Tuning: E A D G B E

Album: Closer (1980) Version for a standalone guitar mixing bass and synth elements [Intro] (bass riff) e||----------------------|----------------------| B||----------------------|----------------------| G||----------------------|----------------5555--| D||-3555-3555-3555-------|-3555-3555-3555-------| A||----------------3333--|----------------------| x3 E||----------------------|----------------------| (synth) B A G F G B A G F G B A G F G [Verse 1]

^GIn fear every ^Fday, every eve^Gning ^GHe calls her a^Floud from ab^Gove ^GCarefully w^Fatched for a r^Geason ^GPainstaking de^Fvotion and ^Glove ^GSurrendered to ^Fself preserva^Gtion ^GFrom others who ^Fcare for them^Gselves ^GA blindness that ^Ftouches perfec^Gtion ^GBut hurts just like ^Fanything ^Gelse

[Chorus]

^B ^A ^G ^FIsola^Gtion ^B ^A ^G ^FIsola^Gtion ^B ^A ^G ^FIsola^Gtion

(bass riff) [Verse 2]

^GMother I tr^Fied please believe ^Gme ^GI'm doing the ^Fbest that I c^Gan ^GI'm ashamed of the ^Fthings I've been ^Gput through ^GI'm ashamed of the ^Fperson I ^Gam

[Chorus]

^B ^A ^G ^FIsola^Gtion ^B ^A ^G ^FIsola^Gtion ^B ^A ^G ^FIsola^Gtion

(bass riff) [Verse 3]

^GBut if you could ^Fjust see the ^Gbeauty ^GThese things I could ^Fnever desc^Gribe ^GThese pleasures a ^Fwayward distr^Gaction ^GThis is my ^Fone lucky pr^Gize

(bass riff) (synth) G F G F G F G F [Outro]

^G Isolation,^F isolation,^G isolation,^G isolation,^G isolation.

Joy Division - Isolation