Desert Island Questionnaire (Upside Down Mountain, 2014)
Standard Tuning
Chords Used:
G - 320003
G/B - x20002
C - X32010
D - XX0232
Em - 022000
Am - x02210
I tabbed out the intro riff as well since it comes back to tie all the verses together. The xxxxxx chords are
rakes; just lightly mute the strings with your fretting hand and them strum for the amount of beats.
Listen to the recording for the strumming pattern.
[Intro] Riff:
Gadd9 G Gmaj7 G Gadd9 Gadd9 G Gmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----|
A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----|
G
Say that you were stranded on a desert island
G G/B C
What books you gonna bring what friends would tag along
G
Say you had a month and you knew you were dying
G
How would you spend your time
G G/B C
What goodbyes would take too long
D
You don't like this game and you take exception
D Em
Who wants all this trouble even hypothetical
Am
With the charging sky above
Am D
And the ground below that could swallow everyone
Intro Riff
G
Staring at your phone at another party
G G/B C
Spend a lot on clothes got a lot of skin to show
G
People in the pool like the drowning army
G G/B C
The smoke alarm emotes and the hotel lobby glows
D
Wish that you can dance but you've got no partner
D Em
Keep tapping on your glass because you want to make a toast
Am
To the ennui of our times
Am D
To the selfishness in everyone you know
G D Em
C D
Made a lot of friends but they can't be trusted
G D/F# Em
Don't know what their angle is
C D
Post up at the bar and I'm double fisting
G D/F# Em
Talking to a mannequin
C D
I don't know what it means when he takes my pulse
G D/F# Em
And says that I'm a lot like him
C D
I say that's fair enough that's why I'm trying to loosen up
Intro Riff
G
Every lunatic must be well intentioned
G G/B C
Sets himself apart he's an instrument of god
G
Took her from the playground to the farmhouse cellar
G G/B C
Kissed her while he killed her like a good Samaritan
D
They finally found her body many Autumns after
D Em
Interviewed her mother who said she'd now be 21
Am
And although we lost her young
Am D
I know the good lord has a plan for all of us
G D Em
C D
Mormons at the door they look clean and handsome
G D/F# Em
Always have a good sales pitch
C D
Your little sisters swears she can paint my aura
G D/F# Em
But I can't take her serious
C
Need something to blame
D G D/F# Em
For this human nature, is that what this condition is?
C D
I'm so bored with my life but I'm still afraid to die
C D
Everyone's asleep in this burning building
G D/F# Em
And I can't wake them up in time
C D
You go on ahead I'll be right behind you
G D/F# Em
I'm headed to the finish line
C D
I can't get closer until this is over
Intro Riff
G
Pretend that you were stranded on a desert island
G G/B C
What would be the message that you'd spell out for the plane
G
Say the engine failed when that plane was flying
G G/B C
If you were the pilot would you curse or would you pray
D
No one's gonna cry at this John Doe funeral
D Em
Not a lot to say did it even have a name
Am
Light a candle just in case he was someone's friend
Am D
Throw some flowers on the grave
Outro Riff:
Gadd9 G Gmaj7 G Gadd9 Gadd9 G Gmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4---let ring---------------|
A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--------------------------|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--------------------------|
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| x Dead note
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