| = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music

~ = vibrato or held note

/ = slide up from infinity

\ = slide down into infinity

o  \_

o  /   repeat sign (always look for these!)

[x35553] = fret box; this is a C chord - this is the same as standard

  tablature, only turned on its side. Tilt your head clockwise to read.



Chord legend:



C#m7      : [9/11/9999]

F#        : [244322]

F#7sus4   : [242422]

F#7(AddB) : [x44300]

E         : [022100]





[Riff 1]

    Eb7

e:--15--15---15--15--15--15--15---15~~-------------------------------|

B:--14--14---14--14--14--14--14---14~~-------------------------------|

G:--15--15---15--15--15--15--15---15~~-------------------------------|

D:--13--13---13--13--13--13--13---13~~-------------------------------|

A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|



[Riff 2]

    Gb6

e:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------|

B:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------|

G:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------|

D:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------|

A:---9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--------------------------|

E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|



[Riff 3]

     Ab                          Absus4

e:---8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8----9--9--9--8--------------------------|

B:---9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--------------------------|

G:---8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8--------------------------|

D:--10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10--------------------------|

A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|



Song progression:



      C#m7            C#m7

I see red. An'it hurts my head.





F# F# F# F#                           F#7sus4 3x    F#7(addB)

             I guess it must be something    that I read.



    E5       F#9 G9 G#9

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|

G:--4---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|

D:--2---------8---9--10\---------------------------------------------|

A:--2---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|

E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|



Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 3 times



e:------------11---|------------11--14--|

B:--13---14--(11)--|--13---14-----------|

G:o----------(12)--|-------------------o|

D:o----------(13)--|-------------------o|

A:-----------------|--------------------|

E:-----------------|--------------------|



[Riff 1] x1

                        [Riff 1] x2 very freely

It's the color of your heartbeat,

                [Riff 2] x2

A rising summer sun,

                   [Riff 3] x2

The battle lost or won,

    [Riff 1] x1                                  C#m7

The flash to fashion, the pulse to passion feels red,

      C#m7

Inside my head.





F# F# F# F#~                         F#7sus4 3x  F#7(addB)

             And truth is something better left unsaid.



E         E  E         C#m7

        I said red, red.

                              C#m7               C#m7 C#m7 C#m7

I'm thinking about the overhead, the underfed.



F#                                 F#7sus4  F#7(addB)

   Couldn't we talk about something else instead?



    E5       F#9 G9 G#9

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|

G:--4---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|

D:--2---------8---9--10\---------------------------------------------|

A:--2---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|

E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|



Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 3 times



e:------------11---|------------11--14--|

B:--13---14--(11)--|--13---14-----------|

G:o----------(12)--|-------------------o|

D:o----------(13)--|-------------------o|

A:-----------------|--------------------|

E:-----------------|--------------------|



[Riff 1] x1

                         [Riff 1] x2 very freely      [Riff 2] x2

We've got Mars on the horizon, says the National Midnight Star.

(It's true.)

                           [Riff 3] x2

What you believe is what you are.



  [Riff 1] x1                                          C#m7

A pair of dancing shoes the Soviets are the blues. The reds under your



C#m7

bed,

                              F#7sus4  F#7(addB)

C#m7 C#m7 F#                       \/   \/

             lying in the darkness         dead ahead.



    E5       F#9 G9 G#9

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|

G:--4-----x---9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|

D:--2-----x---8---9--10\---------------------------------------------|

A:--2-----x---9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|

E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|



Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 16 times



e:--9-9--9-------9-11--------|

B:---------11--9-------------|

G:o-------------------------o|

D:o-------------------------o|

A:---------------------------|

E:---------------------------|





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[Play this whole next section twice]





The keyboard plays this whole thing two times:



e:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

B:--------------------7~~--|-----------------------------------------|

G:---------6---6--8--------|-----------6---6--8~~--------------------|

D:---6--8------------------|----6---8--------------------------------|

A:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

E:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|



While the guitar plays this freely:



e:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------|

B:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------|

G:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------|

D:--13-13--13--13--13-13-13-13-13------------------------------------|

A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|



Then:



e:-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|

B:--13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13--|-------------------------------------|

G:o-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13-o|--11-11-11-11-------11-11-11-11------|

D:o-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13-o|--11-11-11-11-------11-11-11-11------|

A:--11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11--|---9--9--9--9--------9--9--9--9------|

E:-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|



---------------



And the mercury is rising; Barometer starts to fall.

You know it gets to us all.

The pain that is learning - and the rain that is burning -



     C#m7          C#m7

Feel red.    Still, go ahead.

                                        F#7sus4     F#7(addB)  E

C#m7 C#m7 C#m7  F#                         \/          \/     \/

                    You see black 'n' white, and I see red,   red -



E E E           C#m7

      not blue.

                      C#m13        C#m7

e:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------|

B:-12-12-12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11----9~------------------------------|

G:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------|

D:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------|

A:-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11---11~------------------------------|

E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|



               [C#m7 freely]               F#

I'm thinkin' about the overfed, the under read.



F#7sus4 a few times, then F#7(addB)



E

                  C#m7              [Fill 1] x1

Well I said I'm a      bled red.



        [Fill 1] - palm-muted and with echoed repeats



        e:--------------------|

        B:------9-9-----------|

        G:---9------9---------|

        D:--------------------|

        A:--------------------|

        E:--------------------|



C#m7 freely

                                      F#    F#7(addB)

        Thinkin' about what you said.



                                            C#m7   C#m7   F#7(addB)

I think about it, I think, I think it, yeah!