"Lightning Crashes"
Album: Throwing Copper
bY Mike Martelli
Lyrics by Edward Kowalczyk
*I took the time to tab this for you please if you use it on another site just give credit
where credit is due. Thanks, Mike*
THIS TAB IS 100% GUARENTEED CORRECT.
KEY
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O = Play this note open
x = Do not play this note
X = mute that chord
Strum pattern for intro and chorus down below
EXAMPLE -------->FF - this simply means to strum the specific chord downstroke upstroke
-------->FFX - this simply means to strum downstroke upstroke downstroke
muting the last downstroke)
Chords
F Am
E|-1----------| E-------------|O
B|-1----------|O B-1-----------|
G|----2-------| G----2--------|
D|---------3--| D----2--------|
A|-------3----| A-------------|O
E|-1----------| E-------------|x
Csus2 E7
E|-3----------| E-------------|x
B|-3----------| B-------3-----|
G|---------5--| G-------------|O
D|-------5----| D-------------|O
A|-3----------| A----2--------|
E|------------|x E-------------|O
G
E|-3----------|
B|-3----------|
G|----4-------|
D|---------5--|
A|-------5----|
E|-3----------|
Lightning Crashes a new mother cries.
Her placenta falls to the floor.
The angel opens her eyes,
the confusion sets in...
before the doctor can even close the door.
Lightning Crashes an old mother dies.
Her intentions fall to the floor.
The angel closes her eyes...
the confusion that was hers...
belongs now to the baby down the hall.
Chorus
Oh now feel it...coming back again.
Like a rollin thunder chasing the wind.
Forces pullin from the center of the earth again.
[UP UNTIL THIS PART THE ONLY CHORDS YOU SHOULD USE ARE F - Csus2 - G IN THAT ORDER BE CAREFUL
BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE TO MUTE THE CHORDS AT TIMES]
I can feel it.
Strum Pattern
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Intro and most of the song
F X F FXX Csus2 X Csus2 Csus2XX G X G GXX G X G GXX ------------->BACK TO "F" AND JUST REPEAT.
Chorus
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FF FXX Csus2Csus2 Csus2XX GGGG GG GXX----------------->REPEAT
GO NICE AND SLOW...THEN AS YOU REPEAT THE MAIN PATTERN, BEGIN TO STRIKE THE CHORDS HARDER...
THIS IS WHERE YOU GET THE INTENSITY OF THE SONG.
Listen to the song...very easy to follow. If you need to see it download their
unplugged performance(use Kazaa or Morpheus and type in under video files - live
lightning crashes unplugged). The intro up to the chorus and pretty much
througout the entire song is a very easy strum pattern. There is also an
interlude when (I can feel it part) chords Am and E7 are used. Great song...may
sound a little better on the acoustic but either way works
Enjoy
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