Tuned down a whole step to -D. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ fig.1: d----0--------0-------0-------- a-12---12--10---10--8---8--7/-- f------------------------------ c------------------------------ g------------------------------ d------------------------------ fig.2: d-------------------------------------------------- a-------------------------------------------------- f-14b15r14----14b15r14----14b15r14-----14b15r14---- c-14b15r14-14-14b15r14-14-14b15r14-14--14b15r14-14- g-------------------------------------------------- d-------------------------------------------------- chords: d------- -------- ------- ------- -------- a------- -------- ------- ------- -------- f------- -------- ------- ------- -------- c---5--- ---12--- ---10-- ---8--- ---7---- g---5--- ---12--- ---10-- ---8--- ---7---- d---3--- ---10--- ---8--- ---6--- ---5---- _____________________________________________________ fig.1 You paint your own T.V. on the wall fig.1 Carve out insects to feed us all fig.1 Lights flash by and the fast world echoes your thoughts Your compass led you to the edge of a lake You'll singe your nuts down there if you take Such bad advice from the love gods of hate You'll get cold You get burned, you get cold You get burned, you get cold You get burned, you get cold You get burned, you get cold On the plush green rug in the lime green light Eyes like white stones in black light I promise you everything that you like I go Mississippi kite Mississippi kite Mississippi kite _______________________________________________________________ fig.2 (x2) lead 1: d-------------------------------------5---------------- a-------------------------0-3-5-5-3-5---5/10--10/12-12- f-----------------0---0-2------------------------------ c------------0--2---2---------------------------------- g--------0-2------------------------------------------- d-0-0-/3----------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________________________ fig.1 Gloss assails us, then dims fig.1 Comic book nights, L.A. grim fig.1 The Hollywood martians, lucky stiffs, fucking win You told me enough times you can't give me enough rope To hang myself one time but I can always hope You come down on me so hard that I choke and go You get burned, you get cold You get burned, you get cold You get burned, you get cold You get burned, you get cold Meanwhile I feed you boric acid and air Lemon drops, snow cream, speckled eggs The sweat seeps in through a crack in your head And you go Mississippi kite Mississippi kite Mississippi kite Mississippi kite Mississippi kite Mississippi kite _____________________________________________________________ fig.2 (x2) lead 2: d---------------------------3---5---5/7-7-7/10-10-7-10/12-12- a---------------------3/5-5---5---5-------------------------- f-----------------0------------------------------------------ c------------0--2---2---------------------------------------- g--------0-2------------------------------------------------- d-0-0-/3----------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ On the SPEEDBATH version there is a different intro and this is repeated several times throughout the song, sometimes with slight variations. (slides are sometimes audible) d-----3-------------7----------------------------- a-3h5---5-3h5---3h5---5-3h5----3h5-7-7h8-8-10-8-5- f---------------------------4--------------------- c------------------------------------------------- g------------------------------------------------- d-------------------------------------------------

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