Going Up Against Chaos - TAB
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GOING UP AGAINST CHAOS
transcribed from the Trouble With Normal album
by Steve Meger (sam@michaelsengineering.com)
Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
Chords:
Dm7 0-x-0-2-1-1
G5 5-5-x-0-0-x
Em 2-x-2-0-0-x
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0
Dm11 0-0-3-0-1-0
Dm6 0-x-0-2-0-1
Dm 0-x-0-2-3-1
# = release note from pre-depressed whammy bar (electric guitar)
@ = slight warble with whammy bar
Intro and verse pattern:
Dm7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||--------------------------------|-------------------(1)----------|
||----------------1---1-----------|----------------1---1-----------|
||*-----------------------2-------|------------------------2-------|
||*-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||0#------0---0-------------------|0#------0---0-------------------|
G5 (repeat)
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---0-----------|----------------0---0-----------|
|------------------------0-------|------------------------0------*|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5#------5---5-------------------|5#------5---5-------------------|
Dm7 G5
Moon across the valley squatting on the roof
Dm7 G5
of the dirty gray bank like a cop with no proof
Dm7 G5
we were lying in bliss love was cooling into sleep there was a
Em
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---0-----------|----------------0---0-----------|
|------------------------2-------|------------------------2-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2#------2---2-------------------|2#------2---2-------------------|
dream on the horizon and a
Dm11 Am7@ (piano)
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------------------|0--------------(3---2---1)------||
|----------------1---------------|1--------------(5---4---3)------||
|------------0-------0-----------|0-------------------------------||
|--------3---------------3-------|2-------------------------------||
|----0---------------------------|0-------------------------------||
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
punch-up in the street
We were lying on the mountain by the satellite dish
humming with the tremors of every envy, rage and wish
orchids and radar in the dazzling night
the stars were all racing like satellites
Chorus:
Dm7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------1---1-----------1---1---|--------1---1-----------1---1---|
|--------1---1-----------1---1---|--------1---1-----------1---1---|
|--------2---2-----------2---2---|--------2---2-----------2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0----0----------0---0-----------|0---0-----------0----0----------|
going up a -
Dm6 Dm7 Dm
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------1---1-----------1---1---|--------1---1-----------1---1---|
|--------1---1-----------0---0---|--------0---0-----------1---3---|
|--------2---2-----------2---2---|--------2---2-----------2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0----0----------0---0-----------|0---0-----------0----0----------|
gainst chaos
Am7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|--------1-------1-------1-------|--------1-------1-------1-------|
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|---------------(0)-----(0)------|---------------(0)-----(0)------|
|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|--------1-------1-------1-------|--------1-------1-------1-------|
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|---------------(0)-----(0)------|---------------(0)-----(0)------|
|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Dm7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------1---1-----------1---1---|--------1---1-----------1---1---|
|--------1---1-----------1---1---|--------1---1-----------1---1---|
|--------2---2-----------2---2---|--------2---2-----------2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0----0----------0---0-----------|0---0-----------0----0----------|
going up a -
Dm6 Dm7 Dm
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------1---1-----------1---1---|--------1---1-----------1---1---|
|--------1---1-----------0---0---|--------0---0-----------1---3---|
|--------2---2-----------2---2---|--------2---2-----------2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0----0----------0---0-----------|0---0-----------0----0----------|
gainst chaos two
Am7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|--------1-------1-------1-------|--------1-------1-------1-------|
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|---------------(0)-----(0)------|---------------(0)-----(0)------|
|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
hearts full of tough love
Am7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|--------1-------1-------1-------|--------1-------1-------1-------|
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|---------------(0)-----(0)------|---------------(0)-----(0)------|
|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Guitar pattern for piano solo:
Dm (implied) repeat 3 times
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|*-------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0----0----------0---0-----------|0---0-----------0----0----------|
Am7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|--------1-------1-------1-------|--------1-------1-------1-------|
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|---------------(0)-----(0)------|---------------(0)-----(0)------|
|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|--------1-------1-------1-------|--------1-------1-------1-------|
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0------*|
|---------------(0)-----(0)------|---------------(0)-----(0)-----*|
|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|0---0-------0---2---0---3---0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
We were bodies of light like we'll be someday
the sirens and the curses lightyears away
we were Lot on the mountain we were Noah on the Ark
flying hand in hand from the doghowl dark
repeat chorus
fade with violin solo (Dm dorian mode, based on C major scale)
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