The Blue Nile - The Wires Are Down guitar tab
The Blue Nile - The Wires Are Down - Transcribed 17/05/98 by Mike Garoghan
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The guitar is muted throughout this song and uses mostly bottom 3 strings.
The chords are created by the interaction of the Guitar and Bass.
So I have attempted to include the bass notes in the chords shown.
So this is not exactly what the guitar plays on the record.
For a solo rendition You could add the grace notes of A6 and B6(Number denotes string)
during the first part of the verse to emulate the bass guitar part.
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The chords provided below may not be correctly named but I have provided
chord tabs for reference.
Any comments or corrections please email>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>mike@psiron.demon.co.uk
Chords
Bm -7x777x
Bm/E -7x7750
A/D -x5765x
Dsus2 -x5775x
G(Intro)-3x000x
D -x5777x
Bm -7x777x
Bm/G -357xxx
G/E -057xxx
G -355xxx
A -577xxx
Em7 -022030
Chords for Gtr Riff
D-xx77xx
D/E-xx79xx
A-xx76xx
G-xx57xx
@ The Wires Are Down
Intro
Bm Bm/E A/D Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 G
A/D Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 G
D
The wires are down
D
The wires are down
Bm Bm/G G/E
Nothing works here anymore
D
The road is so quiet now
D
The day was all blue and broken
Bm Bm/G G/E
When I held you I was strong
G A
But I held you too long
A/D Dsus2
I look at the coloured lights, yeah
A/D Dsus2
Breaking the good hearts down
A/D Dsus2
I shout in the dying light
A/D Dsus2
I get out of shanty town
A/D Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 G
The sun going down
The cars leaving, one by one
Dusty roads and radios
Swinging so high and so low
I look at the coloured lights, yeah
Breaking the good hearts down
I shout at the dying light
I get out of shanty town
(Gtr Riff)
D D/E A D G D D/E A D
E--------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------
G-7779996667777---77799966677----------
D-7777777777775---77777777777----------
A--------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------
D D/E A D G D D/E A D
E-------------------------------(H)12--
B-777999666777----77799966677---(H)12--
G-777777777775----77777777777---(H)12--
D-------------------------------(H)12--
A-------------------------------(H)12--
E--------------------------------------
(H)=Harmonic
Em7
The wires are down
The wires are down
You and I don't really count
Even the wires are down
Look at the coloured lights, yeah
Breaking the good hearts down
Shout at the dying light
Get out of shanty town
Look at the wrong and right, yeah
Breaking the good hearts down
Shout in the dying light
I can't get out of shanty town,
Let's go
Repeat Gtr Riff
Em7
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