| = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music ~ = vibrato or held note / = slide up from infinity \ = slide down into infinity o \_ o / repeat sign (always look for these!) ^X35553 = fret box; this is a C chord - this is the same as standard tablature, only turned on its side. Tilt your head clockwise to read. Chord legend: C#m7 : ^9/11/9999 F# : ²⁴⁴³²² F#7sus4 : ²⁴²⁴²² F#7(AddB) : ^X44300 E : ^{022100 Riff 1} Eb7 e:--15--15---15--15--15--15--15---15~~-------------------------------| B:--14--14---14--14--14--14--14---14~~-------------------------------| G:--15--15---15--15--15--15--15---15~~-------------------------------| D:--13--13---13--13--13--13--13---13~~-------------------------------| A:-------------------------------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------| ^{Riff 2} Gb6 e:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------| B:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------| G:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------| D:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------| A:---9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------| ^{Riff 3} Ab Absus4 e:---8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8----9--9--9--8--------------------------| B:---9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--------------------------| G:---8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8--------------------------| D:--10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10--------------------------| A:-------------------------------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------| Song progression: C#m7 C#m7 I see red. An'it hurts my head. F# F# F# F# F#7sus4 3x F#7(addB) I guess it must be something that I read. E5 F#9 G9 G#9 e:-------------------------------------------------------------------| B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| G:--4---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| D:--2---------8---9--10\---------------------------------------------| A:--2---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------| Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 3 times e:------------11---|------------11--14--| B:--13---14--(11)--|--13---14-----------| G:o----------(12)--|-------------------o| D:o----------(13)--|-------------------o| A:-----------------|--------------------| E:-----------------|--------------------| ^{Riff 1} x1 ^{Riff 1} x2 very freely It's the color of your heartbeat, ^{Riff 2} x2 A rising summer sun, ^{Riff 3} x2 The battle lost or won, ^{Riff 1} x1 C#m7 The flash to fashion, the pulse to passion feels red, C#m7 Inside my head. F# F# F# F#~ F#7sus4 3x F#7(addB) And truth is something better left unsaid. E E E C#m7 I said red, red. C#m7 C#m7 C#m7 C#m7 I'm thinking about the overhead, the underfed. F# F#7sus4 F#7(addB) Couldn't we talk about something else instead? E5 F#9 G9 G#9 e:-------------------------------------------------------------------| B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| G:--4---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| D:--2---------8---9--10\---------------------------------------------| A:--2---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------| Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 3 times e:------------11---|------------11--14--| B:--13---14--(11)--|--13---14-----------| G:o----------(12)--|-------------------o| D:o----------(13)--|-------------------o| A:-----------------|--------------------| E:-----------------|--------------------| ^{Riff 1} x1 ^{Riff 1} x2 very freely ^{Riff 2} x2 We've got Mars on the horizon, says the National Midnight Star. (It's true.) ^{Riff 3} x2 What you believe is what you are. ^{Riff 1} x1 C#m7 A pair of dancing shoes the Soviets are the blues. The reds under your C#m7 bed, F#7sus4 F#7(addB) C#m7 C#m7 F# \/ \/ lying in the darkness dead ahead. E5 F#9 G9 G#9 e:-------------------------------------------------------------------| B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| G:--4-----x---9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| D:--2-----x---8---9--10\---------------------------------------------| A:--2-----x---9--10--11\---------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------| Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 16 times e:--9-9--9-------9-11--------| B:---------11--9-------------| G:o-------------------------o| D:o-------------------------o| A:---------------------------| E:---------------------------| --------------- ^{Play this whole next section twice} The keyboard plays this whole thing two times: e:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------| B:--------------------7~~--|-----------------------------------------| G:---------6---6--8--------|-----------6---6--8~~--------------------| D:---6--8------------------|----6---8--------------------------------| A:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------| E:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------| While the guitar plays this freely: e:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------| B:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------| G:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------| D:--13-13--13--13--13-13-13-13-13------------------------------------| A:-------------------------------------------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------| Then: e:-----------------------------|-------------------------------------| B:--13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13--|-------------------------------------| G:o-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13-o|--11-11-11-11-------11-11-11-11------| D:o-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13-o|--11-11-11-11-------11-11-11-11------| A:--11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11--|---9--9--9--9--------9--9--9--9------| E:-----------------------------|-------------------------------------| --------------- And the mercury is rising; Barometer starts to fall. You know it gets to us all. The pain that is learning - and the rain that is burning - C#m7 C#m7 Feel red. Still, go ahead. F#7sus4 F#7(addB) E C#m7 C#m7 C#m7 F# \/ \/ \/ You see black 'n' white, and I see red, red - E E E C#m7 not blue. C#m13 C#m7 e:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------| B:-12-12-12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11----9~------------------------------| G:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------| D:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------| A:-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11---11~------------------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------------------| ^{C#m7 freely} F# I'm thinkin' about the overfed, the under read. F#7sus4 a few times, then F#7(addB) E C#m7 ^{Fill 1} x1 Well I said I'm a bled red. ^{Fill 1} - palm-muted and with echoed repeats e:--------------------| B:------9-9-----------| G:---9------9---------| D:--------------------| A:--------------------| E:--------------------| C#m7 freely F# F#7(addB) Thinkin' about what you said. C#m7 C#m7 F#7(addB) I think about it, I think, I think it, yeah!