Great song. Some of the rhythms are a bit choppy, listen to the record and it'll be a
breeze though.
Also note that I think I sing the lyrics slightly differently from how they do it, for
example in the first line I think is just 'thrives on being lonely' and not 'it thrives'
- but for the sake of simplicity on myself I'm just gonna type them as I sing them.
Am
Am G F
The story, it thrives on being lonely
Em (listen for the rhythm here)
All stray cats die unnoticed
F G
Under our buildings
Am
Am G F
Ripe fruit falls quiet in the city
Am G Am G F
We struggle, we cry, we wonder how it came
G
to rotting
Am C
This wrench of drama twists everything
Em F
our petty problems rusting freindships
G C
to the point of breaking
F G
constant leveling, the hurt and hurting
Em (listen for the rhythm here)
the next part is without vocals, play this chord pro twice:
Am, C, F, G, C, F, G
for 'There are no footprints in the pavement' go tacet, i usually strum along dead notes
the same rhythm the percussion does on the record, then play an Em with the same rhythm
as the 'all stray cats' line form teh beginning of the song and sing:
No reminder of our trail
G Am
From the escaping
Am
Under this tragic weights of dying
remember, remember, remember how we came
to living
Am C
This wrench of drama twists everything
Em F
our petty problems rusting freindships
G C
to the point of breaking
F G
constant leveling, the hurt and hurting
Am C
The truth is somewhere in between
F G C
the songs we write and the shadows the moon is casting
F G
levels everthing, our soiled sentry
F G
we're still learning, our soiled century
F(jsut hit it once at the beginning of the bar)
the hurt and hurting
the only part I'm sketchy on is the ending there where it goes F, G. But it sounds
decent and is in key so that's how I play it. If you have suggestions, send 'em to me please.
This song appears on the album For The Ruin, which is only 12 bucks for a CD or 6 for a
digital download from Black Powder Press. Highly recommended!
http://www.blackpowderrecords.com/hailseizures/
http://thehailseizures.wordpress.com/
I can be contacted at ghytwembpang at gmail dot com
