BOOM CRASH OPERA
The Best Thing
written by Richard Pleasance
from the album "These Here Are Crazy Times"
Transcribed by Daniel Schaumann <www.geocities.com/d_schaumann/>
GUITAR RIFF: (played following each line of verse)
E|-------------------|
B|------1------------|
G|--------------3----|
D|-------------------|
A|----3-------3------|
E|-------------------|
C
I put my spacesuit on, count back ten to one
The gravitation pull gets stronger
My skin it pulls away, my brains are on a plate
The weightless feeling here is bliss
CHORUS:
C/Bb C/A C/G
This is the best thing that has ever happened to me
C/Bb C/A C/G
These are the colours that I've always wanted to see
G Bb
And although I never said it before
C
I love you, I need you, I need it, I love you
1 2 3 4
E|--------3-1-0---|
B|------1-------3-|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|------------------------3-1-0---------------------------3-1-0---|
B|----1-----------------1-------3-----1-----------------1-------3-|
G|----------0---3---------------------------0---3-----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|------------------------3-1-0-----------------------------------|
B|----1-----------------1-------3-1-------------------------------|
G|----------0---3---------------------0---------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------3-3-2-------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------3-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C
Now I'm embracing you from the highest altitudes
Through telescopes, our friends they watch us
These heights are dangerous, from here I can see why
C/Bb C/A C/G C/F
Our astronauts retire early
C
This is the best thing that has ever happened to me
C
These are the colours that I've always wanted to see
G Bb
And although I never said it before
C
I love you, I need you, I need it, I love you
SOLO:
1 2 3 4
E|--------3-1-0---|
B|------1-------3-|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|------------------------3-1-0-----------------------------------|
B|----1-----------------1-------3-----1---------------------------|
G|----------0---3-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
FOLLOWED BY: 14 bars of E minor,
4 bars of C,
then:
C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|6-----6-----6-------8---8-------6-----6-----6-------------------|
B|----8-----8-------8-----------------8-----8-------8-6---5-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|6-6---6-----6-6---6-8-6-8---8---6-----8-----13--12--8-----------|
B|----8---8-8-----8-------------8-----8-----8---8-----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|5-----7-----3-----5-5---5---7---9-----10----7-----9-----5-------|
D|5-----7-----3-----5-5---5---7---9-----10----7-----9-----5-------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|12--12------12------13--13--13--15~~~~~~17~~~~~~18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------9---9---9-10----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4
E|18-b-20---------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
CHORUS x2
REPEAT x4:
C
1 2 3 4
E|--------3-1-0---|
B|------1-------3-|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|------------------------3-1-0-----------------------------------|
B|----1-----------------1-------3-1-------------------------------|
G|----------0---3-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
12/12/2002