Bridges, Squares
by ted leo/pharmacists
tabbed by d. (morning_thief@hotmail.com)

an approximation :)


chords used:

-3-  -3-    -2-   -x-   -5-   -x-   -x-    -3-   -0-
-3-  -3-    -3-   -1-   -6-   -1-   -1-    -3-   -1-
-0-  -0-    -4-   -0-   -7-   -2-   -2-    -4-   -0-
-2-  -2-    -4-   -2-   -7-   -2-   -3-    -5-   -0-
-3-  -0-    -2-   -3-   -5-   -0-   (3)    -5-   -2-
-x-  -x-    -x-   -x-   -x-   -x-   -0-    -3-   -3-
C9  A7sus4   Bm    C     Dm    Am  Fmaj7   G    Gaug



(not entirely sure how to put a name to this chord, but for the 
sake of argument. it appears in the chorus)


INTRO

C9 (for two measures)


VERSE

   C9
As i walked to kendall square,

    A7sus4
and crossed the river basin there,

    C9
the charles was black, the sky was blue,

    A7sus4
the view was old, the bridge was new.

    Bm
and past the flow's constricted mouth,

C
commercial lines flowed mostly south,

   Dm
or east across a boundless sea,

      Am
where rising soon, the star would be.

    C9
the tides are moved by sun and moon.

    A7sus4
the spring will last from march to june.

    C9
the red line train will pass behind,

   A7sus4
as long as bridge joins stream and sky.

    Bm
and from that point where i did stand,

  C
i wondered at the works of man.

  Dm
i wondered how this walk began,

    Am
til red line train came round again.



CHORUS

	 Fmaj7   C       Gaug  C
but it's not the time to oss-ify.

     Fmaj7   C       Gaug     C
it's not the end of wondering why.

     Fmaj7       C             Gaug  C
it's not in your faith or your apostasy.

     Fmaj7   C
it's not the end of

C9    A7sus4
history.


VERSE

as i can take, so i could give,
if i could shop where i could live.
as i can read, so i'd write books,
if i could eat where i could cook
where talkers have a place to meet,
where walkers walk along the street,
and subways travel paths well hid,
but ferries take you off the grid.


BRIDGE

Dm			  F
predicatble waves of historicity,

Dm                              F
nostalgia for gas-lit time i'll never see,

Dm                   C   Am
futurians manifest, internationalists.

G                                F
connected are the promenades and waterways

    G                                 Dm
the living waves of harbor nights and city days.

    Dm
and where is the builder?

          F
was there something missed?

Dm                                     G
hidden in the plans to the bridge that started this? hey hey!


BREAKDOWN

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|---0------0------------0--------------|
D|-3---\2-2--(0)---0---2----------------|
A|---------------2---3------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

	*this is sort of rhythmically varied, so use your best judgment


SOLO(?)
(sorry, no clue)


CHORUS

	 Fmaj7   C       Gaug  C
but it's not the time to oss-ify.

     Fmaj7   C       Gaug     C
it's not the end of wondering why.

     Fmaj7       C             Gaug  C
it's not in your faith or your apostasy.

     Fmaj7   C
it's not the end of

C9    A7sus4
history.


VERSE

as i walked on to founders' square,
and crossed the river basin there,
the passaic was grey, the sky was blue,
the bridge was old, the view was new.
and from that point where i did stand,
i wondered at the builder's plan.
i wondered how this walk will end.
til path train came around again.


CHORUS

	 Fmaj7   C       Gaug  C
but it's not the time to oss-ify.

     Fmaj7   C       Gaug     C
it's not the end of wondering why.

     Fmaj7       C             Gaug  C
it's not in your faith or your apostasy.

     Fmaj7   C
it's not the end of

C9    A7sus4
history.


OUTRO

Play the C9 / A7sus4 four times, then end on a C