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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: Bm
Difficulty: Novice
Intro Riff x2:
You can move around and add some slides.
The end result is pretty cool.
But this is the closest to the original:
G D A Bm
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|8------------------8-7--|7-----------------------|5------------------5----|3-----------------------|
G|----7------------------9|----7-------------------|----6----------------7-6|----4-------------------|
D|--------9------9--------|--------7---------------|--------7------7--------|--------4---------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Hook:
A Bm
Uh-uh, have I been awake too long?
A Bm
Ah-ah, I'm taking this way too far
A Bm
Uh-uh, have I been awake too long?
Verse 1:
G F# Bm E
And then it hits me somewhere right between the eyes
G F# (strum once and let it ring)
'Cause I know the cost of time and I've paid it all my life
Refrain, same as Intro Riff:
G D
Near or far, no matter how close you are
A Bm
Hopelessly united in entropy
G D
Could it be, the presence of memory
A Bm
Is all we are, and all that we'll ever be?
Hook:
A Bm
Uh-uh, have I been awake too long?
A Bm
Ah-ah, I'm taking this way too far
A Bm
Uh-uh, have I been awake too long?
Verse 2:
G F# Bm E
And then I tell myself it's just so far away
G F# Bm E
Back to the old routine that fills my every day
G F# Bm E
Some pray the holy ghost will save them from the grave
G F# (strum once and let it ring)
But I know the cost of time and I've paid it all my life
Solo:
G D A Bm
G D A Bm
G F# Bm E
G F# Bm (let it ring)
Solo 2:
G D A Bm
G D A Bm
G F# Bm E
G F# Bm (let it ring)
Song History
Last Updated: November 15, 2018