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Pixies
Song: Hang Wire
Album: Bossanova
tabbed by: Derek 

[INTRO]
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[VERSE] - palm mute 

 E5       B5     C5    G5  B5  C5
  They're going higher
 E5       B5        C5     G5
  Wind is whistling on the barbs
       B5       C5
  Your head's a hammer

[CHORUS]
Em    B   C-C-B-A
 Hang wire,
G     B   C-C-D-D#
 Hang wire
Em    B   C C      B      A    G    B   C-C-B-A
 Hang wire,  (Meet you at the) Hang wire


[VERSE 2] 

E5    B5       C5   G5  B5  C5
 That man is a liar
     E5     B5     C5     G5
 The day is like a warm night
      B5        C5
 Salt rusts the cold line

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]
Em                 B
 Every morning and every day
C 
 I'll bossanova with ya

[INTRO] 2 times

[VERSE 3]
E5  B5           C5   G5  B5  C5
 If there were a fire
E5      B5        C5  
 Can we scratch beneath this

[END CHORUS]

Em    B   C-C-B-A
 Hang wire,
G     B   C-C-D-D#
 Hang wire
Em    B   C C      B      A    G    B   D-D#-Em
 Hang wire,  (Meet you at the) Hang wire
Em    B             C     G             B    C  Em
 Hang Wire (they're going higher), Hang wire
Em    B             C     G          B    C
 Hang Wire (they're going higher), Hang Wire
Em    B             C     G             B    C-D-B
 Hang Wire (they're going higher), Hang wire
B     F#   C      G    
 Hang wire,  Hang Wire
D#    E     B     F#
 Hang Wire,  Hang Wire
C     G    D#       *
 Hang Wire,  Hang Wire 


*ENDING: E C B G E

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the fifth chords:
  E5   B5    C5   G5
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