footsteps are getting louder"), and it's killing him. | |
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tristan Rhythm Player |
#3 by tristan drew at Oct 12, 1979 at 4:55 PM EST |
| This song is beautiful. The keyboard driven-ness of this song shows these guys quiet side... and how intense it still is. Anyway, I think it's about how he feels like he's spiraling out of control and doesn't want to have any part of the world affect him, but as he's getting closer to people, or the world, or whatever, he's getting closer to hitting bottom, and exploding... | |
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Lamb Of God Wor Average |
#4 by Lamb Of God Worshiper at Sep 11, 1981 at 9:41 PM EST |
| lately i've been feeling like a falling bomb so good. | |
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Bye! Average |
#5 by Bye! at Jan 16, 1984 at 10:04 PM EST |
| this song sends shivers down my spine everytime i listen to it. the way geoff purrs "dooowwwnnn" at the end of it, absolutely brilliant. its short, but oh so very very sweet. | |
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Failure by Desi Average |
#6 by Failure by Design at May 7, 1984 at 4:39 PM EST |
| There is so much synergy and meaning, its genious. | |
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Chase Wanna Be |
#7 by Chase Hendrix at Aug 13, 1994 at 12:13 AM EST |
| When I first heard this song, I was cought off guard. I, being a pianist, never expected this sort of materail from this type of band. Even though it is simple, it is profound. I easily picked it up and can now play it whenever I feel like it. I must say it is a very relaxing tune; I absoluely love it. | |
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sebastian Wanna Be |
#8 by sebastian Shamburg at Dec 30, 1994 at 10:03 AM EST |
| in an interview on their website geoff said its about just wanting to share a moment with someone that you love without all the distractions of the world | |
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Jesus Average |
#9 by Jesus Christ at May 9, 1996 at 12:06 AM EST |
| last night when i saw them live they played this, and geoff's mic broke, and he just cupped his hands over his mouth and sang as loud as he could and everyone in the crowd was singing as loud as they could too, it was so fucking rad, intense, intimate, iduno how to explain it, everyone was so connected | |
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isaac Average |
#10 by isaac fritsch at Nov 6, 1997 at 6:26 PM EST |
| Also the footsteps remind me of soldiers coming to do whatever soldiers do. Also its really clever how this song has been brought to you by a falling bomb, as if this song is the impact. | |
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Mauricio Average |
#11 by Mauricio Avendaņo at Jan 22, 1998 at 1:02 PM EST |
| love this song! | |
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Alex Lead Player |
#12 by Alex at Apr 3, 1999 at 1:55 PM EST |
| I take no credit for the interpretation of this song, I found it on a website. In this song, singer Geoff Rickly creates a sense of isolation from the world. We get this sense of isolation from the beginning, when we hear only a piano playing. In the first three lines, he notices small things that make him frustrated with the world. He finally breaks, and has had enough. He says "shut the window, love. Keep the world outside," to show that he no longer wants to be associated with the outside world. Soon, he finds out that it is extremely difficult to shut yourself off from the world. He loses unity with himself when he begins to notice the world again, and hears that "the footsteps are getting louder." He emphasizes their intensity by singing this line in a louder voice. This also shows that the footsteps have broken his concentration and that the outside world is pounding away at him - he can no longer even sing in the same manner. He cannot concentrate on anything to keep himself isolated anymore, such as the rain that "knocks on the windowsill." Despite this, he still attempts to stay free and look inward - by not answering the phone. In the following lines, he breaks a second time. The world has kept pounding away at him. He is now to the point of self destruction, as he becomes a "falling bomb." As he gets closer to the ground, closer to self destruction, the sky chases him. The closer that the sky, or the outside world, comes to him, the closer he is to self destruction. In the last lines, he examines himself. He shows us, and himself, that this is not his usual attitude. We knew that this was true from the beginning because the music played during this song is unusual. It is different from the music played in any other song the band has made. He has trouble referring to himself as "a falling bomb." He hesitates, and repeats the line "This song has been brought to you." Even when he does admit this attitude and his feelings to himself, he is still unsure. He whispers almost inaudibly when he says "by a falling bomb" and repeats it in disbelief of the reclusive person he has become. | |
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Emdizzy foshizz Lead Player |
#13 by Emdizzy foshizzy at Dec 24, 1999 at 7:56 PM EST |
| i dont know if anyone noticed it but when he says "the sky is falling down" the way he sings DOWN its as you would hear it falling past you from the sky....increadble | |
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Mike Average |
#14 by Mike Fraguglia at Jul 24, 2005 at 1:00 PM EST |
| This song is so amazing | |
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Tyler Average |
#15 by Tyler Hutchison at Feb 6, 2007 at 6:52 AM EST |
| this song was awsome live, geoff laying on the floor, screaming acopello | |
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