Pale New Dawn

Four Cornered Night
Words and music by Blake Schwarzenbach

Standard tuning

   B   E   F#   C# 
e----------------------| 
B----------------------| 
G----------------------| 
D--4---9---11---11-----| 
A--2---7----9----9-----| 
E------0---------9-----| 

B                                   E
Sickly surrender to cola remember machines
F#                                      B
Shaky somnambulist shiver out all your screams
E                                               B
Go to the room with the chair and wait for your life
C#                                         B
Scared that the voices i hear may never be mine


Verse
B                                    E
Seven december a paper back letter recalls
F#                                              B
You knew such happiness crashing her loveliness one wedded fall
E                                                    B
Cutting through gray where you're holding the pages amazed
C#                                       B
Cutting the picture to ribbons in winter parades


Chorus
e----------------------------------------------------------| 
B----------------------------------------------------------| 
G--4----4---4----4---4---4-----4------------3-----------3--| 
D--4----4---4----4---4---4-----4---2-----2------2-----2----| 
A--2----2---2----2---2---2-----2------4------------4-------| 
E----------------------------------------------------------| 

   Pale new dawn put something on
e----------------------------------------------------------| 
B----------------------------------------------------------| 
G------------------------------------------4------------4--| 
D------4----4---4---4--4----4----4------4------4-----4-----| 
A------4----4---4---4--4----4--6-----6------------6--------| 
E------2----2---2---2--2----2------------------------------| 

You're thinking faster than i run

    B   A  A/Ab  E   F#
e-------------------------| 
B-------------------------| 
G---4---------------------| 
D---4---7----7---2---4----| 
A---2---7----7---2---4----| 
E-------5----4---0---2----| 

        B          A
Now the more i get connected
    A/Ab              E
The less i know who i am
       F#                      B (fade)
And it feels like i'm the only one


Verse 2 (same as first)
The month has gone rabbits the winter is taking my life
Am i a passenger passing through scenes in someone else's life
Cold will outlast me apartments are castles in space
Warm with the void holding court in a four poster grave

Chorus (same as first)
Pale new dawn put something on
I hate the shape of things to come
Now the more we get connected
The less i know who you are
I don't think you thought that far

Bridge
e------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B--------------------------4--------------------------2------------------| 
G-----4--------------------4------------------4-------------4-------4~---| 
D-----6--------------------4--------------6-------------------------3~---| 
A--6---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E--4-------------------2-------------------------------------------------| 

       They gave you a food stamp for the air sucking wound in your chest
e--------------------------------------------------| 
B-----------2------------------------2-------------| 
G----4------------4h6--3~------4---------------3~--| 
D--------------------------------------------------| 
A--------------------------------------------------| 
E--------------------------------------------------| 

              All the best.            All the best.

Strings (arranged for guitar) OPTIONAL
e--------------------------------------------------------| 
B--------------------------------------------------------| 
G--------------------8--------13------9-----9-8-9-8------| 
D---6-------8----------------------------------------9---| 
A--------------------------------------------------------| 
E--------------------------------------------------------| 

e--------------------------------------------------------| 
B------------------------4------------------------8------| 
G------1--------3--------4-----------------------9-------| 
D--------2--------4----4---4------9-------9-----9----9---| 
A----2--------4------2----------7---7---7---7--7-----9---| 
E--0--------2-----------------0-------0--------------7---| 


Piano (arranged for guitar) OPTIONAL - if not, play B
e-----------------------19------------16--------------------16------| 
B----------16---19----------19-------------------14----16-----------| 
G--16------------------------------------------------------------13-| 
D-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

   Strange pale fighter you only grow lighter in time
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B-------------------14-----------16-----------------------------14---16---| 
G--12------11------------------------------------16----15-----------------| 
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

   Willfully silent declaring yourself with your cold scribbled rhyme

Guitar/Bass/Drums kick in
e--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G--8----------9--------13----------------------------------13--11--9-| 
D--------------------------------------14----------------------------| 
A---------------------------------------------------14---------------| 
E--------------------------------------------------------------------| 

   Making her find you beneath all the skin of your mind
e------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G------------------------8---------------------------------------6-------| 
D--------9-----------------------------------------------------------6-4-| 
A----------------------------------11-----------10--------9--------------| 
E------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

   She's digging towards nothing a hollowed out center in time

Chorus (same as first, but stop B instead of letting it ring)
Pale new dawn put someone on
I hate the shape of all you want
Now the more you get connected
The less i get who you are
But i don't want to think that hard

Outro (Power chords or root notes. Your choice)
e----------|-------------------------------------------| 
B----------|-------------------------------------------| 
G----------|-------------------------------------------| 
D----------|-------------------------------------------| 
A----------|-------------------------------------------| 
E-/////\\--|---7-7-------5-5-----------0-0-------3-----| 

                  It's a lonely way to live
e----------------------------------------------| 
B----------------------------------------------| 
G----------------------------------------------| 
D----------------------------------------------| 
A----------------------------------------------| 
E---7-7----------5-------------0---------3-----| 

        When you take what you give (and you don't give in)

Guitar 2
e---------------------------------------------------------| 
B---------------------------------------------------------| 
G----------------------------------------------5-7-8-7-5--| 
D---9---------7-------------2---------5------7------------| 
A---------------------------------------------------------| 
E---------------------------------------------------------| 


Guitar 1
e--------------------------------------------| 
B--------------------------------------------| 
G--------------------------------------------| 
D--------------------------------------------| 
A--------------------------------------------| 
E---7-7-------5-5-----------0-0-------3-3----| 

        In a nation of promises
e--------------------------------------------| 
B--------------------------------------------| 
G--------------------------------------------| 
D--------------------------------------------| 
A--------------------------------------------| 
E---7-7---------5--------------0--------3----| 

        Your anonymous promises

   A        E                G          A                          
e-----------------16-20--------------------------| 
B-----17----16------------------12-15------14-17-| 
G--16----16----16------------12---------14-------| 
D------------------------------------------------| 
A------------------------------------------------| 
E------------------------------------------------| 

e--------| 
B--------| 
G--------| 
D--9~----| 
A--9~----| 
E--7~----| 

That's it! Hell yes!