Seven Mary Three - Needle Cant Burn

’needle can’t burn’ ( what the needle can’t find )
seven mary three from the album “rockcrown”
transcribed by jason leonard ( krusen@linknet . net )

chords :
G C E D

– – 3 – – – 0 – – – 3 – – – 2 – – – |
– – 3 – – – 3 – – – 3 – – – 3 – – – |
– – 0 – – – 0 – – – 0 – – – 2 – – – |
– – 0 – – – 2 – – – 2 – – – 0 – – – |
– – 2 – – – 3 – – – 2 – – – – – – – |
– – 3 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – |

* use strumming for chords – use your ear for
timing of the strumming .

* song begins with drum intro *
0 : 00 – 0 : 26
G
i don’t want to spend the rest of my life
C
starin’ at a man , looking down a line
E
what’s he say? ’not my style’
C
just a stylized version of an obsolete file
G
i don’t want to spend the rest of my time
C
lookin’ for the words i’m never going to find
E
you read them in a book and apply them to your life
C
but how can i be as pretty as she writes?

0 : 27 – 0 : 39
D C
i know i’m all right . because
E C E D
the needle can’t burn what the needle can’t find

0 : 40 – 1 : 04
G
she don’t want to spend the rest of her heart
C
waste it on a job , and never get a start
E
part of her says she should be herself
C
and part of her says she should be with someone else
G
i don’t want to spend the rest of my life
C
looking for a girl i’m never gonna find .
E
starin’ back at me when i come home at night
C
but how can she be as pretty as i write?

1 : 05 – 1 : 16
D C
i know i’m all right . because
E C E D
the needle can’t burn what the needle can’t find

1 : 17 – 1 : 42
* guitar solo *
G C E C
G C E C

1 : 43 – end
D C
i don’t want to spend the rest of my life
E C E D
starin’ at a man , looking down a line
D C
it will be hard , but i know i’m all right ,
E C
because the needle can’t burn
E C
what the needle can’t find
E C E
and the money won’t save what the money
C
can’t buy
E C
and part of me is safe
E C D
and part of me is lies
G
so be mine tonight .

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