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Street Spirit
Am
Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
Am
I can feel their blue hands touching me
Em
All these things into position
Em
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
C Em Am C Em
And fade out again and fade out
Am
This machine will, will not communicate
Am
These thoughts and the strain I am under
Em
Be a world child, form a circle
Em
Before we all go under
C Em Am C Em Am
And fade out again and fade out again
Cracked eggs, dead birds
Scream as they fight for life
I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
All these things into position
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
And fade out again and fade out again
Immerse your soul in love
IMMERSE YOUR SOUL IN LOVE
There are four picking patterns used throughout the song. One for each of
the Am, Em and C chords used, with a change of pattern on the Am in the
second and subsequent verses (although the original pattern is still used
for the choruses and outro). Its hard to tell what the fingerpicked
guitar does when the chords change in the outro, as there is another
guitar over the top, playing some similar ideas up an octave (I might get
round to transcribing these one day!)
Here is the chord structure for the song:
Note that the complete picking pattern takes up two bars.
INTRO
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
VERSE
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
Em---:Em---:Em---:Em---:
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
CHORUS
C---:C---:Em---:Em---:
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
C---:C---:Em---:Em---:
VERSE (Am picking pattern changes)
CHORUS (Double length of first chorus)
VERSE
CHORUS (Double length)
OUTRO (From "Immerse your soul....")
G---:G---:E---:E---:
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
G---:G---:Em---:Em---:
Am---:Am---:
Am picking pattern (First verse/chorus)
------0----------0-----------0-------------------------------
-----------3-----------1-----------0-------------------------
--------2-----2-----2-----2-----2--------2-------------------
---2----------------------------------2-----2----------------
-0-----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
Am picking pattern (Second & Third verses)
Am Asus2 Am
-------------------------------------------------------------------
------1---0----------------0------1--------------------------------
--------------2----------------------------------------------------
----2---2---2---2--2---2------2------2-----------------------------
--0----------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Em and C picking patterns as first verse Am, butthe appropriate chord
shapes formed (Standard Em and C) using the same descending notes on the
B string.
Watch out for cramps playing this one, as you have to hold
thatopen Am shape for a hell of a long time. Its best played on an
electroacoustic, with just a hint of reverb.
Am
Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
Em
All these things into position,
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
Am (4 bars)
C Em Am
And fade out again
C E*m Am
And fade out again
C Em Am
Ohhhhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhhh
C Em
Ohhhhhh Ohhhhh
*First chorus ends here.
Third chorus as above, but with a double length "Ohhhhh" section.
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