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The Embers Of Eden was transcribed from the Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu album
Drop F# tuning (low EADF#BE high) h hammer-on p pull-off F#m7 244320 FmMaj7b5 133200 Bm x2000x E5 0222xx C#m9sus x44200 C#m9 x46000 B5 x24000 A6 x04xxx F#5 2440xx E9 0440xx F#m7sus 244300 E 022200
F#m7 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . ||--0-----------------------------|--0-----------------------------|| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-------2-------|--2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2---2-------|| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------3-------|--3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---3-------|| ||-(4)----------------------------|-(4)----------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||2-------------------2-------0---|2---------------------------0---|| (repeat)
FmMaj7b5 (whatever!) , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . ||--------------------------------|0-------------------------------| ||------------------------0-------|--------------------------------| ||2-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |(3)------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---| F#m7 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . |---------------------------------|0-------------------------------|| |-------------------------0-------|--------------------------------|| |3--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| (4)-------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |2---2---2---2---2---2----2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|| (repeat) Bm , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |0-----------------------2-------|3-------------------------------| |0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------| |0-----------------------2-------|4-------------------------------| |2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| F#m7 E5 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |2---------------0---------------|--------------------------------| |3---------------2-----------3---|2-------------------------------| |----------------------------4---|2-------------------2-------2---| |--------------------------------|2---------------------2h4-----4-| |2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|0---0---0---0---0---------------| F#m7 C#m9sus , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . |------------------------0-------|--------------------------------| |2-----------------------2-------|-------0-------0----------------| |3-----------------------3-------|--2p0-----0h2-----3p0-----------| |4-----------------------4-------|-----------------------4--------| |4-------------------------------|4---------------------------4---| |2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|--------------------------------| F#m7 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . |--0-----------------------------|--0-----------------------------|| |--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-------2-------|--2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2---2-------|| |--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------3-------|--3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---3-------|| |-(4)----------------------------|-(4)----------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |2-------------------2-------0---|2---------------------------0---|| (repeat)
We each occupied the same space/time
matter antimatter tangled like vines
and the awful tolling
and the cold rain outside
and I cannot scrape this dream off my eyes
Refrain: C#m9 B5 A6 B5 F#5 E9 F#5 E9 F#5 F#5 The embers of Eden burn C#m9 B5 A6 B5 F#5 E9 F#5 E9 F#5 F#5 you can even see it from space C#m9 B5 A6 B5 F#5 E9 F#5 E9 F#5 F#5 the great and winding wall between us E F#m7sus seem to copy the lines of your face Guitar solo: (F#m aeolian mode, based on A major scale, centered on C#) , . , . , . , . |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |2-4-5-4-2-4---etc.--------------| |--------------------------------| Refrain:
E5 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||------2-x-----------------------|------x-2---2h3p2---------------| ||------2-x---------------2-------|------x-2-----------4p2---2-----| ||------2-x-----------2h4-----4---(2)----x-2---------------4---2h4-| ||0-----------0---0---------------|0-------------------------------| F#m7sus (retard here last time) , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . |--0-----------------------------|--0-----------------------------|| |--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-------0-------|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0---0-------|| |--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------3-------|--3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---3-------|| |-(4)----------------------------|-(4)----------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |2-------------------2-------0---|2---------------------------2---|| (repeat twice, then) E5 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------2-x-----------------------|------x-2---2h3p2-2-------------| |------2-x---------------2-------|------x-2-----------4p2---2-----| |------2-x-----------2h4-----4---(2)----x-2---------------4---2h4-| |0-----------0---0---------------|0-------------------------------| F#m7sus (retard) , . , . , . , |--0-----------------------------|0-------------------------------|| |--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-------0-------|0-------------------------------|| |--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------3-------|3-------------------------------|| |-(4)----------------------------|4-------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|4-------------------------------|| |2-------------------2-------0---|2-------------------------------||