NOTE There is no string figures. Just numbers. If you are a PRO you would know what strings. Here it is:

REMEMBER, NO STRINGS, JUST NOTES, FIGURE OUT THE STRINGS. MIGHT TAKE A FEW TRIES BUT IT ALSO DEVELOPS SKILL IN SONG

Intro
2222 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6 TIMES 2

Next

Part of chorus
4444 5555 TIMES ‘

Next
4 2 5 3 0 0 4 2 5 3 0 Times 2

That’s it. Most of this is repeated. It’s up to you to play aruond with the order.

THIS IS NOT PART OF THE SONG BUT THIS IS A GOOD THING TO PLAY AFTER

e 2 5 5 5 7 9
b 3 5 5 5 7 0

RATE IF YOU CAN

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B--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--

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G--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--

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#Shed a tear for the criminal, give him something to believe
#Light a fire for the miserable, give the darkness some meaning
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Closed wounds harbor pestilence when you lick them from within
Charity has a redolence chastidy cannot rescind
chorus rhythm:
Spirit shine, it’s a sign, of a tortured mind
Spirit shine all the time can render you blind
rhythm 2:
D F D A# C (4x)
(w/ rhythm 2)
You can take it all to heart or throw it all away
You can give until you’re dry and sucked of all your gleam
You can fake another cry and compromise your dream
(w/ rhythm 1)
Cling tight to the parable, let it dominate your life
Create a god who’s infallible, give your leader some respite
Clouds wounds harbor pestilence, when you lick them from within
Rosy smiles lose their radience when you take it on the chin
(chorus)

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G-8-------8-------8-------

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(Rhythm 1): 2x
(Rhythm 2): 2x w/ lyrics
Sleeping on a time bomb, staring into space
There’s an ocean of unpleasentries we are not prepared to face
Sitting on the fence post to watch the storm roll in
And terrified of the damage it will bring when it begins
It will begin
(Rhythm 3) 4x w/ lyrics:
Splintered dreams of unity, our lives are parallel
So far from reality, our lives are parallel
Independent trajectories, our lives are parallel
Separate terms of equality, our lives are parallel
(Chorus Rhythm) 4x w/ lyrics:
C xx C G xx G G# G xxx
Our lives are parallel
(Rhythm 1)
(Rhythm 2 w/ lyrics)
Is there no redemption, no common good?
Is there nothing we can do for ourselves, or only what we should?
Comes the hard admission of what we don’t provide
Goes the insistence on the ways and means that so divide
They so divide
(Rhythm 3 w/ lyrics)
Side by side suffering loneliness, our lives are parallel
Phony collective progress, our lives are parallel
Accepting that it’s all such a mess, our lives are parallel
Gesturing without hope of redress, our lives are parallel
(Chorus rhythm w/ lyrics)
Our lives are parallel
Forging little plays of deception and pain
As we watch our foundations crumble away
Staggering like birds against a hurricane
And trying all the while to stay out of each others way
C A# G# G (4x)
(w/ Rhythm 3)
Broken dreams of unity, our lives are parallel
Independent trajectories, our lives are parallel
Screaming out for understanding, our lives are parallel
Turning inward and suffering, our lives are parallel
(w/ Chorus Rhythm)
Parallel, parallel
Our lives are parallel
Our lives are parallel
Parallel
Our lives are parallel

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#(Document Begin)
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#|FLAT EARTH SOCIETY|
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#Tabbed out by Par Svensson
lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
the full moon is rising over dark water
and the fools below are picking up sticks
and the man in the gallows lies permanently
waiting for the doctors to come back and tend to him,
the flat earth society is meeting here today,
singing happy little lies and the bright ship
humana is sent far away
with grave determination….
and no destination,
lie, lie, lie…
yeah, nothing feels better than a spray of
clean water and the whistling wind on a calm summer night,
but you’d better believe that down in their quarters
the men are holding in for their dear lives,
the flat earth society is somewhere far away,
with their candlesticks and compasses and
the bright ship humana is well on its way
with grave determination…..
and no destination,
lie, lie, lie, ad infinitum
(Document End)

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Not long ago, and yet the image is so vague
I hesitate to label it a memory
There was a show of local color and I felt astray
Cause I had nothing to offer but insufficiency
And you know that it’s a bitch
When you learn to scratch that itch
Of blatant fallibility
Sooner to some, but eventually
All gets pointed in the same direction
While the human masses and their vague conceptions
Obliterate each other with impunity
And you wonder, “What’s in this for me?”
To another abyss
To no avail
The search is bound to fail
To another abyss
To no avail
So long ago I set sail
And it chills me to the bone
That I’m so far away from home
To another abyss
Post Chorus: Play 2x // bbend // hhammer on // ppull off

E|-6b------------66-55-------------------|
B|-----8---8---6-------66--8-------------|
G|-------7---7---------------7--7h8p7-5--|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

So what should I do now? What should I celebrate?
Given finite means and a penchant to depreciate
How can I still avow and depend upon a state
That cares nothing for my happiness, welfare, or fate?
And I know I can’t explain
The commotion in my brain
Like a terrifying reality
Deconstructed but inadequately
All gets pointed in the same direction
While the human masses and their vague conceptions
Obliterate each other with impunity
and release the weight of history
To another abyss
To no avail
The search is bound to fail
To another abyss
To no avail
So long ago I set sail
And it chills me to the bone
That I’m so far away from home
To another abyss
So long ago, so long ago
Oh, I set sail
And I’m struggling on the way
And I’m waiting for the day (to another abyss)
And I’m looking for the way back home (to another abyss)
So far away (to another abyss)
So far away (to another abyss)
(to another abyss)
So far away
G Eb Bb F End on: G
(to another abyss)

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G--5-----------------------

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D--5--5--7--2--------------

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A--3--5--7--2---8-7-5-3----

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E-----3--5--0-----------3--

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Everywhere you look there was confusion, violence, drama & drugs
So many righteous revolutionaries spouting Utopian love
Everyone shrouded in a purple haze
Then one day they woke up from their dream state
They found themselves no more at peace than before
older, meek, and conformed
Empty causes, a bluster for the soul, a fix for the mind
Empty causes, cling to everything you find
The shots rang out like popcorn and the chief was hid and rushed out of sight
The mohawk-chain, leather brigade rejoiced maliciously on that night
Someone cried out “fuck the government”
His mates couldn’t define what he meant
So no one gave him the time of day and the scene died away
Empty causes, a war for the body and an army in the mind
Empty causes, losing steam as time goes by
Could it be that everybody selfishly desires
Their own personal retinue
And the causes are just manifestations of too much time
And far too little to do

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the velveteen and oaken soothed the lonely child
the parents watched the escort take him while they stood outside
the priest was kind and gentle as he positioned his head
the pain was like brimstone, but the kid hardly bled
victory
instinct over intellect
victory
it erupts from deep inside
history
history is laughing at us
plotting its discovery
victory, victory
blame it on the victory
INTRO ONCE AGAIN
among the parade crowd there stands a decorated man
remembering how he helped to save this sacred land
his helpless enemy was wounded, both hands raised with hope
he killed him without second thought, with brute force and a rope
victory
instinct over intellect
victory
it erupts from deep inside
history
history is laughing at us
plotting its discovery
victory, victory
blame it on the victory
so many times, so many lives
test the other side
waiting to see what the maker has in mind
the unsuspecting commoners hum diligent each day
they wallow in their father’s sins, as time passes away
the crimes are without motive but they ignore all restraint
the evil sits inside them torpid timing its escape
victory
instinct over intellect
victory
it erupts from deep inside
history
history is laughing at us
plotting its discovery
victory, victory
blame it on the victory

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D--5-7-9 9/10-9-9-10-12-12/14-12-10h12-10-9-9/10-9-5h7h9-5h7-------

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#Verse + Rap bit + Intro Chords
[-] [-] [-]
Chorus
D# – C – G x2
D# [-]- F([-]high[-]) - G(high)
Solo

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------12-----10~~~~-
B-----------------------------------------------8---8~~~~~~~~--------12-----------------
G-------------------------------------------------9---------------------12--------------
D-----4/5----9--10-12-9-10-9---9----7-5-7-7-7h9-----------------------------------------
A--SEE NOTE------------------12----------------------------------Could be played--------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------as Harmonics----------

Note: There is lots of sliding and hammer-ons/pull offs in the first part of the solo,
play it how you want. but those are the two notes used: F# and G.
First part of intro

During the rap, each chord is hit once, and left to ring for the bar.

A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#
A-A-C-G A-A-C-D
A-A-C-G F C-B-A-G

this isn’t another new fashion
or a new plastic trend,
everybody’s searching for something
but in the mean time let’s all just pretend
I’ve got this feeling
and I don’t know what it is,
this room is overcrowded man
and I need air to breathe
big bang, big crunch,
you know there’s no free lunch
kneel down and pray,
here comes your judgment day
big crunch, you know
it’s going to be quite a show
what goes around always comes around

A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#
A-A-C-G A-A-C-D

[A-A-C-G]
a million hopeless faces
dwell within protected walls,
all waiting for a moment in their lives
when they can heed the clarion call,
and it’s all so oppressive
my mind feels like a sieve,
this city is overcrowded man
and I need room to live
big bang, big crunch,
you know there’s no free lunch
kneel down and pray,
here comes your judgment day
big crunch, you know
it’s going to be quite a show
what goes around always comes around

A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#

I think of the countless shadows
that have all come and gone,
all suffering in the notion
of better things to come,
if you share these beliefs
you know I wish you well,
‘cause there’s no room left in heaven,
and there’s sure no room in hell
big bang, big crunch,
you know there’s no free lunch
kneel down and pray,
here comes your judgment day
big crunch, you know
it’s going to be quite a show
what goes around always comes around

B-B-F-B-B-F-B-B-F-B