Wire – Short Elevated Period (Guitar)

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Chords

  B5  BM  F#5 A5  E5 F#sus4 F#m Asus2  
e|-------------------(2)----(2)-(0)--|
B|-------------------(2)----(2)--0---|
G|--------------------4------2---2---|
D|9---8---4---7---2---4------4---2---|
A|9---9---4---7---2---4------4---0---|
E|7---7---2---5---0---2------2-------|
[Intro] B5 BM B5 BM [Verse]
B5                           F#5
  Skippering a skiff, in the typhoon season

        A5                      E5    
Open to change and in need of a hand

B5                      F#5 
  No longer confused by rhyme nor reason

       A5                      E5
Indian queens paddle dugout canoes
B5 BM B5 BM [Verse]
B5                          F#5
  The passenger matches the price that he's asking

              A5                 E5
Embracing the modern he now understands

B5                             F#5
  It's a pivotal moment, in an uncertain future

              A5                           E5
A pain relief deal done on the Frankfurt express
B5 BM B5 BM [Break] B5 F#sus4 F#m Asus2 E5 B5 F#sus4 F#m Asus2 E5 B5 BM B5 BM [Verse]
B5                         F#5
  Right up to the moment I I.D. you

               A5                  E5
My reasons for living were under review

B5                            F#5
  A parting of the ways, what had it come to?

         A5                         E5   
Standing in the road, where would I go?
B5 BM B5 BM B5 [Chorus]
     A5    F#5      E5
In a short elevated period

     A5    F#5      E5
In a short elevated period

     A5    F#5      E5
In a short elevated period

     A5    F#5      E5
In a short elevated period

     A5                       F#5   E5
In a short, short, short, short elevated period

     A5                       F#5   E5
In a short, short, short, short elevated period

     A5    F#5      E5
In a short elevated period
E5