Crash Years chords by The New Pornographers

Chords with lyrics

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interpretation of the song.
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Artist: The New Pornographers
Album: Together
Song:  Crash Years
tabber: John Baer ([email protected])
tabbed on 3/24/2010

Intro:(Acoustic with cello riff):

Chords: F, Am, Dm, C majorC

Cello riff (transcribed for guitar, pluck each note):
E-------------|------------|-----------|-------------|
B-------------|------------|-----------|-------------|
G-------------|------------|---0-------|-------------|
D-------------|------------|-3--3-2----|-------------|
A---------3-0-|-----3-1----|-------3---|--0-3--------|
E-1---1-3-----|-1-3--------|---------1-|-1---1-------|

Verse 1: (continue intro chords w/cello riff- Neko)

    FF       A minorAm      Bb majorBb     C majorC
  The skirts go up, before the wall among the madding crowds,
    FF           A minorAm          DmDm   C majorC
  They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
       FF           A minorAm      Bb majorBb      C majorC
 You are a living doll riding the circle tracks behind the walls of clocks,
      FF           A minorAm          DmDm   C majorC
  In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin


Chorus 1: (open strumming on power chords, no cello, Neko with Carl)
  Bb majorBb             FF     C majorC
  Traffic will slow for the crash years
  Bb majorBb              FF     C majorC   DmDm   C majorC
  There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
  Bb majorBb            FF      C majorC
  Windows will roll for the crash years
     Bb majorBb            FF     C majorC   DmDm  C majorC
  There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule


After chorus chords: (with whistle) (x1)

F, Ab, F, AbAb

Repeat intro chords and cello riff (x1) (electric played in background)

Verse 2: (played same as before)
      FF           A minorAm        Bb majorBb      C majorC
  Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low and like the rest of us,
           FF      A minorAm        DmDm   C majorC
  You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
     FF               A minorAm     Bb majorBb        C majorC
 Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
        FF         A minorAm         DmDm  C majorC
  And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

Chorus 2:
   Bb majorBb             FF     C majorC
  Traffic will slow for the crash years
   Bb majorBb              FF     C majorC   DmDm   C majorC
  There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
   Bb majorBb             FF     C majorC
  Windows will close in the crash years

Bb majorBb             FF    C majorC   DmDm   C majorC
  Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ruuuule

After chorus chords: (with whistle) (x1)

F, Ab, F, AbAb

Bridge chord (no vocal):

Bb majorBb (strum several times, over cello)

Solo chords: (same as intro, with cello riff)

Chorus 3:

  Bb majorBb             FF     C majorC
  Traffic will slow for the crash years
  Bb majorBb              FF     C majorC   DmDm   C majorC
  There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
  Bb majorBb            FF      C majorC
  Windows will roll for the crash years
     Bb majorBb            FF     C majorC   DmDm  C majorC
  There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule

After chorus chords: (with whistle) (x2)

F, Ab, F, AbAb

Intro riff with cello (x1)

Outro verse: (x6) (after third repeat, instruments fade, voices on last refrain)

      FF          A minorAm      DmDm         C majorC
  And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

End on an FF chord.


Cheers, and Buy Mass Romantic, Electric Version, Twin Cinema, Challengers
And "TOGETHER" DROPPING ON MAY 4, 2010!
www.thenewpornographers.com
-John Baer