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Isolation by Joy Division
Isolation
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:C
Capo:no capo
Version for a standalone guitar mixing bass and synth elements
[Intro]
(bass riff)
e||----------------------|----------------------|
B||----------------------|----------------------|
G||----------------------|----------------5555--|
D||-3555-3555-3555-------|-3555-3555-3555-------|
A||----------------3333--|----------------------| x3
E||----------------------|----------------------|
(synth)
B A G F G
B A G F G
B A G F G
[Verse 1]
G F G
In fear every day, every evening
G F G
He calls her aloud from above
G F G
Carefully watched for a reason
G F G
Painstaking devotion and love
G F G
Surrendered to self preservation
G F G
From others who care for themselves
G F G
A blindness that touches perfection
G F G
But hurts just like anything else
[Chorus]
B A G F G
Isolation
B A G F G
Isolation
B A G F G
Isolation
(bass riff)
[Verse 2]
G F G
Mother I tried please believe me
G F G
I'm doing the best that I can
G F G
I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through
G F G
I'm ashamed of the person I am
[Chorus]
B A G F G
Isolation
B A G F G
Isolation
B A G F G
Isolation
(bass riff)
[Verse 3]
G F G
But if you could just see the beauty
G F G
These things I could never describe
G F G
These pleasures a wayward distraction
G F G
This is my one lucky prize
(bass riff)
(synth)
G F G F G F G F
[Outro]
G F G G G
Isolation, isolation, isolation, isolation, isolation.
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
In the verse i use my thumb for a bass line, and also pick strings 2,3 and 4.
Then on the chorus i
start strumming.
G F G F
[Verse 1]
G F
In fear every day, every evening
G F
He calls her aloud from above
G F
Carefully watched for a reason
G F C
Painstaking devotion and love
G F C
Surrendered to self preservation
G F C
From others who care for themselves
G F C
A blindness that touches perfection
G F C
But hurts just like anything else
[Chorus]
G C G C
Isolation
G C
Isolation
G C
Isolation
[Verse 2]
G F C
Mother I tried please believe me
G F C
I'm doing the best that I can
G F C
I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through
G F C
I'm ashamed of the person I am
[Chorus]
G C G C
Isolation
G C
Isolation
G C
Isolation
[Verse 3] (i spice it up here, you can just play the usual G F C)
G7 F7
But if you could just see the beauty
G7 F7
These things I could never describe
G7 F7
These pleasures a wayward distraction
G7 F7
This is my one lucky prize
[Chorus]
G C G C
Isolation
G C
Isolation
G C
Isolation
G C
Isolation
G7
Isolation
In fear every day, every evening
He calls her aloud from above
Carefully watched for a reason
Painstaking devotion and love
Surrender to self-preservation
From others who care for themselves
A blindness that touches perfection
But hurts just like anything else
Isolation, isolation, isolation
Mother, I tried, please believe me
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through
I'm ashamed of the person I am
Isolation, isolation, isolation
But if you could just see the beauty
These things I could never describe
These pleasure's a wayward distraction
This is my one lucky prize
Isolation, isolation, isolation, isolation, isolation...
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