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#Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 16:17:43 -0700
#From: nemano@t-online.de (Christian Quell)
#Subject: CRD: ZEN BRAIN by NADA SURF
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# Song Title: Zen Brain
# Written by: Matthew Caws and Daniel Lorca
# Performed by: Nada Surf
# From the Album: High / Low
# Transcribed by: Christian Quell
# E-mail address: 0416382015-0001@t-online.de
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# Defining the chords:
# Note: As some chords are kinda odd and I don’t know the exact name
# for them, I added a “” to these chords. If anyone knows the
# names or has any corrections, please e-mail me!
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# Dmaj7 A E E A5 E5 F#5 D Amaj7 f# B
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e--2---4---0---0---x---x---x---2---0---2---2--|

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b--2---2---2---0---x---x---x---3---2---2---4--|

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g--2---2---1---1---2---x---x---2---1---2---4--|

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D--0---2---2---2---2---2---4---0---2---4---4--|

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A--x---0---2---2---0---2---4---x---0---4---2--|

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E--x---x---0---0---x---0---2---x---x---2---x--|

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# Intro:
# Dmaj7; A; E; E; E; E (2x)
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# Verse 1: (chords clear)
# Dmaj7 A E E E E (repeat 6x)
# I’m going from strange to stranger, every year
# I’m going from strange to stranger, every year
# I take it back, you’re panicking, I take it back
# I just don’t know, I really thought I wanted to go
# But when you’re close, you look through me just like a ghost
# I like sleeping, I’m only safe when I’m dreaming
# I need a new heart, this one’s hollow, always scheming
You wait for the summer
And then you wait for the winter
But there’s a total lack of splendor
Chorus #1: (chords distorted)
D A Amaj7 f#
Zen Brain, throw away your crushes
All your childhood crutches away
D A Amaj7 f#
Super brain, never scared of nothing
violence or loving my way
Interlude: (by the way, I don’t know if this expression is right.
I’m German, you know… ;-))
Play the same chords as during the verse, but distorted, 2x.
Verse 2: (clear)
Dmaj7 A E E (repeat, guess, 3x)
I’m going from strange to stranger, every year
I’m going from strange to stranger, every year
I take it back, you’re panicking, I take it back
I just don’t know, I really thought I wanted to go
Chorus #2: (distortion)
Zen brain…
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All your childhood crutches away, today
Repeat chorus #2
END
P. S. : I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!

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G|-----4---------------0---------------2-------0-------2-4-4s5-4-2-4-|

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D|---------2-----2-------------------------------2---4---------------|

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A|-6-----6---------3-----3-2-----2-0-----0---------2-----------------|

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[B7/D#]When you walk home from the [Em/B]party
Drunk on bacardi and [B7(addC]listening
To the [B7/D#]voices that lie to you [Em/B]nightly
Am Em |B5 C5 G5 (repeat)|
Make you frightened of everyone
When you walk home from the party
Drunk on bacardi and listening
To the voices that lie to you nightly
Make you sorry for [B7(addC]something
You go home and spend your life alone with the stereo
Watching the late show; or force yourself
Out in the night to meet your generation
You feel like claymation in fluorescent ligh[B/A#]t
On our [B/A#]knees, we made it hard to see
We made it hard to breathe and the air was thin
Coda: …C#m E5 B5.