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Architects And Engineers tab by Guster

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			     Architects and Engineers - Guster
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Album: Easy Wonderful
Tabbed by: Rishesh Singh

Feel free to hit me up with questions/comments/corrections.
There's a lot going on in the studio version of this and I've yet to hear
a stripped-down version, so have some fun with the chord voicings and the
song will certainly carry its' own.

I opted for the voicings I did based on this live video I found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch v=JxvqjkFbJdY and filling it out a bit for
solo playing.

Take a listen to the song and the strumming will be pretty self-evident.
Chords Used
e|--------------------------0----7----5----4----2------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--9-----4-----4-----------0----7----5----4----2------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--9-----4-----4------4----1----8----6----4----3------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--9-----4-----4------2----2----9----7----6----4------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--7-----2-----x------2----2----9----7----6----4------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------2------0----0----7----5----4----2------------------------|
    Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramBB    Chord diagramF#/BF#/B    Chord diagramE5E5   E*   B*   Chord diagramA augmentedA  G#min  Chord diagramF#F#

(stars denote to use the specified voicing…to play it the way he does live
don't bother worrying about anything starred in the tab beyond the B*)


Intro: Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramF#/BF#/B  Chord diagramE5E5 (strum each six times, repeat twice)


Chord diagramE MajorE                    Chord diagramBB
I live on the second floor
      Chord diagramF#/BF#/B                  Chord diagramE5E5
Of an old row house down in Baltimore
Chord diagramE MajorE                           Chord diagramBB
Watching all the colors and the shapes
Chord diagramF#/BF#/B             Chord diagramE5E5
Standing tall up here


(Chord diagramE5E5)
My face against the window
E*  Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramF#/BF#/B  E*
OooooooOooOoooOoo
(E*)
My face against the window
E*  Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramF#/BF#/B  E*
OooooooOooOoooOoo
B*


Chord diagramE MajorE                              Chord diagramBB
These moments, they can never last
            Chord diagramF#/BF#/B            Chord diagramE5E5
Like a sad old man with his photographs
Chord diagramE MajorE                                      Chord diagramBB
Keeps wishing for the things he cannot change
Chord diagramF#/BF#/B                 Chord diagramE5E5
Standing tall up here


(Chord diagramE5E5)
My face against the window
E*  Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramF#/BF#/B  E*
OooooooOooOoooOoo
(E*)
My face against the window
E*  Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramF#/BF#/B  E*
OooooooOooOoooOoo

B*

Chord diagramBB                        Chord diagramA augmentedA
So the architects and the engineers
G#min                  Chord diagramF#F#
Build their monuments, make their souvenirs
B*
We are occupants
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
It's a trap, this town
       G#min
We are burning up
       Chord diagramF#F#
We are fading out
B*              **
We are shooting stars

[that's my arrangement of how it would go chord-wise, what's really being
played during the bridge is tabbed below (strumming not shown…just follow
the progression above for guidance)]

e-------------2
B-4---4---4---2
G-4---4---4---3
D-4---4---4---4
A-2---x---x---4
E-----5---4---2
      ^   ^
    use your thumb on the Chord diagramE MajorE string for these two


**This is played throughout the background of the bridge, and is most noticeable
during the 'shooting stars line. To get the riff going throughout the bridge with one
guitar just keep adding alternations between the 4th and 5th fret on Chord diagramBB (as shown
below) to the chords used in the transcribed version of the bridge above.

e---------------
B-4--5--4--5--4-
G-4--4--4--4--4- (etc...)
D-4--4--4--4--4-
A-2--2--2--2--2-
E---------------



Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramF#/BF#/B   E*
OooooooOooOoooOoo
Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramF#/BF#/B   E*
OooooooOooOoooOoo
Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramF#/BF#/B  E*
OooooooOooOoooOoo

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