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The basic chord shapes for the intro, outro and verse are D, G and A, with the bass note moving around while the rest of the chord stays the same. Thanks to Josh for this beauty. h = hammer on Here's the intro/verse: D G e-------2---------2---------2---------2-----------3---------3-----------3---| b-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3-------3---3-----3---3-------3---3-| G---2---------2---------2---------2-----------0---------0-----------0-------| D-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A-----------4---------2---------0-------------------------------0h2---------| E-----------------------------------------0h3---------2---------------------| A -------0---| -----2---2-| ---2-------| -----------| -0---------| -----------| This pattern flows through the whole song like so (caps on downbeats): up here in the Crows nest i am Swimming through the Breeze D e-------2-------------2--------------2---------------------2---| b-----3---3---------3---3----------3---3-----------------3---3-| G---2-------------2--------------2---------------------2-------| D-0------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------4--------------2---------------------0---------| E--------------------------------------------------------------| one last Memory from the Sun as it is Sinking by deGrees G e---------------3--------------3-------------3-----------0---| b-------------3---3----------3---3---------3---3-------2---2-| G-----------0--------------0-------------0-----------2-------| D------------------------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------0h2-----------0---------| E-------0h3--------------2-----------------------------------|
and DHigh above an Albatross is following its Light and i will GSing to her as She flies by on this ABeautiful DNight
Ahead is the horizon, always changing, it stands fast Far behind me are the desert islands, shipwrecks of the past And I have seen the cannons sounding in the early morning light But I have left my battles for the day On this beautiful night Below me, all the sailors, they're on this journey too And each of us must make our unknown way upon the blue So tonight we cast our worries, float jetsam on the tide And we'll watch them echo far away On this beautiful night For the bridge, Josh strums these chords Bm (x24432) F#m(244222) Em(022000) A7(x02020)
Bm the flat F#mEarth may end we may EmSail off the edge and A7Not be seen again so iBm sing and hope my song will form a F#mRope of golden chords so that EmI can rescue someone else should A7They fall overboard
and then back to the original picking pattern (D,G,A)... Because some of us are pirates and some of us are damned But all of us need all of us to ever find the land And though the passage of good hope may seem Like a needles eye We're floating on tranquility On this Beautiful night Up here in the crows nest I am swimming through the breeze One last memory from the sun Once you've got all this, you can start walking down to some of the bass notes. Josh starts doing this towards the end of the song, starting with the transition from D to G: ...D G A -------2-----------3---------3-----------3---------0----| -----3---3-------3---3-----3---3-------3---3-----2---2--| ---2-----------0---------0-----------0---------2--------| ----------0-----------0---------0-----------0-----------| -0------0-----------2---------0--0h2------2--0----------| -----------0h3---------2--------------------------------| He also sometimes adds an extra beat or two to the D pattern by simply repeating the previous bass note before hitting the next one... D e-------2---------2----------2----------2---| b-----3---3-----3---3------3---3------3---3-| G---2---------2----------2----------2-------| D-0--------0--------------------------------| A-----------4--------4-2--------2-0---------| E-------------------------------------------|