Rise Against – The Approaching Curve (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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[Intro] Bm Bm A A G G G A [Verse 1]
Bm
The music played with a calming frequency

A
The speakers gently seeped with sounds

           Bm
Of ambient keyboards and light percussion

                     A
Creating a seductive soundtrack to our midnight drive

                    Bm
Through curtains of blackness, the windows were cold to the touch

A
Reflecting the icy conditions in our immediate extremity

G
Salt stains and fingerprints littered the glass

                                     Bm
And streaks of melting snow cascaded down its length

                             A
The music pulsed louder, yet gentle

                              Bm
Like the far away squeal of a pot of boiling water

                        A
The skyline was glowing faintly with vague hints of an impending dawn

Bm
The car raced along a painfully straight stretch of road

A
And she hadn't so much as turned the steering wheel

      G
Two degrees in the last twenty minutes

    A
Nor had we spoken
[Chorus]
      D        A           Bm
As we were, so perfect, so happy

        D                  A                       Bm
They'll remember, only our smiles cause that's all they've seen

           D                  A              F#m               G
Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned

      D        A           Bm
As we were, so perfect, so happy
[Verse 2]
Bm                                        A
"Why are you doing this?" she spoke as if not expecting a response

                         Bm
Her voice penetrated the still air of our speechless drive

   A
So suddenly that my heart had jumped

                  Bm
"I'm not doing anything," I said, but I didn't even believe that myself

A                                 G
"This is what's best, for me, for you, for us," or maybe just for me I thought

G
As a tear formed in the pit of her eye

Bm
The music poured through the speakers and

        A
We were losing ourselves in the cadence

           Bm
She looked down momentarily and closed her eyes for

      A
A bit longer than a standard blink

             Bm                                  A
Then she was crying, then she was shouting. Then I was shouting

                                   G
Now pouring confessions, having no answers, or solutions

G
We barely even knew the questions
[Chorus]
      D        A           Bm
As we were, so perfect, so happy

        D                  A                       Bm
They'll remember, only our smiles cause that's all they've seen

           D                  A              F#m               G
Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned

      D        A           Bm
As we were, so perfect, so happy
[Riff] Bm G A G x4 [Bridge]
Bm        G       A  G    Bm    G           A              G
Don't put me underground, I was meant for a life somewhere else

Bm            G           A  G   Bm     G           A      G
Please, love, give me the wheel, before both of our hearts you

G
Will steal tonight (will steal tonight)
[Chorus]
      D        A           Bm
As we were, so perfect, so happy

        D                  A                       Bm
They'll remember, only our smiles cause that's all they've seen

           D                  A/E             F#m               G
Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned

      D        A           Bm
As we were, so perfect, so happy
[Outro]
Bm
Our cracking voices became part of the music.

        A
The car pressed on faster through the night

                          G
As our voices lowered the cadence again overtook the air

G
Up ahead there was a curve approaching

                A
She made no indications of slowing