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Smiling At Strangers On Trains by Million Dead
Smiling At Strangers On Trains
(standard tuning)
verse riff:
6E -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7---------------------|
5B -5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-0-0-0---------------------|
4G -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-|
3D -5-5-5-7-7-7-9-9-9-------0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--|
2A -3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-------0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|
pre-chorus riff 1:
4G ----------0-|
3D -/9-9---9---|
2A ------0-----|
pre-chorus riff 2:
4G ------7---9--------7---9--------7---9-------9---9---7-|
3D -/9-9---9-----/9-9---9-----/9-9---9---9---9---9---9---|
2A --0------------0------------0-----------0-------------|
chorus riff:
5B ------------------7-8-7-0-------|
4G ----------7-9-7-0---------7-9-7-|
3D -/9-9---9-----------------------|
2A --0---0-------------------------|
chorus ending:
5B ------0-0-0-0-|
4G ------x-x-x-x-|
3D ------9-9-9-9-|
2A --------------|
1E -/8-8---------|
bridge riff
5B ------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-------0--0--0--0--|
4G ------x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x-------x-x-x-x-------x--x--x--x--|
3D ------9-9-9-9-----9-9-9-9-------9-9-9-9-------10-12-10-10-|
2A ----------------------------------------------------------|
1E -/8-8---------8-8---------10-10---------12-12-------------|
outro riff:
6E -0- -0-- -0--|
5B -0- -0-- -0--|
4G -x- -x-- -x--|
3D -9- -9-- -10-|
2A -x- -x-- -x--|
1E -8- -10- -12-|
song structure:
verse riff x4
pre-chorus riff 1 x4
pre-chorus riff 2
chorus riff x3, then chorus ending x2
chorus riff x3, then chorus ending x4
verse riff x4
chorus riff x3, then chorus ending x2
chorus riff x3
bridge riff x4, ending with a stop on the snare fill
outro riff, where you hammer the chords in the same pattern as the bridge riff x8
end
It was the strangest thing today
I saw new footprints in abandoned pathways
Beneath forgotten undergrowth
Something stirring again
You were a single red blood cell
But I lost you in this knot of capillaries
But you were bringing me oxygen
When I needed it most in the smoke.
And you were always
And you were always
And you were always
And you were always
As far as Mongolia,
As close as my clothes
Your presence pervading,
But it still never shows
As close as the answer
I never quite know,
Or can't quite remember
Your distance insidious,
As soft as a blow
Your shadow is with me
Wherever I go
It's on the tip of my tongue
But still I never quite know,
Or can't quite remember
I don't quite remember
The forced proximity
Of a million different Mike Leigh movies
Makes me long for the fresh air
Of a familiar face
And not the violence of loneliness,
Nor the unease of surrounded seclusion
I keep nearly missing you
Around corners and in passing trains
As far as Mongolia,
As close as my clothes
Your presence pervading,
But it still never shows
As close as the answer
I never quite know,
Or can't quite remember
Your distance insidious,
As soft as a blow
Your shadow is with me
Wherever I go
It's on the tip of my tongue
It's on the tip of my
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
And if I'd known
That you weren't so far away
That you weren't so far away
That you weren't so far away
That you were never that far away
That you weren't so far away
That you weren't so far away
That you weren't so far away
I could've rode this train smiling.
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