Thrice Artist In The Ambulance Artist In The Ambulance 2003 Epitaph Records Submitted by: [email protected] Tuning: Standard EADGBe Key: G# Chords used: Fm - 133111 C# - x46664 G# - 466544 Eb - x68886 Cm - x35543 Verse 1: Fm Late night brakes lock C# hear the tires squeal Red light can't stop G# so I spin the wheel My world goes black before Eb I feel an angel lift me up Fm And I open bloodshot C# eyes into fluorescent white G# They flip the siren hit the lights Eb close the doors and I am gone Guitar Solo: Dustin: Fm--C#--G#--Eb-- Teppei: Fm C# e|---8---------8------|---9---------9------| B|-9------9---------9-|-9------9---------9-| G|-----10---10---10---|-----10---10---10---| D|--------------------|--------------------| A|--------------------|--------------------| E|--------------------|--------------------| x2 x2 G# Eb e|-----11---9---8---9---8---8h9p8------|-8h9p8----------------------------------| B|-8-9----9---9---9---9---9-------11-9-|-------11-9-8-9----------------8-9-11-9-| G|-------------------------------------|----------------8-10------8-10----------| D|-------------------------------------|---------------------8-10---------------| A|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| Verse 2: Fm Now I lay here owing my C# life to a stranger G# And I realize that empty words are not enough Eb I'm left here with the question of just Fm What have I to show except C# the promises I never kept? G# I lie here shaking on this bed Eb under the weight of my regrets Chorus 1: C# I hope that I will Fm Eb Cm never let you down C# I know that this-- can be more Fm than just flashing Eb C# lights and sound Guitar Solo: Dustin: Fm--C#--G#--Eb-- Teppei: Fm C# e|---8---------8------|---9---------9------| B|-9------9---------9-|-9------9---------9-| G|-----10---10---10---|-----10---10---10---| D|--------------------|--------------------| A|--------------------|--------------------| E|--------------------|--------------------| x2 x2 G# Eb e|-----11---9---8---9---8---8h9p8------|-8h9p8----------------------------------| B|-8-9----9---9---9---9---9-------11-9-|-------11-9-8-9----------------8-9-11-9-| G|-------------------------------------|----------------8-10------8-10----------| D|-------------------------------------|---------------------8-10---------------| A|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| Verse 2: Fm(hold) Look around and you'll see that at C# times it feels like no one really cares G#(hold) It gets me down but I'm still Eb gonna try to do what's right I know that Fm there's A difference between sleight C# of hand and giving everything you have G# There's a line drawn in the sand Eb I'm working up the will to cross it and Chorus 2: C# I hope that I will Fm Eb Cm never let you down C# I know that this can be more Fm than just flashing Eb C#--- lights and sound Bridge: Fm Rhetoric can't raise the dead C# I'm sick of always talking when there's no change Fm Rhetoric can't raise the dead Eb I'm sick of empty words Cm let's lead and not follow Verse 3: Fm Late night brakes lock C# hear the tires squeal Red light can't stop G# so I spin the wheel My world goes black before I Eb feel an angel steal me from the Fm Greedy jaws of death and chance C# and pull me in with steady hands G# They've given me a second chance Eb the artist in the ambulance Chorus 3: C# I hope that I will Fm Eb Cm never let you down C# I know that this can be more Fm than just flashing Eb C# lights and sound Fm Eb C# Can we pick you off the ground Fm Eb C#--- C#(hold) more than flashing lights and sound
