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