This Strange Engine

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  • s Slide
    h Hammer-on
    p Pull-off
  • T Tap
    B Bend the note to the fret after the B
    R Release back to the originally bent note
  • A.H. Artificial Harmonic
    m Palm Muted
    // Trem Pick (Pick as fast as possible)
  •  
    Gtr. 1 - Clean Electric
    Gtr. 2 - Distorted Electric (w/Bassy Tone)
  • Gtr. 3 - Distorted Electric
    Gtr. 4 - Slightly Distorted Electric
    Gtr. 5 - Slightly Distorted Electric
  • Intro
    There was a boy who came into this world
    At the hands of a lady woman in a holy place
  • He wore a red coat and walked a bulldog
    Saw them reflected in the mirror of the lakes
    Lived in he shadow of the mountains
  • With the smells of disinfectant, dusty old leather
    And the polished wood of his bed
    No more than a baby feeding swans on the river
  • Holding the hand of his mother
    And the wax paperbag of yesterdays bread
     
  • Part 1 (Gtr. 1 - all palm muted)
    |--------------------x12--------------------|
    E|-------|----------------------------------10-------|
  • B|----10-|-13-12----10-10----10-13-12----10-------10-|
    G|-12----|-------12-------------------12-------------|
    D|-------|----------------12-------------------12----|
  • A|-------|-------------------------------------------|
    E|-------|-------------------------------------------|
    And his father on the other side of the world
  • On the ships railings and some far away tide
    With the silent dry tear of home thoughts from abroad
    In his far away eyes
  • In his far away eyes
     
    E||----------------------||
  • B||-------11-10-------13-||
    G||-10-12-------10-12----|| (repeat 'til fade)
    D||----------------------||
  • A||----------------------||
    E||----------------------||
     
  • Part 2
    The smell of the wax on the wooden floor
    Mixture of polish and soap
  • No children to fear or to play with
    Rows of empty hooks for the coats
    An upright piano and the boys in the choir
  • Still remind him of just before he was born
    Remind him of just before he was breathing
    Strange misty visions of God
  • e|------------------|
    B|------------------|
    G|-5s7s10~s7s12s10~-| Gtr. 2
  • D|------------------|
    A|------------------|
    E|------------------|
  • Turn the cities into families
    Into villages of souls
    Hovering in the air while they're sleeping
  • With their houses invisible
    Race the moon between the buildings
    Running as fast as I could run
  • Send to me the ghosts of Christmas
    Whispering: "You're the only one"
     
  • Part 3
    Gtr. 3 & Gtr. 4 (palm muted)
    E|------------------------------|
  • B|------------------------------|
    G|------------------------------|
    D|-1h3--------1h3-------1-0-----|
  • A|--------------------------3-1-|
    E|-----1-1--1----1-1--1---------|
    |Gtr. 5
  • e|------------------------------|
    B|-13~--------------------------|
    G|-10~-10-----10----10----10----| (Adlib)
  • D|-10~----10-----10----10----10-|
    A|------------------------------|
    E|------------------------------|
  • And ever since I was a boy
    I never felt like I belonged
    Like everything they did to me
  • Was an experiment to see
    E|------------------------------|
    B|------------------------------|
  • G|------------------------------| Play as fill for main riff
    D|-1h3--------1h3-----------1---|
    A|----------------------1-3---3-|
  • E|-----1-1--1----1-1--1---------|
    How I could cope with the illusion
    In which direction would I jump
  • Would I do it all the time
    E|------------------------------|
    B|------------------------------|
  • G|------------------------------| Play as fill for main riff
    D|-1h3--------1h3-----------1---|
    A|----------------------1-3---3-|
  • E|-----1-1--1----1-1--1---------|
    As the actors in the game
    Or would I spit it back at them
  • e|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
    B|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
    G|-1h3--------1h3----------1-------|------------------------------| x 2
  • D|---------------------1-3---3-1---|-1h3--------1h3-----------1---|
    A|-----1-1--1-----1-1------------3-|----------------------1-3---3-|
    E|---------------------------------|-----1-1--1----1-1--1---------|
  • And not get caught up in their rules
    And live according to my own
    And not be used, not be used
  • To find the fundamental truths
    E|------------------------------|
    B|------------------------------|
  • G|------------------------------| (Back to main riff)
    D|-1h3--------1h3-------1-0-----|
    A|--------------------------3-1-|
  • E|-----1-1--1----1-1--1---------|
    It was going to takes some time
    Thirty-five summers down the line
  • The wisdom of each passing year
    Seems to serve only to confuse
    Seems to serve only to confuse
  •  
    Synth Solo
    e|--------------------------------------------1~-----|
  • B|-6~-6-------6----4~-----------3~--------1~--2~--4~-|
    G|-5~---5---5---5--5~----5---5--5~---3h5--1~--3~--5~-| x2
    D|-3~-----3--------3~--3---3----3~-3------3~--3~--6~-|
  • A|---------------------------------------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------|
     
  • Gtr. 3 & Gtr. 4 (palm muted)
    E|------------------------------|
    B|------------------------------|
  • G|------------------------------|
    D|-1h3--------1h3-------1-0-----| x 6
    A|--------------------------3-1-|
  • E|-----1-1--1----1-1--1---------|
     
    e|--------------------------------------------1~-------|
  • B|-6~-6-------6----4~-----------3~--------1~--2~--4~-6-|
    G|-5~---5---5---5--5~----5---5--5~---3h5--1~--3~--5~-5-|
    D|-3~-----3--------3~--3---3----3~-3------3~--3~--6~-3-|
  • A|-----------------------------------------------------|
    E|-----------------------------------------------------|
     
  • Part 4
    Daddy came out of the navy and
    Took us away to his dirty grey home town
  • e|-----|
    B|-----|
    G|-----| Gtr. 2
  • D|-3s5-|
    A|-----|
    E|-----|
  • And he worked down a coal mine for
    National Service so that he could be around
    e|-------10-13-10~-|
  • B|-10-11-----------|
    G|-----------------| Gtr. 2
    D|-----------------|
  • A|-----------------|
    E|-----------------|
    There was a magical purple in the chrome
  • Of the exhaust of his triumph motor bike
    e|----10-------------|
    B|-11----13----------|
  • G|----------10-------| Gtr. 2
    D|-------------10----|
    A|----------------10-|
  • E|-------------------|
    And a warmth of oil and metal and the
    Thrill of the hard corner holding tight
  • e|----18-17-------------------|
    B|-15-------18----------------|
    G|-------------17-15-14-14s10-| Gtr. 2
  • D|----------------------------|
    A|----------------------------|
    E|----------------------------|
  • From the horizon
    e|--------|
    B|--------|
  • G|---5b7~-|
    D|-3------|
    A|--------|
  • E|--------|
    Came home from the navy to the mine
    e|----------13b15~-|
  • B|-------15--------|
    G|-14-15-----------| Gtr. 2
    D|-----------------|
  • A|-----------------|
    E|-----------------|
    From the horizon...
  • To buried alive
    e|-20-17-18-17-----------|
    B|-------------18--------|
  • G|----------------17s19~-| Gtr. 2
    D|-----------------------|
    A|-----------------------|
  • E|-----------------------|
    Took his dream underground
    Buried his treasure in his faraway eyes
  •  
    Part 5
    e|--------------------------------------------|
  • B|------1--------1--------1-------------------|
    G|----2---2----2---2----2---2-----4---5---4-5-| Gtr. 4
    D|-0-----------------3--------3s5---5---5-----|
  • A|----------3---------------------------------|
    E|--------------------------------------------|
    And one day as the boy lay sleeping in
  • The sunshine of a half remembered afternoon
    A cloud of bee's with no particular aim, and no brain
    Found the boy, decided that his time had come
  • Came down from the sky
    Stung him in the sky
    Again and again
  • Blue Pain
    Screaming like baptism
    Intraveinous, Jesus!, like being chosen
  • Blue pain from something with no brain
    I can't explain
    It's happening again
  • It's happening again
     
    Saxophone Solo
  • e|--------------------------------------------|
    B|------1--------1--------1-------------------|
    G|----2---2----2---2----2---2-----4---5---4-5-| Gtr. 4
  • D|-0-----------------3--------3s5---5---5-----|
    A|----------3---------------------------------|
    E|--------------------------------------------|
  •  
    Guitar Solo (Gtr. 2)
    Hold |-----sweep-----|
  • e|-----------------------------------------------------------------15----------|
    B|-15b17~-17r15-15~-12-12b13r12-12h13p12-------------------------12--12--------|
    G|---------------------------------------12----12----14p12-14~-14------14------|
  • D|------------------------------------------14----14---------------------14----|
    A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------12~-|
    E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    e|-------------------------------------------------17-------20-19-------------|
    B|----------------------------------------------------20s22-------20----------|
  • G|----------------12-12s10-9--------------17-19b21-------------------17s16----|
    D|----------12h14------------10-12~-12s19----------------------------------17-|
    A|-12h14s15-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     
    e|-----------------12-12----------------------15-------------|
  • B|-17-15~s12-12-13-------13-12-13p12s10----------------------|
    G|--------------------------------------12s14----12----------|
    D|--------------------------------------------------12~s5s7~-|
  • A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
    E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
     
  • Part 6 (Gtr. 1)
    e|-------10------|
    B|-------8--8-10-|
  • G|-----7-7--7-7--|
    D|---9------9-9--|
    A|-7-------------|
  • E|---------------|
    Oh mummy, daddy, won't you sit a while with me
    Oh mummy, daddy, will you jog my memory
  • Tell me
    Tall tales of Montego Bay, Table mountain, Flying Fish
    Banana Spiders, Pots of Pain
  • And the sun on the equator
    Setting like an ember thrown into deep water
    From crimson to black
  • But coming back
    Tomorrow
    On the horizon
  •  
    Guitar Solo (Gtr. 2)
    A.H.
  • E|---------------------------------------------------14----12-----------------|
    B|-----------------------------------------12s15~s17~---15----12~-10h12s15s12-|
    G|-9s11s7~--9s11s9s12-11-12s14-12-14s16-14------------------------------------|
  • D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    B|-10s8s7~-0h3h5-0h3h5s8-7h8p7s5s3~~-0h3h5-0h3h5s8-7h8p7h8s10~-0h3h5-0h3h5s8-|
  • G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • B|-7h8p7s5s3~~-0h3h5-0h3h5s8-7h8p7h8s10s12~-12-0h8h10h12-0h8h10h12-0h8h10h12-|
    G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     
  • E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    B|-0h7h8h10-0h7h8h10-0h7h8h10-0h7h8h10-0h5h7-h8-0h5h7h8-0h5h7h8-0h5h7h8-|
    G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    B|-0h7h8h10-0h7h8h10-0h7h8h10-0h7h8s10-10s12s15s10s12-----------------------|
  • G|----------------------------------------------------12s11s7------9~s11s12-|
    D|------------------------------------------------------------7s9~----------|
    A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     
    E|----------------15-14-----------19-15~-17-14----------------------|
  • B|-12-10-12s15-12-------15~----15--------------15s17s12~s10~s5s3s5~-|
    G|--------------------------16--------------------------------------|
    D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
     
  • Part 6 (2)
    The blue pain
    Fades to a point where it does not fade
  • It stayed...
    Blue
    Stirred his red coat heart to this strange engine
  • This love
     
    Outro
  • E A/E G6 Dsus2
    e|----5--------5-|
    B|-9--5---8----5-|
  • G|-9--6---7----7-| Gtr. 1
    D|-9--7---5----7-|
    A|-7--7---7----5-|
  • E|---------------|
     
    This love
  • This inconvenient, blind, blood-diamond
    This puzzle, I don't understand
    That knows no faith
  • And tries and fails
    |-first time only-|
    e|--------------------------------|
  • B|----10~-8~----------------------|
    G|-9~-9~--7~-7~s19-19-19-19-19-19-| Gtr. 3 (repeat 'til end)
    D|-9~-7~--5~-7~s------------------|
  • A|-7~--------5~s17-17-17-17-17-17-|
    E|--------------------------------|
    And tries again
  • Stares at the sea
    The night's dark deep
    e|-----------------------|
  • B|-12-------------17s15~-|
    G|----14-13-14s16--------| Gtr. 2 (repeat 'til end)
    D|-----------------------|
  • A|-----------------------|
    E|-----------------------|
    For one last time
  • And bleeds and bleeds
    And dies for you
    And lies
  • And is to blame
    And is ashamed
    And is not the same
  • And is true
    e|----|
    B|----|
  • G|-9~-| Gtr. 1 & 3
    D|-9~-|
    A|-7~-|
  • E|-0~-|
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