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Tuning: E A D G B E
In standard Tillman fashion, this song's acoustic lead is performed on a guitar tuned down an entire step to DGCFAD tuning, sometimes referred to as 'D Standard.' If you've never tuned down to 'D Standard' before, this video will get you started: Simply listen and twiddle as it goes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVMuojEWo_w Strumming pattern and exact timings of the sus4 hammer-ons etc. can all be found by intensely studying Josh perform the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3XBqVUj7fM Chords used: G7: x02020 G7sus4: x02030 C9: x5545x F: 3x0003 Fsus4: 3x0013 A#7: x3535x A#dim: x4535x Cm: xx0231 Cm/A#: x30031 [Intro] G7 G7sus4 C9 F Fsus4 F
G7Take off, littleG7sus4 winged C9creaFture Fsus4 F It's nothing but G7teens in ravinesG7sus4 And C9antics on concrete down Fhere Fsus4 F And are you G7really as freG7sus4e as all theC9 great songs would have me FbelFsus4ieve? F Let me tell you why G7some day, Birdie, yG7sus4ou're gonna C9envy Fme Fsus4 F
A#7Some dream of a A#dimworld written in CmlinCm/A#es of Fcode Fsus4 F Well, I hope they G7engineer out polG7sus4itics, C9romance, and edifice Two outta Fthree ain't bad Fsus4 F A#7Some envision a A#dimstate governed by Cmlaws ofCm/A# businFess Fsus4 F G7Merger and acquisition G7sus4instead of C9violence or nations Where do FI sign up? Fsus4 F
G7Take off, littleG7sus4 winged C9creaFture Fsus4 F It's nothing but G7falling dG7sus4ebris, C9strollers, and babies down Fhere Fsus4 F And you may be G7up in the sG7sus4ky but C9our paradigms are just as Fdeep and just aFsus4s wide F What with all G7our best attG7sus4empts aC9t transcendence Something's Fbound to take Fsus4 F
Soon, A#7we'll live in a A#dimglobal culture deCmvoid ofCm/A# gender or Frace Fsus4 F There's just G7one tiny line: YoG7sus4u're either C9born behind Or you're free to Fpeek inside Fsus4 F A#7Life as just narraA#dimtive, metadCmata inCm/A# aggreFgate Fsus4 F Where the G7enigma of humaG7sus4nity's C9wrapped up finally That as they Fsay is that Fsus4 F
Oh, that day Cmcan't comeCm/A# soon FenoughFsus4 F It'll Cmbe so Cm/A#glorioFus Fsus4 F When they Cmfinally Cm/A#find out what's Fbugging uFsus4s F