Written by Richards/Augie March
Transcribed by Tim Byron
The biggest rock song on "Sunset Studies," and is in 4/4 and standard
tuning. Play the big rawk riff in the middle to your heart's
content.
F#m11 E
To be a bee, a moth
F#m11 E
Four wings spread for the soft last touch
A
Of glory sun
E A
Remembering blood plums and lips and lemons
E
One hundred different suns
D
In a hundred different heavens
F A D#m
Spied from a rowboat, stroke
G F#m
And nought is spoken
A D#m G E
Before you know it the spell is broken
D E
You might wonder where you are
A D#m G F#m11
Floating on the reservoir
E
I have counted the notes
F#m11
We landed here not many years ago
E A
And it was not a pretty song that we composed
E
La la la, the early bird he knows
A
You hang from the cherry bough
D F
When you're lichen yourself, and leave
A D#m G F#m
The cold cold scent of stone and mulch
A D#m G E
A great stone wall to stave the rush
D E
To think that peace might be too much
A D#m C B
Waiting for the giant
A5 D#5 G5 F5 F#5 G5 Ab5 A5 D#5 G5 F5 F# G5 Ab5
e------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------------
g---------6-6-----------------------------6-6----------------------
d-7-7-----6-6-----5-5-----3-4-5-6-7-7-----6-6-----5-5-----3-4-5-6--
a-7-7-----4-4-----5-5-----3-4-5-6-7-7-----4-4-----5-5-----3-4-5-6--
e-5-5-------------3-3-----1-2-3-4-5-5-------------3-3-----1-2-3-4--
touch.
D Dm A5 D#5 G5 E
e-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------0--------
b-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------------------0--------
g-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------6-6-------------1--------
d-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-----6-6-----5-5-----2--------
a-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-----4-4-----5-5-----2--------
e---------------------------------5-5-------------3-3-----0--------
F#m11 E
The lake, the fir fringed lake
F#m11
Placid and ample, birded, breezed and dappled
E
Through the mountain break
A
Through the mountain break
E A D F
A moment, take a moment, a moment
A
You might wonder where you are
D#m
Perched above the reservoir
G
Adolf in the White hotel
E
All this time we've been in hell
A D#m G F#m
You might wonder where you are
A D#m G E
Perched above the reservoir
D E
Luis of the Lake retire
A D#m D A
Before they set the lake on fire
A E D A
Before they set the lake on fire
A E C B F#m11
Before they set the lake on fire.
{play the F#m11 E progression a few times as the outro}