x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 15:45:49 -0600 From: [email protected] (Keith Barron) Subject: Drawing Flies - Soundgarden Drawing Flies Tuning - Standard Intro (6/4): (1/4?) G||---7--7-7-7-7--||-8\--|| D||o--7--7-7-7-7-o||-8\--|| A||o--5--5-5-5-5-o||-6\--|| E||---------------||-----|| Play the D chord for about 5? bars and then slide down. Riff 1 (6/4): A||-----------------------------------|| E||--3-0-0-0-0--3-0-0--6\5-0---0-0-0--|| Riff 2 (4/4): A||-----------------5--9-|--9--7----------7\--|| E||--3-0-0-0-0--5h7----7-|--7--5----------5\--|| Riff 3 (4/4): A||------------------5--|----7-------|| E||--3-0-0-0-0--0--4----|--6---------|| Riff 4 (6/4): G||--------------------7---7-7-7-7--|| D||--------------------7---7-7-7-7--|| A||--------------------5---5-5-5-5--|| E||--3-0-0-0-0---0--0---------------|| That's it. Figure out where the riffs go...not that hard. Some other dude figured most of this out. DRAWING FLIES Sitting here like uninvited company Wallowing in my own obscenities I share a cigarette with negativity Sitting here like wet ashes with X's in my eyes And drawing flies Bathed in perspiration drowned my enemies Used my inspiration for a guillotine I fire a loaded mental cannon to the page Leaning on the pedestal that holds my self denial Firing the pistol that shoots my holy pride Sitting here like wet ashes with X's in my eyes And drawing flies Hey what you yellin' about Conditions, permission, mirrored self-affliction Hey what you yellin' about Sadists' co-addiction, perfect analogies Hey what you yellin' about Conditions, permission, mirrored self-affliction Leaning on the pedestal that holds my self denial Firing the pistol that shoots my holy pride Sitting here like wet ashes with X's in my eyes And drawing flies