Tabs
DEPECHE MODE - Fragile Tension
The real tuning is down half step (Eb MajorEb G#G# DbDb F#F# Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)
Intro
G# minorG#m x8
(verse)
G# minorG#m BB
There's a fragile tension
E MajorE BB A#mA#m
That's keeping us going
G# minorG#m BB
It may not last forever
E MajorE BB A#mA#m
But oh, when it's flowing
(chorus)
EbmEbm G# minorG#m Eb MajorEb
There's something magical in the air
Fill: C#C# E MajorE
EbmEbm G# minorG#m Eb MajorEb
Something so tragic we have to care
Fill: C#C# E MajorE
(verse)
G# minorG#m BB
There's a strange obsession
E MajorE BB A#mA#m
That's drawing us nearer
G# minorG#m BB
We don't understand it
E MajorE BB A#mA#m
It never gets clearer
(chorus)
EbmEbm G# minorG#m Eb MajorEb
There's something mystical in our genes
Fill: C#C# E MajorE
EbmEbm G# minorG#m Eb MajorEb
So simplistic it kicks and screams
Fill: C#C# E MajorE
(bridge)
G minorGm F#F#
Oh when we're teetering
E MajorE Eb MajorEb
On the edge of collapse
C#C# BB Bb majorBb
Nothing can keep us down
E MajorE||-------------------|-------------------|------2------------| x2
BB||------4------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G+G||----4--------------|----3--------------|----4--------------|
D MajorD||--4----------------|--4----------------|--4----------------|
A augmentedA||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
(verse)
G# minorG#m BB
There's a dizzying feeling
E MajorE BB A#mA#m
That's keeping us flying
G# minorG#m BB
Through glittering gardens
E MajorE BB A#mA#m
Without even trying
(chorus)
EbmEbm G# minorG#m Eb MajorEb
There's something radical in our hands
Fill: C#C# E MajorE
EbmEbm G# minorG#m Eb MajorEb
Nothing logical to our plans
Fill: C#C# E MajorE
End: G# minorG#m
(verse fill)
E MajorE||-------------------|-------------------| x2
BB||------7------------|-------------------|
G+G||----8--------------|------8------------|
D MajorD||--9----------------|----9--------------|
A augmentedA||-------------------|--9----------------|
E MajorE||-------------------|-------------------|
(chorus fill)
E MajorE||-6-|---|-6-|--4----4--4--4--4--4--4--|--7----7--7--7--7--7--7--|
BB||-7-|-4-|-8-|--6----6--6--6--6--6--6--|--9----9--9--9--9--9--9--|
G+G||-8-|-4-|-8-|--6----6--6--6--6--6--6--|--9----9--9--9--9--9--9--|
D MajorD||-8-|-6-|-8-|--6----6--6--6--6--6--6--|--9----9--9--9--9--9--9--|
A augmentedA||-6-|-6-|-6-|--4----4--4--4--4--4--4--|--7----7--7--7--7--7--7--|
E MajorE||---|-4-|---|--4----4--4--4--4--4--4--|--7----7--7--7--7--7--7--|
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards