{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1003645,"song":"Architects And Engineers","artist":"Guster","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11221692-architects-and-engineers-chords-by-guster/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1003645?type=chord","rating":4.83424,"votes":21,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nThere's a lot going on in the studio version of this and I've yet to hear\r\na stripped-down version, so have some fun with the chord voicings and the\r\nsong will certainly carry its' own.\r\n\r\nsolo playing.\r\nTake a listen to the song and the strumming will be pretty self-evident.\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard (EADGBe)\r\n\r\n[tab]Chords Used\r\ne|--------------------------0----7----5----4----2------------------------|\r\nB|--9-----4-----4-----------0----7----5----4----2------------------------|\r\nG|--9-----4-----4------4----1----8----6----4----3------------------------|\r\nD|--9-----4-----4------2----2----9----7----6----4------------------------|\r\nA|--7-----2-----x------2----2----9----7----6----4------------------------|\r\nE|--------------2------0----0----7----5----4----2------------------------|[/tab]\r\n    [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E5[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]*   [ch]B[/ch]*   [ch]A[/ch]  G#min  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n E  B  F#/B  E5 (strum each six times, repeat twice)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI live on the second floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nOf an old row house down in Baltimore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWatching all the colors and the shapes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nStanding tall up here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]([ch]E5[/ch])\r\nMy face against the window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]*  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nOooooooOooOoooOoo[/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]E[/ch]*)\r\nMy face against the window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]*  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nOooooooOooOoooOoo[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThese moments, they can never last[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nLike a sad old man with his photographs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nKeeps wishing for the things he cannot change[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nStanding tall up here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]([ch]E5[/ch])\r\nMy face against the window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]*  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nOooooooOooOoooOoo[/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]E[/ch]*)\r\nMy face against the window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]*  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nOooooooOooOoooOoo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo the architects and the engineers[/tab]\r\n[tab]G#min                  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBuild their monuments, make their souvenirs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]*\r\nWe are occupants[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a trap, this town[/tab]\r\n       G#min\r\nWe are burning up\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWe are fading out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]*              **\r\nWe are shooting stars[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]*  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nOooooooOooOoooOoo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]*  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nOooooooOooOoooOoo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]*  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nOooooooOooOoooOoo[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------\r\n[tab]e-------------2-|\r\nB-4---4---4---2-|\r\nG-4---4---4---3-|\r\nD-4---4---4---4-|\r\nA-2---x---x---4-|\r\nE-----5---4---2-|\r\n      ^   ^\r\n    use your thumb on the E string for these two[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nduring the 'shooting stars line. To get the riff going throughout the bridge with one\r\nguitar just keep adding alternations between the 4th and 5th fret on B (as shown\r\nbelow) to the chords used in the transcribed version of the bridge above.\r\n[tab]e---------------|\r\nB-4--5--4--5--4-|\r\nG-4--4--4--4--4-| (etc...)\r\nD-4--4--4--4--4-|\r\nA-2--2--2--2--2-|\r\nE---------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nOooooooOooOoooOoo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nOooooooOooOoooOoo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nOooooooOooOoooOoo[/tab]","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThere's a lot going on in the studio version of this and I've yet to hear\na stripped-down version, so have some fun with the chord voicings and the\nsong will certainly carry its' own.\n\nsolo playing.\nTake a listen to the song and the strumming will be pretty self-evident.\n\nTuning: Standard (EADGBe)\n\n\n    E     B    F#/B    E5   E*   B*   A  G#min  F#\n\n\n[Intro]\n E  B  F#/B  E5 (strum each six times, repeat twice)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB*\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nB*\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n       G#min\nWe are burning up\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------\n\n\n\nduring the 'shooting stars line. To get the riff going throughout the bridge with one\nguitar just keep adding alternations between the 4th and 5th fret on B (as shown\nbelow) to the chords used in the transcribed version of the bridge above.","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","F#","E5","G#min","F#/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}