Big Thief – Simulation Swarm (v5)★
Difficulty: intermediate Capo: 1th fret Tuning: E A D G B E (Standard)
Transpose
C6
x4231x
1
2
3
4
5
6
C6/F
1x3x2x
1
2
3
4
5
6
C6/G
3x2x1x
1
2
3
4
5
6
Cmaj7
x21xxx
2
3
4
5
6
7
Am(add9)
xx241x
1
2
3
4
5
6
G6
21xxxx
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fmaj7
xx321x
1
2
3
4
5
6
Dm6/9
xxx1xx
2
3
4
5
6
7
This version tries to sound similar to the original studio version but without the need of changing tuning
and playing relatively easy voicings and positions.
It's made from and for an intermediate player but I tried not to make an over-simplification (like the
tab by @lenavd06, which is a little too easy (for me) and therefore less accurate to the original.
However, I did over-simplify the instrumental/guitar riff part.
CAPO 1
[CHORDS]
(relative to capo)
E--A--D--G--B--e
C6 { x 3 2 2 0/1 x } C6* (actually C6/9) { x 3 0 2 0/1 0 }
C6/F { 1 (3) 2 2 0/1 x } C6/F* { x 3 0 2 0/1 0 }
C6/G { 3 (3) 2 2 0/1 x } C6/G* { x 3 0 2 0/1 0 }
Cmaj7 { 8 10 10 0 0 0 }
Am(add9) { 5 7 7 5 0 0 }
G6 { 3 5 5 4 0 0 }
Fmaj7(#11){ 1 0 2 2 1 0 }
Dm6/9 { 10 12 12 10 0 0 }
[Intro]
C6 C6/F C6/G C6/F X4
[Verse 1]
C6 C6/F
I tried to tell you
C6/G C6/F
I didn't know how to stay
C6 C6/F
You believe she can see through
C6/G C6/F
Cutting at the silent clay
C6 C6/F
A relief, beckon deep blue
C6/G C6/F
Fettered in the magnet sun
C6 C6/F
Eat the gun as it feeds you
C6/G C6/F
Spitting up the oxygen
C6 C6/F C6/G C6/F
Once again
C6 C6/F C6/G C6/F
Once again
[Verse 2]
C6 C6/F
Once again, empty horses
C6/G C6/F
Gallop through the violet door
C6 C6/F
Follow red, crooked courses
C6/G C6/F
Shadows on the moonlit floor
C6 C6/F
O my stars, winged creatures
C6/G C6/F
Gathering in silken height
C6 C6/F C6/G C6/F
Like the last human teachers
[Verse 3]
C6 C6/F
Once again, we must bleed new
C6/G C6/F
Even as the hours shake
C6 C6/F
Crystal blood like a dream true
C6/G C6/F
A ripple in the wound and wake
C6* C6/F*
You believe, I believe too
C6/G* C6/F*
That you are the river of light
C6* C6/F*
Who I love, that I cling to
C6/G* C6/F*
In the belly of the empty night
[Chorus]
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
From the 31st floor of the simulation swarm
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
With the drone of fluorescence, flicker, fever, fill the form
[ch]Dm6/9[/ch] Am(add9) Cmaj7 Fmaj7
With a warm gush, now I wanna touch like we never could before
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I'd fly to you tomorrow, I'm not fighting in this war
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
[Verse 4]
C6 C6/F
I remember
C6/G C6/F
building an energy shield
C6 C6/F
In your room, like a temple
C6/G C6/F
Swallows in the windless field
C6 C6/F
Very thin, with your mother
C6/G C6/F
Tall as a pale green tree
C6 C6/F
Very wild, bright as winter
C6/G C6/F
Rising with a prism key
C6 C6/F
And a child to deliver
C6/G C6/F
Taken with the blood and vine
C6 C6/F C6/G C6/F
As the first little angel
[Instrumental]
Cadd9-C Am9-Am7 Fmaj7
e|----------------------------------|
B|-----3-1-----1--------0-----------|
G|-----0-------4-0-----2------------|
D|----2-------2--------2-----0-0-2b-|
A|--3--------0----------------------|
E|-------------------1--------------|
[Verse 5]
C6 C6/F
Little Andy
C6/G C6/F
soft in your newborn skin
C6 C6/F
Only one, little Andy
C6/G C6/F
will you return again?
C6 C6/F
I believe we can renew
C6/G C6/F
And you could be my brother
C6 C6/F
Once again, fall asleep with
C6/G C6/F
our backs against each other
C6* C6/F*
You believe, I believe too
C6/G* C6/F*
That you are the river of light
C6* C6/F*
who I love, That I sing to
C6/G* C6/F*
in the belly of the empty night
[Chorus]
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
From the 31st floor of the simulation swarm
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
With the drone of fluorescence, flicker, fever, fill the form
[ch]Dm6/9[/ch] Am(add9) Cmaj7 Fmaj7
With a warm gush, now I wanna touch like we never could before
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I'd fly to you tomorrow, I'm not fighting in this war
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I'd fly to you tomorrow, I'm not fighting in this war
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms
[Instrumental]
Cadd9-C Am9-Am7 Fmaj7
e|----------------------------------|
B|-----3-1-----1--------0-----------|
G|-----0-------4-0-----2------------|
D|----2-------2--------2-----0-0-2b-|
A|--3--------0----------------------|
E|-------------------1--------------|
************************************
| b Bend
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and playing relatively easy voicings and positions.
It's made from and for an intermediate player but I tried not to make an over-simplification (like the
tab by @lenavd06, which is a little too easy (for me) and therefore less accurate to the original.
However, I did over-simplify the instrumental/guitar riff part.
CAPO 1
[CHORDS]
(relative to capo)
E--A--D--G--B--e
C6 { x 3 2 2 0/1 x } C6* (actually C6/9) { x 3 0 2 0/1 0 }
C6/F { 1 (3) 2 2 0/1 x } C6/F* { x 3 0 2 0/1 0 }
C6/G { 3 (3) 2 2 0/1 x } C6/G* { x 3 0 2 0/1 0 }
Cmaj7 { 8 10 10 0 0 0 }
Am(add9) { 5 7 7 5 0 0 }
G6 { 3 5 5 4 0 0 }
Fmaj7(#11){ 1 0 2 2 1 0 }
Dm6/9 { 10 12 12 10 0 0 }
[Intro]
C6 C6/F C6/G C6/F X4
[Verse 1]
C6 C6/F
I tried to tell you
C6/G C6/F
I didn't know how to stay
C6 C6/F
You believe she can see through
C6/G C6/F
Cutting at the silent clay
C6 C6/F
A relief, beckon deep blue
C6/G C6/F
Fettered in the magnet sun
C6 C6/F
Eat the gun as it feeds you
C6/G C6/F
Spitting up the oxygen
C6 C6/F C6/G C6/F
Once again
C6 C6/F C6/G C6/F
Once again
[Verse 2]
C6 C6/F
Once again, empty horses
C6/G C6/F
Gallop through the violet door
C6 C6/F
Follow red, crooked courses
C6/G C6/F
Shadows on the moonlit floor
C6 C6/F
O my stars, winged creatures
C6/G C6/F
Gathering in silken height
C6 C6/F C6/G C6/F
Like the last human teachers
[Verse 3]
C6 C6/F
Once again, we must bleed new
C6/G C6/F
Even as the hours shake
C6 C6/F
Crystal blood like a dream true
C6/G C6/F
A ripple in the wound and wake
C6* C6/F*
You believe, I believe too
C6/G* C6/F*
That you are the river of light
C6* C6/F*
Who I love, that I cling to
C6/G* C6/F*
In the belly of the empty night
[Chorus]
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
From the 31st floor of the simulation swarm
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
With the drone of fluorescence, flicker, fever, fill the form
[ch]Dm6/9[/ch] Am(add9) Cmaj7 Fmaj7
With a warm gush, now I wanna touch like we never could before
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I'd fly to you tomorrow, I'm not fighting in this war
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
[Verse 4]
C6 C6/F
I remember
C6/G C6/F
building an energy shield
C6 C6/F
In your room, like a temple
C6/G C6/F
Swallows in the windless field
C6 C6/F
Very thin, with your mother
C6/G C6/F
Tall as a pale green tree
C6 C6/F
Very wild, bright as winter
C6/G C6/F
Rising with a prism key
C6 C6/F
And a child to deliver
C6/G C6/F
Taken with the blood and vine
C6 C6/F C6/G C6/F
As the first little angel
[Instrumental]
Cadd9-C Am9-Am7 Fmaj7
e|----------------------------------|
B|-----3-1-----1--------0-----------|
G|-----0-------4-0-----2------------|
D|----2-------2--------2-----0-0-2b-|
A|--3--------0----------------------|
E|-------------------1--------------|
[Verse 5]
C6 C6/F
Little Andy
C6/G C6/F
soft in your newborn skin
C6 C6/F
Only one, little Andy
C6/G C6/F
will you return again?
C6 C6/F
I believe we can renew
C6/G C6/F
And you could be my brother
C6 C6/F
Once again, fall asleep with
C6/G C6/F
our backs against each other
C6* C6/F*
You believe, I believe too
C6/G* C6/F*
That you are the river of light
C6* C6/F*
who I love, That I sing to
C6/G* C6/F*
in the belly of the empty night
[Chorus]
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
From the 31st floor of the simulation swarm
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
With the drone of fluorescence, flicker, fever, fill the form
[ch]Dm6/9[/ch] Am(add9) Cmaj7 Fmaj7
With a warm gush, now I wanna touch like we never could before
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I'd fly to you tomorrow, I'm not fighting in this war
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I'd fly to you tomorrow, I'm not fighting in this war
Cmaj7 Am(add9) G6 Fmaj7
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms
[Instrumental]
Cadd9-C Am9-Am7 Fmaj7
e|----------------------------------|
B|-----3-1-----1--------0-----------|
G|-----0-------4-0-----2------------|
D|----2-------2--------2-----0-0-2b-|
A|--3--------0----------------------|
E|-------------------1--------------|
************************************
| b Bend
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