From: "igor eduardo kupfer" 
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 16:33:56 GMT

Icicle Works
Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)
(Robert Ian McNabb)

intro (let notes ring):
   C
E---0-0-------0-0------------0-0-------0-0---------
B-------1--1------1--3-1---------1--1------1--3-1--
G--------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------
   F                                       C
E--1-1------1--1/3\1---1-1------1--1/3\1---0-------
B------1--1----------------1--1------------1-------
G------------------------------------------0-------
D------------------------------------------2-------
A------------------------------------------3-------
E--------------------------------------------------
2x

second time, bass comes in:
G--------------------------------------------------
D--10--10--10---------------10--10--10-------------
A----------------7--8--10-----------------7--8--10-
E--------------------------------------------------

G--------7----7/S/9\S\7---------7----7/S/9\S\7-----
D-----7----------------------7---------------------
A--8----------------------8------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------

drums (bass mimics drums w/muted strings)

verse 1 (drums only, chords implied):
C           Bb/C
Love comes, down upon us till you flow like water
C        Bb/C
Burning, with the hope of insight
C          Bb/C
Feathered, look they're covered with a bright elation,
C       Bb/C
Stolen, in the sight of love

chorus 1 (with intro riff):
C
We are, we are, we are but your children,
F
Finding our way around indecision,
C
We are, we are we are ever helpless,
F
Take us forever,
               C
A whisper to a scream

verse 2:
Birds fly, in the eye of the faithless daughter,
Broken, at the bitter end
Wasted, sacrificed for a new Nirvana
Night time, sends us on our way

chorus 2:
C
We are, we are, we are but your children,
F
Finding our way around indecision,
C
We are, we are, we are ever helpless,
F
Take us forever,
               F(no3rd) / /  A(no3rd) /
A whisper to a scream
             D(no3rd) / / A(no3rd) /
Whisper to a scream
               F(no3rd) E(no3rd) C(no3rd)
A whisper to a scream
               F(no3rd) E(no3rd) A(no3rd)
A whisper to a scream
A              C       F
A whisper to a scream

repeat intro riff

repeat chorus 1

bridge:
C
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are (whisper to a scream)
2x

repeat chorus 1 to fade

chords:
C x 3 2 0 1 0
Bb/C x 3 3 3 3 3
F x x 3 2 1 1
F(no3rd) x 8 10 10 x x
A(no3rd) 5 7 7 x x x
E(no3rd) x 7 9 9 x x
C(no3rd) 8 10 10 x x x
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