The Fisher King Blues

-KEY- ~ = ring out -CHORDS- EADGBe A7 x02020 A7(2) x05050 A7sus4 x02030 D x00232 D(2) x5423x Dadd9 x54230 ch /ch Dsus2/F# 2X0230 ch /ch Dsus2/G 3X0230 D5 X0023x E 022100 Em 022000 Eadd9 022102 E7 020100 Gsus2 3x0233 -RIFFS- A7 Riff e|---0------0------0---| B|---2------3------2---| G|---0------0------0---| D|---2------2------2---| A|---0------0------0---| E|---------------------| A7 Riff 2 e|---0------0------0---| B|---2------3------5---| G|---0------0------0---| D|---2------2------5---| A|---0------0------0---| E|---------------------| D Riff e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3---| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------2-------2-4-----2-------| D|-------------------4-------5---------------4-------5---------------4-------------------------------| A|---5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D Riff 2 (Dadd9) e|----------------------------------------------------------0----------------------------------------| B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3---------------3-------3-------3-------3-------3---| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------2-------2-4-----2-------| D|-------------------4-------5---------------4-------5---------------4-------------------------------| A|---5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D Riff 3 e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3---| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------2-------4-------2-------| D|-------------------4-------5---------------4-------5---------------4-------------------------------| A|---5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E Riff e|---0-----0-----2-----2-----0---| B|---0--0--------0--0--------0---| G|---1-----------1-----------1---| D|---2-----------2-----------0---| A|---2-----------2-----------2---| E|---0-----------0-----------0---| -INTRO- Riff 1 Riff 2 -VERSE- Riff 1 Parents don't be too kind to your kids Riff 1 Or else how will they grow up to be Riff 3 Last Parisian sinners and astral country singers Riff 1 Singing about the terrible things their parents did Riff 2 Lovers dont be sparing with the truth Riff 1 Break their hearts if that's what you must do Riff 1 Fill them with remorse tinged with hope of course Riff 1 E riff Let their basal instincts pull them through -CHORUS- E7 Gsus2 E riff And though it seems a little strange to me E7 Gsus2 People never really change it seems -VERSE- ch /ch D Dsus2/G All across America ch /ch A7 riff D Dsus2/G A7 riff Waitresses and boys who play guitar ch /ch D Dsus2/G They fall in love and fall out A7 riff The boys have something to sing about ch /ch D Dsus2/G A7 riff And the girls go drown their sorrows in the bars ch /ch D Dsus2/G A7 riff Meanwhile all across the old country ch /ch D Dsus2/G A7 riff Sets melt out in front of their TVs ch /ch D Dsus2/G Younger brothers and sisters A7 riff Ponder on what they're missing ch /ch D Dsus2/G A7 riff E riff Wonder how the air tastes when you're really free -CHORUS- E7 Gsus2 E riff And though it seems a little strange to me E7 Gsus2 E riff Well you can never really change it seems E7 Gsus2 E riff All you broken boys and girls take heart E7 Gsus2 Come together, fall apart -POWER VERSE- D5~ A7 riff And in Battersea power station the Fisher King D5~ A7 riff Ponders on his pride among many other things D5~ Folds his broken hands D5~ Surveys his baron lands D5~ D5~ D5 And prays for hope to whisper in the wind -BRIDGE- Gsus2 Cause we go on without meaning A7 We'll die without reason Dm Dm/C And the world still goes on Gsus2 Pass without passing G6 You can try and try and try ch /ch A7 D Dsus2/G A7 riff 2 But no one ever makes it out alive ch /ch D Dsus2/G A7 riff 2 No one ever makes it out alive -OUTRO- ch /ch D Dsus2/G All you broken boys and girls Em A7 riff 2 With your tattered lives unfurled ch /ch D Dsus2/G Em A7 riff 2 Fix yourselves and fix the Fisher King ch /ch D Dsus2/G All you broken boys and girls Em A7 riff 2 With your tattered lives unfurled ch /ch D Dsus2/G Em A7 riff 2 Fix yourselves and fix the Fisher King ch /ch D Dsus2/G All you broken boys and girls Em A7 riff 2 With your tattered lives unfurled ch /ch D Dsus2/G Em A7 riff 2 Fix yourselves and fix the Fisher King ch /ch D Dsus2/G All you broken boys and girls Em A7 riff 2 With your tattered lives unfurled ch /ch D Dsus2/G Em A7 riff 2 Fix yourselves and fix the Fisher King ch /ch /ch Dsus2/G Dsus/F# Em A7 riff 2 Fix yourselves and fix the Fisher King ch /ch /ch Dsus2/G Dsus/F# Em While you fix yourselves fix the Fisher King A7 riff 2 Fix the fisher King ch /ch /ch Dsus2/G Dsus2/F# Em (Ooooooh) ch /ch /ch Dsus2/G Dsus2/F# Em~ (Ooooooh)