Joy Division - A means to an end
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Album: Closer (1980)
- This guitar version uses powerchords based on the bass line, the bass having generally
the major melodic role in Joy Division songs.
- Novices can play only the two first strings of powerchords.
- Use flanger, reverb and distortion.
[Chords]
G5 355xxx
F#5 244xxx
F5 133xxx
E5 022xxx
E5* x799xx
D5 x577xx
A5 577xxx
[Intro]
G5 F5 E5
G5(guF5itaE5r riff)
e||-----------------------0--|
B||------------------------0-|
G||--------------------------|
D||-5-7--5-7-5---5-7--5-7----|
A||--------------------------|
E||--------------------------| x2
[Verse 1]
A G5legacy, so F#5far removF5ed,
E5 One day will be improved.
EG5ternal rights we F#5left behinF5d,
E5 We were the better kind.
G5Two the same, F#5set free toF5o,
E5 I always looked to you, G5 F5
E5 I always looked to you, G5 F5
E5 I always looked to you.
[Verse 2]
We G5fought for good, sF5tood side by side,
E5 Our friendship never died.
On G5stranger waves, the F#5lows and hiF5ghs,
E5 Our vision touched the sky.
ImG5mortalists with pF#5oints to prF5ove,
E5 I put my trust in you, G5 F#5 F5
E5 I put my trust in you, G5 F5
E5 I put my trust in you! G5 F5
E5 G5 F5 E5
[Bridge]
E5* D5 A5 E5*
E5*(guitD5ar soA5lo) E5*
e||----------------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------------------------|
G||---7----9-9-7----7----9-9-7----9----9----9----9----9----9-|
D||-7----7--------7----7--------7----7----7----7----7----7---|
A||----------------------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------------------| x2
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------0--|
B||----------------------------------------------------------------------0-|
G||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||-9--7--5-5--5-9-9--7-7--5-5--------------------5-7--5-7-5---5-7--5-7----|
A||-----------------------------7-777777777777777--------------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
A G5house somewhereF#5 on foreign sF5oil,
E5 Where aging lovers call.
Is G5this your goal, F#5your final nF5eeds
E5 Where dogs and vultures eat?
ComG5mitted still, I F#5turn to F5go,
E5 I put my trust in you, G5 F5
E5 I put my trust in you, G5 F5
E5 I put my trust in you! G5 F5
[Outro]
E5 I put my trust in you!
G5In you, F5in you, E5in you.
Put my G5trust F5in you, E5in you.
E5* D5 A5 E5*
E5* D5 A5 E5*\D5 (slide slowly)