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Void by Red House Painters
Void
First things first, this is in an Ebsus4 tuning.
Eb-Bb-Ab(sus4)-Eb-Bb-Eb
Beginning:
eb|------------0------|------------0------|
bb|--------0-------0--|--------0-------0--|
ab|------0------------|------0------------|
eb|----4--------------|----0--------------|
bb|--5----------------|-------------------|
eb|-------------------|--5----------------|
eb|------------0------|--------4--5--4--0---|
bb|--------0-------0--|--------0--0--0--0---|
ab|------0------------|------0-0--0--0--0---|
eb|----4--------------|----0----------------|
bb|--5----------------|---------------------|
eb|-------------------|--5------------------|
This is the main gist of the song.
You do the 2nd system of arpeggiated chords where necessary.
After all that, you get to this progression that builds up to the cadence:
"loosen and stretch its ancient strings...
"brush my thumb against it soft
eb|------------0------|------------0------|
bb|--------0-------0--|--------0-------0--|
ab|------0------------|------0------------|
eb|----2--------------|----7--------------|
bb|--0----------------|--5----------------|
eb|-------------------|-------------------|
until it sounds the way I feel."
give it life or give it pause."
eb|------------0------|--------4--5--4--0---|
bb|--------0-------0--|--------0--0--0--0---|
ab|------0------------|------0-0--0--0--0---|
eb|----4--------------|----0----------------|
bb|--5----------------|---------------------|
eb|-------------------|--5------------------|
And you do that wherever necessary.
The chorus, I had a bit of trouble with. The lead guitar helped me out a lot though, but
when I play it how I interpret it, it sounds okay:
"Fill the void in me now..."
eb|--9--9---7---5---4---5--0----|
bb|--0--0---0---0---0---0--0----|
ab|--7--7---5---4---2---4--0----|
eb|--0--0---0---0---0---0--0----|
bb|-----------------------------|
eb|-----------------------------|
"Making love to me girl"
eb|--5--5---0---0---0-------|
bb|--0--0---2---3---5-------|
ab|--4--4---0---0---0-------|
eb|--0--0---2---5---7-------|
bb|-------------------------|
eb|-------------------------|
"Red light cruising the night"
eb|--5--5---4---5---7------7----|
bb|--0--0---0---0---0------0----|
ab|--4--4---2---0-------0--0----|
eb|--0--0---0---0---4------0----|
bb|-----------------------------|
eb|-----------------------------|
"red light getting me home"
eb|--0--0---4---5---7-------|
bb|--7--7---5---0---0-------|
ab|--0--0---0---4---6-------|
eb|--9--9---7---5---7-------|
bb|-------------------------|
eb|-------------------------|
And back to the original chords up top.
The second time around after the chorus, it goes to this interlude, and I just sort of
made it up on the spot with the same lead lines in the song, so bare with me, or correct
me. Correcting me would be much appreciated:
eb|--10--10----12----5---5---7-7----|
bb|--8-- 8-----10----3---3---5-5----|
ab|--10--10----12----5---5---7-7----|
eb|--10--10----12----5---5---7-7----|
bb|-(0)-(0)---(0)---(0)-(0)--0-0----|
eb|--------------------------0-0----|
(The ghost notes can be in there if needed for a more fuller effect. I don't hear
anything wrong with putting that extra Bb bass in there..)
eb|--7--7-----10----3----3----5--5------|
bb|--6--6-----8-----0----0----0--0------|
ab|--7--7-----10----2----2----4--4------|
eb|--6--7-----8-----3----3----5--5------|
bb|--6--6-----8-----3----3----5--5------|
eb|--6--6-----8-----0----0----0--0------|
And that's basically the whole song.
Find another corner of the house
When you need to get away
Her guitar leans against the couch
Sometimes I pick it up and play
Loosen and stretch it's ancient strings
Until it sounds the way I feel
Brush my thumb against it soft
Give it life or give it pause
When you look up in my eyes
I'm looking down in yours
All looks good up in the sky
Down to your wooly carpet floor
And I know that I have picked
The most perfect songs out yet
Even on a sketchy day
Just outside her shore we stay
When all it's colours turn and dry
Will you live or will you die?
When all it's poets fall away
Will you go or will you stay?
Fill the void in me now
Making love to me girl
Red light cruising the night
Red light getting me home
Driving down the freeway in your truck
I watched the river flowing up
Headlights cutting through the night
Hear them pass this place in time
And I know that I have slept
In the warmest bedroom yet
Even on the coldest day
Here inside her shore we stay
A verse of hope
There on that reel
Lets you know the way I feel
Ram my fists up in your hair
Feel me cruise up in the air
Fill the void in me now
Making love to me girl
Red light cruising the night
Red light getting me home
Fill the void in me now
Making love to me girl
Red lights float in the night
Red lights getting me home
Fill the void in me now
Smile down on me girl
Red light cruising the night
Red lights getting me home
Fill the void in me now
Making love to me girl
Red lights float in the night
Red light getting me home
Pull the weight of me now
Wrapped around me so good
Red light cruising the night
Red lights getting me home
Pull the weight off me now
Wrapped around me so good
Red light cruising the night
Red light getting me home
Fill the void in me now
Making love to me girl
Red lights cruising the night
Red lights getting me home
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