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Dead End Countdown by The New Cities
Dead End Countdown
Bm G
Exiled and pushed away,
D
Lost in time,
A
Always I'll be
Bm
This bitter person,
G Fm
Who's stuck right here,
A
Disillusioned
Bm
Don't stand by,
G D A
If you don't like what you see,
Bm G
So unsatisfied,
Fm A
No I won't take what you say to me
Bm
Give me some time,
G
Give me some reason
A Fm
Make up your mind and cool down the fever,
Bm
(The) drama must die,
G A
So give me some way to salvage this life,
Fm
Finally it's over
Bm G
You ought to stay away,
D
'Til you see,
A
What runs through me,
Bm G
Unless you get this game,
Fm A
The only one I wanna play
Bm
My promise is cold,
G
You never been told,
D
There's nothing to hide,
A
I never did lie
Bm
There's no way to win,
G
When love is in vain,
Fm A
I won't take what you say to me
Bm
Give me some time,
G
Give me some reason
A Fm
Make up your mind and cool down the fever,
Bm
(The) drama must die,
G A
So give me some way to salvage this life,
Fm
Finally it's over
Bm G
Dead End, Countdown
A Fm
Dead End, Countdown
Bm G
Dead End, Countdown
A Fm
Dead End, Countdown
Bm G D
I know we're stuck inside a Dead End, Countdown,
A
With no communications,
Bm
Straight down,
G D
We're drowning in our desperation,
A
We're lost beneath the surface
Bm
Give me some time,
G
Give me some reason
A Fm
Make up your mind and cool down the fever,
Bm
(The) drama must die,
G A
So give me some way to salvage this life,
Fm
Finally it's over
Bm
Give me some time,
G A
Give me some reason,
Fm
Now we're stuck inside
Bm
Give me some time,
G A
Give me some reason,
Fm
I know we're stuck inside
Bm G
Dead End, Countdown
A Fm
Dead End, Countdown
Bm G
Dead End, Countdown
A Fm
Dead End, Countdown
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version 2
standard tunning( EADGBe)
intro
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------------drum intro---------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2-2--4--5(let ring)---0-0--4--5(let ring)--2-2--4--5(let ring)|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4-4--2-----------------------------4-2-4-2--2-----------------|
A|----------5------2-2--4--5---2--2----------------5-4------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------4-2-4-2--2--------------|
A|----------4-5---------2-2--4--5---2--2-----------------5-4-------|
E|--5--5-7---------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------4-5--2(let ring)---------------------------------------|
E|--5--5-7---------------------------------------------------------|
verse (at the end of the verse before there's no guitar)
e|--7-7-----10-10------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7-7-----10-10------------------------------------------------------|
G|--x-x-----10-10-----(repeat til the chorus)--------------------------|
D|--9-9-----12-12------------------------------------------------------|
A|--9-9-----12-12------------------------------------------------------|
E|--7-7-----10-10------------------------------------------------------|
chorus(x2)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------4-2-4-2--2---------------------------------|
A|---2-2--4--5---2--2-----------------5-4------------4-5-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------5--5-7----------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2-2--4--5(let ring)---0-0--4--5(let ring)---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
verse (at the end of the verse before there's no guitar)
e|--7-7-----10-10------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7-7-----10-10------------------------------------------------------|
G|--x-x-----10-10-----(repeat til the chorus)--------------------------|
D|--9-9-----12-12------------------------------------------------------|
A|--9-9-----12-12------------------------------------------------------|
E|--7-7-----10-10------------------------------------------------------|
chorus(x2)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------4-2-4-2--2---------------------------------|
A|---2-2--4--5---2--2-----------------5-4------------4-5-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------5--5-7----------------|
the dead end countdown,
the dead end countdown
the dead end countdown
chorus(x4)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------4-2-4-2--2---------------------------------|
A|---2-2--4--5---2--2-----------------5-4------------4-5-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------5--5-7----------------|
the dead end countdown,
the dead end countdown
the dead end countdown
the dead end countdown
finish with
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|---4-4-4------------|
D|---4-4-4------------|
A|---2-2-2------------|
E|--------------------|
Lost in time,
Always I'll be
This bitter person,
Who's stuck right here,
Disillusioned
Don't stand by,
If you don't like what you see,
So unsatisfied,
No I won't take what you say to me
Give me some time,
Give me some reason
Make up your mind and cool down the fever,
(The) drama must die,
So give me some way to salvage this life,
Finally it's over
You ought to stay away,
'Til you see,
What runs through me,
Unless you get this game,
The only one I wanna play
My promise is cold,
You never been told,
There's nothing to hide,
I never did lie
There's no way to win,
When love is in vain,
I won't take what you say to me
Give me some time,
Give me some reason
Make up your mind and cool down the fever,
(The) drama must die,
So give me some way to salvage this life,
Finally it's over
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
I know we're stuck inside a Dead End, Countdown,
With no communications,
Straight down,
We're drowning in our desperation,
We're lost beneath the surface
Give me some time,
Give me some reason
Make up your mind and cool down the fever,
(The) drama must die,
So give me some way to salvage this life,
Finally it's over
Give me some time,
Give me some reason,
Now we're stuck inside
Give me some time,
Give me some reason,
Now we're stuck inside
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
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version 3
Notes: 1) In the Verses, emphasize the higher-sounding notes of each chord.
You can even drop the notes on low-E and A strings if you want.
2) Cut and paste this file into your favourite word processing application
and set the whole text to 10- or 11-point MS Gothic for easy viewing.
** Intro (Guitar tacet for 8 bars) **
Guitar (transcribed from Bass part; see original part below)
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
-2-2-4---5------|(5)-----------|-0--0--4----5------|(5)-----------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|-----------4--|(4)--4--2----------|--------------|
-2-2-4---5------|(5)-----------|-----------5-------|(5)-----------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
** Refrain (Play twice; play the last chord/note only at the end of the Chorus) **
Guitar (Rhythm)
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-9-9-9---9---9-5-|(5)-5-5---5---5-7-|(7)-7-7---7---7-4--|(4)--4-4---5-4--9-|(9\--|
|-9-9-9---9---9-5-|(5)-5-5---5---5-7-|(7)-7-7---7---7-4--|(4)--4-4---5-4--9-|(9\--|
|-7-7-7---7---7-3-|(3)-3-3---3---3-5-|(5)-5-5---5---5-2--|(2)--2-2---3-2--7-|(7\--|
|
|Guitar (transcribed from Bass part; see original part below)
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-----------------|------4---2-4---2-|(2)-2--------------|------------------|-----|
|-2-2-4---5-----2-|(2)-2-------------|------5---4--------|-------2---4-5--2-|(2\--|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------5--|(5)--5------------|-----|
** Verse 1 (Guitar tacet for 8 bars) **
-----7-7----------|-----7--7---------|----10-10---------|----9--9-----------|
-----7-7----------|-----8--8---------|----10-10---------|----10-10----------|
-----7-7----------|-----7--7---------|----11-11---------|----9--9-----------|
-----9-9----------|-----9--9---------|----12-12---------|----11-11----------|
-----9-9----------|-----10-10--------|----12-12---------|----12-12----------|
-----7-7----------|------------------|----10-10---------|-------------------|
-----7-7----------|-----7--7---------|-9----9----9----9----|-9----9----9----9----|
-----7-7----------|-----8--8---------|-10---10---10---10---|-10---10---10---10---|
-----7-7----------|-----7--7---------|-11---11---11---11---|-9----9----9----9----|
-----9-9----------|-----9--9---------|-11---11---11---11---|-11---11---11---11---|
-----9-9----------|-----10-10--------|-9----9----9----9----|-12---12---12---12---|
-----7-7----------|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
** Refrain **
** Interlude (Play first 4 bars only of the Intro figure) **
** Verse 2 (Play exactly as in Verse 1) **
** Refrain **
** Bridge **
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------------||----|
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------------||----|
||*----------------|--------------|----------------|------------------*||----|
||*-9-9-9\---------|--------------|-7-7-7----------|------4~------(4/)*||-9~-|
||--9-9-9\---------|--------------|-7-7-7----------|------4~------(4/)-||-9~-|
||--7-7-7\---------|--------------|-5-5-5----------|------2~------(2/)-||-7~-|
(then Guitar tacet for 10 bars until:)
** Refrain (Play Refrain figure twice) **
** Coda (Play Bridge figure then finish with the following) **
------------------|
------------------|
------------------|
-9-9-9------------|
-9-9-9------------|
-7-7-7------------|
== Bass Parts ==
** Intro (Bass tacet for 8 bars) **
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
-9-9-11--12-----|(12)----------|-------11---12-----|(12)----------|
----------------|--------------|-12-12-------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|------------11-|(11)-11-9---------|--------------|
-9-9-11--12-----|(12)-----------|-----------12-----|(12)----------|
----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------|
----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------|
** Refrain (Play twice; play the last note only at the end of the Refrain) **
----------------|------11--9-11--9-|(9)-9-------------|---------------------|-----|
-9-9-11--12---9-|(9)-9-------------|------12--11------|-------9---11-12---9-|(9\--|
----------------|------------------|---------------12-|(12)-12--------------|-----|
----------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|-----|
Lost in time,
Always I'll be
This bitter person,
Who's stuck right here,
Disillusioned
Don't stand by,
If you don't like what you see,
So unsatisfied,
No I won't take what you say to me
Give me some time,
Give me some reason
Make up your mind and cool down the fever,
(The) drama must die,
So give me some way to salvage this life,
Finally it's over
You ought to stay away,
'Til you see,
What runs through me,
Unless you get this game,
The only one I wanna play
My promise is cold,
You never been told,
There's nothing to hide,
I never did lie
There's no way to win,
When love is in vain,
I won't take what you say to me
Give me some time,
Give me some reason
Make up your mind and cool down the fever,
(The) drama must die,
So give me some way to salvage this life,
Finally it's over
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
I know we're stuck inside a Dead End, Countdown,
With no communications,
Straight down,
We're drowning in our desperation,
We're lost beneath the surface
Give me some time,
Give me some reason
Make up your mind and cool down the fever,
(The) drama must die,
So give me some way to salvage this life,
Finally it's over
Give me some time,
Give me some reason,
Now we're stuck inside
Give me some time,
Give me some reason,
Now we're stuck inside
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
Dead End, Countdown
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