Dead Trees And Traffic Islands
Transcribed by Fung Mak fung.mak@strath.ac.uk


Chords used:
F#m: X9,11,11,10,9
Em: X79987
C: 8,10,10,9,8 
Bm: 799777
C5: X355XX
E5: 022XXX
D: X57775
Em(2): 022000


All fills have been arranged for guitar


The picked chorus uses a very distorted guitar and it is difficult 2 pick out some
notes but i have as hard as a could. Some bits even sound strummed more than picked!


[INTRO]
    F#m         Em     C      Bm
e||---9-----------------------8-7----------|
B||-----12-10-9---------9----------8---7---|
G||-9------------9---------9-------------7-| <--arrangement for guitar
D||-----------------11---------------------|
A||----------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------|


  
[VERSE 1]
Fill 1
e||------------------|
B||--------10-9------|
G||-9h11p9------11-9-|
D||------------------|
A||------------------|
E||------------------|


Fill 2
e||--------------|
B||--------------|
G||-12-12-9-12-9-|
D||--------------|
A||--------------|
E||--------------|


F#m                Em
Paralysis through analysis 
                      w/Fill 1
C                    Bm
Yellow, moral, unclean decay
F#m                        Em
Solitary begins to hurt me now
                       w/Fill 2
C                    Bm
The sunshine it fades away



[PRE-CHORUS]


Fill 3 
e||---------|
B||-12-10---|
G||-------9-|
D||---------|
A||---------|
E||---------|
                          w/Fill 3
C5                       Em
Syllables have now disappeared
C5
How could this happen to me
C5
How could this happen to me



[CHORUS] w/below Riff 1


Riff 1
    Bm                     C
e||------------------------------------------------|
B||-----7-----7-------7--------------7-8-7---------|
G||--------7-----7------7-----9-------------9----9-|
D||-5/9-------------9------7-----10-----------10---|
A||------------------------------------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------|


    D                     
e||-----------------------9--------------|
B||------------9----10b12---10-7-8-7-----|
G||-(9)-/11------11------------------9-7-|
D||-(10)/12-12---------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------|
a
     Em                      Bm
e||-----------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------7-----7-------7---|
G||-7-7-7--------------------------7-----7------7-|
D||-------9-----------------7/9-------------9-----|
A||----------10--9--7-9-10------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------|
 
    C                           D                            Em
e||-----------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------7-8-7-------------------10----10----------|
G||----9------------9----9-(9)-/11----------------11-12-|
D||-7-----10----------10---(10)/12-12----12----12-------|
A||-----------------------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------------|


Bm      C
But now i feel so weak
D                                     Em
Dead trees and traffic islands never meet
Bm      C
Is this, is this my defeat?
D
This purgatory for beginners
Em
Dead trees and traffic islands


[BREAK]
e||----------------------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------------------------------|
G||----------------------------------------------------------------|
D||-9/11--11--11--11--11--11-11-x-x-11--11--11-9-9-11-11-9-11-9-11-|
A||----------------------------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------------------------|


[VERSE 2]


Fill 4
e||------------------------------|
B||------10-9--------------------|
G||-11p9------11-9---12---9---10-|
D||------------------------------|
A||------------------------------|
E||------------------------------|


F#m               Em
Tolerance slips away
                                 w/Fill 4
C                                Bm
Body shrugs and says hello once more
F#m                Em
Paint the walls within my mind
C                          Bm
Clandestine brain finished period



[PRE-CHORUS]                             
                             w/Fill 3
C5                           E5
Lips turn grey inside turns out
C5
I show little defence
C5
I show little defence



[CHORUS] w/Riff 2


Riff 2


    Bm                     C
e||------------------------------------------------|
B||-----7-----7-------7--------------7-8-7---------|
G||--------7-----7------7-----9-------------9----9-|
D||-5/9-------------9------7-----10-----------10---|
A||------------------------------------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------|


    D                     
e||-----------------------9--------------|
B||------------9----10b12---10-7-8-7-----|
G||-(9)-/11------11------------------9-7-|
D||-(10)/12-12---------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------|


    Em
e||------------------------| 
B||------------------------|
G||-9---7------------------|
D||---------9--------------|
A||------------10-9-7-9-10-|
E||------------------------|


    Bm                    C                       D
e||---------------------------------------------------|
B||-----7-----7-------7-------------------------------|
G||--------7-----7------7-----9------9------9----/11--|
D||-7/9-------------9------7-----10----10-7---10-/12--|
A||---------------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------------|


                              Em
e||--------------------|
B||----9----9----------|
G||--------------11-12-|
D||-12---12---12-------|
A||--------------------|
E||--------------------|


Bm      C
But now i feel so weak
D                                     Em
Dead trees and traffic islands never meet
Bm      C
Is this, is this my defeat?
D
This purgatory for beginners
Em                                Em(2)
Dead trees and traffic islands


[OUTRO]
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           D
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           Em
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