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Fiery Crash Tab

by Andrew Bird


Fiery Crash from Armchair Acrophya.




Intro: A (repeated strumming) to E (let ring)

With this little pattern on lead (on G sting) 7-9-10-9




turnstiles on mezzanine
jet ways and dramamine fiends
and x-ray machines
                         
you were hurling through space
g-forces twisting your face
               
breeding superstition
              
a fatal premonition
                       
you know you got to envision
            
the fiery crash

                           
oh, close your eyes and you wake up
                
face stuck to a vinyl settee
                            
oh, the line was starting to break up
                               
just as you were starting to say
(pause then riff)
something apropos, i don't know.

riff (on G string) - 6-4-6-4-2-6-4-2

Interlude: Verse chords


beige tiles and magazines
lou dobbs and the cnn team
turn on every monitor screen
                       
you were caught in the crossfire
where every human face has you
reaching for your mace so it's
           
kind of an imposition
a fatal premonition

                                 
to save our lives you've got to envision
                                    
to save all our lives you've got to envision
                                         
and to save all our lives you've got to envision
          
the fiery crash
               
it's just a formality
               
why must i explain?
               
just a nod to mortality
           E (let ring)
before you get on
                    
before you get on a plane.

                           
oh, close your eyes and you wake up
                
face stuck to a vinyl settee
                            
oh, the line was starting to break up
                        
what was that you were going to say?