Big Thief – Simulation Swarm (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
Tabbed by chrlwhtng
This is the way I play it, so I might as well share.
Mixing and matching the verse chords is completely fine, I'm not sure they play it in one definitive way.
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I tried to tell you, I didn't know how to stay
You believe she can see through, cutting at the silent clay
A relief, beckon deep blue, fettered in the magnet sun
Eat the gun as it feeds you, spitting up the oxygen
Once again
Once again
[Verse 2]
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Once again, empty horses gallop through the violet door
Follow red, crooked courses, shadows on the moonlit floor
O my stars, winged creatures gathering in silken height
Like the last human teachers
[Verse 3]
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Once again, we must bleed new, even as the hours shake
Crystal blood like a dream true, a ripple in the wound and wake
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You believe, I believe too, that you are the river of light
Who I love, that I cling to, in the belly of the empty night
[Chorus]
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From the 31st floor of the simulation swarm
With the drone of fluorescence flicker, fever, fill the form
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With a warm gush, now I wanna touch like we never could before
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I'd fly to you tomorrow, I'm not fighting in this war
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
[Verse 4]
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I remember building an energy shield
In your room, like a temple, swallows in the windless field
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Very thin, with your mother, tall as a pale green tree
Very wild, bright as winter, rising with a prism key
And a child to deliver, taken with the blood and vine
As the first little angel
[Bridge]
(Foundation tabbed here: Feel free to experiment off this base like Adrianne does) C#|--------------------0--------------------------------------0-------------------0-| A#|------0--------------------------------------0----------------------0------------| F|--------------0--------------------------------------0-------------------0-------| C#|----12h14--------12-------11----------------5h7----------5---------4b-------4----| x4 G#|------------------------------12--9----------------------------------------------| C#|-12--------12-----------9---------0------5---------5-----------2-------2---------|
[Verse 5]
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Little Andy, soft in your newborn skin
Only one, little Andy, will you return again?
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I believe we can renew, and you could be my brother
Once again, fall asleep with our backs against each other
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You believe, I believe too, that you are the river of light
who I love, that I sing to in the belly of the empty night
[Chorus]
C#|-----------------0------------------0------------------0------------------0-| A#|-----0------------------0------------------0------------------0-------------| F|-----------0------------------0------------------0------------------0-------| C#|----14--------14-------11--------11-------11--------11--------9---------9---| G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| C#|-12-----12-----------9------9-----------7------7-----------5------5---------|
From the 31st floor of the simulation swarm
With the drone of fluorescence flicker, fever, fill the form
C#|-----------------0------------------0------------------0------------------0-| A#|-----0------------------0------------------0------------------0-------------| F|-----------0------------------0------------------0------------------0-------| C#|----17--------17-------11--------11-------14--------14--------9---------9---| G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| C#|-14-----14-----------9------9----------12-----12-----------5------5---------|
With a warm gush, now I wanna touch like we never could before
C#|-----------------0------------------0------------------0------------------0-| A#|-----0------------------0------------------0------------------0-------------| F|-----------0------------------0------------------0------------------0-------| C#|----14--------14-------11--------11-------11--------11--------9---------9---| G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| C#|-12-----12-----------9------9-----------7------7-----------5------5---------|
I'd fly to you tomorrow, I'm not fighting in this war
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
I'd fly to you tomorrow, I'm not fighting in this war
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms
[Outro]
(Foundation tabbed here: Feel free to experiment off this base like Adrianne does) C#|--------------------0--------------------------------------0-------------------0-| A#|------0--------------------------------------0----------------------0------------| F|--------------0--------------------------------------0-------------------0-------| C#|----12h14--------12-------11----------------5h7----------5---------4b--------4---| x6 G#|------------------------------12--9----------------------------------------------| C#|-12--------12-----------9---------0------5---------5-----------2-------2---------|
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