Saosin - Translating The Name

artist : saosin
album : translating the name

this is the original version ( not the acoustic version ) . best played using power chords .
if you would be using a guitar in standard D tuning ( dgcfad from 6th to 1st string ) ,
you can transpose the following one step higher .

enjoy = )

intro :
Gm – – D# – –

verse :
– – note! for this part , listen very closely to anthony’s lines , not that of the back – up’s
( those lines in parentheses ) since that may confuse you . . . – –
Gm D#
oh , start saving green and before breathing
( i have your voice on tape in a southern accent screaming at me )
Gm D#
i was only one and we weren’t prepared for one before dreaming
( i have your voice on tape in a southern accent screaming at me )

chorus :
Gm Fm
know things look lovely to you
holding back , now and forever
D#
sweetheart , things look lovely
Fm
hoping for midnight and i deny
Gm Fm
you were walking so peculiar like ( still so deadly )
D#
you were lost in somebody else
Fm
you were walking so peculiar like ( still so deadly )
you were lost in somebody else

bridge :
Gm
sweet penance for a sound
D#
it might explode in our hands

Gm
i’m falling in a brown pigmentation of
D#
where the element guards cut short , turned in , and stopped
Gm
i’ve been watching rose give in and
D#
i wish that i could taper away so
Gm
i’ve been watching rose give in to it
severing the ties between mother and son
D#
i’ve been watching rose give in to it
severing the ties between mother and son

( repeat chorus )
( repeat bridge 2x )

instrumental :
Gm – – –

outro :
Gm D# Cm
oh , i once saw many place the end
D# Fm
i promised the world and a dozen roses
Gm D# Cm
oh , i once saw many place the end
D# Fm Gm ( end )
i promised the world and a dozen roses