xThis is a great song, from Hope of the State's first album. The timing is a bit off, but its quite easy to pick up if you listen to the song. A reasonable starting strumming pattern for the chord sections is D D D U (D=Down, U=Up) Many thanks to the person who produced ver 1 ([email protected]) Tuning; Standard Into / "Chorus" (played with a slightly bouncy rhythm) e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|-7-7-7-9-7-11-11-11-9-7-9-4-4-4-7-4-2-2-2-0-0-| x2 D|-0-0-0-0-0-0 -0 -0 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| Verse 1 D Bm A I am burning in a smoke-choked house but D Bm A Tonight is empty of warm glows and whispered good nights D Bm A D Bm A Riot, disorder. Set the banks on fire. Pre Chorus D, Bm, A, G Then Play Chorus Verse 2 D Bm A Some old war song used to play here D Bm A Once I heard it and the sound it made was sad but hopeful D Bm A (straight into pre-chorus) Stand up be counted, no-ones buying me Pre Chorus D, Bm, A, G x 2 then D... (let ring) Break e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------5-7-0--| G|-------------4---------------4---4-7-4-7-4-7-4---4-7-4-7-4-7--------| D|-4-7-4-7-4-7---7-4-7-4-7-4-7---7---------------7--------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| Instrumental / Outro D, Bm, A, G, x2 then D... (let ring) Hope this helps. x
