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transcription by pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick M. Ryan)



Subdivisions
  from 'Signals'

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Performance notes:
   Most of this song is 'power' chords.  There are really only 4 chords
in this song: F#, G, A, & Bm. [ Well, actually there is a D thrown in
right toward the end ] The solo sounds nice with a little bit of
flanger/phaser.  I think the time signature changes a few times
but I couldn't tell you where.  I know, however, that it starts
in 7/4.  As is usual, we assume that the reader has heard the song
and can pick out the specific rhythms by ear.

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keyboard intro:
  F# F# F#  F# F# F#
  F# F# F#  F# F# F#

guitar comes in:
  F# F# F#  F# F# F#
  F# F# F#  F# F# F#

  Bm    | A     | Bm    | A     | Bm    | A
  G  A  Bm    G  A  Bm

[ guitar/keyboard tradeoff ]
  G G  A A  Bm Bm
  G G  A A  Bm

verse:

"sprawling on the fringes of the city"
  F#  F#  F#  F#   (F# riff)
                  ---------------
                  ---------------
                  ---------------
                  ---4---4---4---
                  ---------------
                  -2---2---2---2-

  F#  F#  F#  F#   (F# riff)

"in geometric order..."
  Bm  Bm  Bm   A   A   A
"an insulated border"
  Bm  Bm  Bm   A   A   A
"in between the bright lights..""
  Bm A
"nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone"
  G A Bm  G A Bm


chorus:

"subdivisions"
           "in the high school halls"

[ now alex makes some noise on the G.  i can't quite figure it out
  but here goes. ]

---------------------------
---------------------------
-------0---2---4---2---0---
-----0---0---0---0---0----- [ etc, etc.   repeat ]
---0-----------------------
-3-------------------------

[ more noise while ged does his one-finger keyboard break ]

repeat for 2nd verse

solo:
[ phaser on ]

 [ D rings out ]
--------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------14-15--
-7-9-11-9-7-9--4-6-2----12-14-16-14-12-14---------
-0------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------

[ all harmonics ]
------------------------
-(5)--------------------
----(5)-----------------
-------(4)(5)---(5)-----
-------------(4)---(5)--
------------------------

  G          Gsus              [ ring ]      [ big slide down A ]
--7-7-7-7--7-8--8-7--7-8-8-8-8-8--------------------------------------
--8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8--------------------------------------
--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\----------
----------------------------------------------------------------------

"Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth
 but the suburbs have to charms to soothe
 the restless dreams of youth...."

G  G  A  F#
G  G  A  Bm D
[ repeat ]

G  G  G        G