How To Play
INTRO Em D Em A Lead guitar: Em (strummed upwards) e|--0----------------------------|B|---0---------------------------|G|----0--------------------------|D|-----2-------------------------|A|------2------------------------|E|-------0-----------------------| Em D Em A VERSE Em D Em AShe is benedictionEm D Em AShe is addicted to heEm D Em AShe is the root connection andEm D Em AShe is connecting with he CHORUS Em D Em AHere I go and I don't know whyEm D Em AI spin so ceaselesslyEm D Em A Em D Em ACould it be he's taking over me G AI'm dancing barefootC DHeaded for a spinEm ASome strange music drags me inC D EmMakes me come on like some heroine Lead overdriven guitar parts deduced from live versions of this song, which is played with 2 guitars.Let ring the last notes in these two licks that are alternated during the song. Listen for timing! e|-------------------|-------------------|B|-------------------|-------------------|G|-------------------|-------------------|D|--4s5--4--2--------|--4s5---4--2--2----|A|-------------2-----|-------------------|E|-------------------|-------------------| VERSE Em D Em AShe is sublimationShe is the essence of theeShe is concentrating on heWho is chosen by she CHORUS Em D Em AHere I go and I don't know whyEm D Em AI spin so ceaselesslyEm D Em A Em D Em ACould it be he's taking over me G AI'm dancing barefootC DHeaded for a spinEm ASome strange music drags me inC D EmMakes me come on like some heroine [First Solo] Initial two licks that repeat. Listen for timing, this is not 100% exact note for note,but the melody is correct: e|------------------------------|B|--5---5-5-7--7-7-8-8-17-17-17-|G|------------------------------|D|------------------------------|A|------------------------------|E|------------------------------| e|------------------------------|B|--5---5-5-8-7-5-3-5-----------|G|------------------------------|D|------------------------------|A|------------------------------|E|------------------------------| VERSE Em D Em AShe is recreationShe intoxicated by theeShe has the slow sensation that heIs levitating with she CHORUS Em D Em AHere I go and I don't know why e|-------------------|B|-------------------|G|-------------------|D|--4s5---4--2--2----|A|-------------------|E|-------------------| Em D Em AI spin so ceaselessly e|-------------------|B|-------------------|G|-------------------|D|--4s5--4--2--------|A|-------------2-----|E|-------------------| Em D Em A Em D Em ADid I lose my sense of gravity e|-------------------|B|-------------------|G|-------------------|D|--4s5---4--2--2----|A|-------------------|E|-------------------| G AI'm dancing barefootC DHeaded for a spinEm ASome strange music drags me inC D EmMakes me come on like some heroine [Second Solo] OUTRO Em D Em A Oh God I feel for you Em D Em A Oh God I feel for you The plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face Em D Em A Oh God I feel for you The mystery of childbirth, of childhood itself Em D Em A Em Oh God I feel for you Grave visitations. What is it that calls to us? Em D Em A Em Oh God I feel for you Why must we pray screaming? Why must not death be redefined? Em D Em A Em Oh God I feel for you We shut our eyes Em D Em A Em Oh God I feel for you we stretch out our arms Em D Em A Em Oh God I feel for you And whirl on a pane of glass. An afixiation Em D Em A Em Oh God I feel for you a fix on anything. The line of life, the limb of a tree Em D Em A Em Oh God I feel for you The hands of he and the promise that she is blessed Em D Em A Em Oh God I feel for you among women
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