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Slowburn Key: E-flat major, Time: 4/4, Tempo: 135 Intro: <Piano and organ fade in> ~~~~~~ ||Eb || <Freely> <Enter drums and others> |Bb ||Eb | |Bb | /C /D || (X 2) Verse 1: (0:28-) ~~~~~~~ ||Eb | We're character actors from the Tower of Babel |Bb | /C /D Be-wildered, burned out hard-ly able |Eb | | To sit astride the high wire cable |Bb | /C Bb || It's hard to balance, a little un-sta-ble. <Enter strings> |Abmaj7 |Ab | Through broken eyes and contact lenses I Watched you draw your future tenses |Bbmaj7 |Bb See kisses of flame blow out of your lips |Bbmaj7 |Bb || You're back telling me your A-pocalypse. Chorus 1: (0:57-) ~~~~~~~~ |Ab | Bb |Cm Don't get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong | |Gm |F Bb ||6/8 When the slowburn sunset come along |Ab Bb ||4/4 Eb || You've gotta stay the night |Gm |F Bb ||6/8 |Ab Bb ||4/4 Db || I gotta think that you might. Interlude: (1:18-) <Guitar solo> ~~~~~~~~~ |Bb ||Eb | |Bb | /C /D || (X 2) [Verse 2] (1:33-) We've tried a handful of bills and a handful of pills We've tried making movies from a volume of stills The words fell like hailstones, bouncing at our feet, Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet. A chance to move, I take a shot I get cold - you get hot We look outside, lyin' awake See birds breaking surface on a silent lake. [Chorus 2] (2:02-) But don't get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong When I'm back on the Isle of Avalon Dont get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong When the slow burn sunset come along You've got to stay the night I've got to think that you might. Coda: (2:40-) ~~~~ |Fm |Gm Don't try to make it easy, |Ab |Bb Bbsus4|3/4 ||4/4 It'll cut you down to size |Fm |Gm Darlin' we've got to trust in something |Ab |Bb Bbsus4|3/4 || We're shooting down our skies <Piano solo freely> ||3/4 Ab || (X 7 bars) |4/4 G#m |C#m |G#m |C#m || Shooting down, shooting down our <Enter guitar solo> ||Fm |Gm |Ab |Bb || (X 2) Skies... |Fm |Gm |Ab ||7/4 Bb Bbsus4 ||4/4 |Fm |Gm |Ab || Shooting down our... ||Bb7 || <Piano & synth freely to fade>