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Crystal by Husker Du
Off Candy Apple Grey album
Chords and rhythm pattern (used throughout)
e:-C--------0-0-0-0---0-0---||-D------------------------|
B:---------5-5-5-5---5-5---||---------7-7-7-7---7-7---|
G:-5---5---0-0-0-0---0-0---||-7---7---0-0-0-0---0-0---|
D:-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---||-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---|
A:-3---3---3-3-3-3---3-3---||-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---|
E:-------------------------||-------------------------|
e:-G3---3---3-3-3-3---3-3---|
B:-3---3---0-0-0-0---0-0---|
G:-0---0---0-0-0-0---0-0---|
D:-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---|
A:-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---|
E:-3---3---3-3-3-3---3-3---|
Intro:
C X 4
CAvalanche looms overhead
Airplane flies overhead
Important man sits by the window
Sucked out of the first class window
Images run by, thousand miles an hour
But the time seems far away
Folding clothes in a folding closet
Folding money in a resume
DTime to let off some pressure
Time to let off some steam
All your notebooks get thrown away
And you start your diary clean
GCrystal glass lined up in a row
Watched over by the G.I. Joes
Sugar in your coffee doesn't taste quite right
Feeling the effects for a hundred thousand nights
C X 4
CWhen civilization falls in its grave
Technology throws on the dirt
You realize the finest things in life
Are the ones that can never be hurt
DTime to let off some pressure
Time to let off some steam
All your notebooks get thrown away
And you start your diary clean
GCrystal glass lined up in a row
Watched over by the G.I. Joes
Sugar in your coffee doesn't taste quite right
Feeling the effects for a hundred thousand nights
C X 8
D X 4
G X 4
C (to end)
Shatters your brain in a million tiny pieces
The sounds you hear aren't coming out right
You think it might be mystic, you think I might be cryptic
The crystal in your china case is breaking in a million tiny pieces
Ends with this octave pattern played over C chord
e:----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D:----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Crystal

by Hüsker Dü

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Crystal by Husker Du

Off Candy Apple Grey album

Chords and rhythm pattern (used throughout)

C D

e:---------0-0-0-0---0-0---||-------------------------|

B:---------5-5-5-5---5-5---||---------7-7-7-7---7-7---|

G:-5---5---0-0-0-0---0-0---||-7---7---0-0-0-0---0-0---|

D:-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---||-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7---|

A:-3---3---3-3-3-3---3-3---||-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---|

E:-------------------------||-------------------------|

e:-3---3---3-3-3-3---3-3---|

B:-3---3---0-0-0-0---0-0---|

G:-0---0---0-0-0-0---0-0---|

D:-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---|

A:-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5---|

E:-3---3---3-3-3-3---3-3---|

Intro:

C X 4

Avalanche looms overhead

Airplane flies overhead

Important man sits by the window

Sucked out of the first class window

Images run by, thousand miles an hour

But the time seems far away

Folding clothes in a folding closet

Folding money in a resume

Time to let off some pressure

Time to let off some steam

All your notebooks get thrown away

And you start your diary clean

Crystal glass lined up in a row

Watched over by the G.I. Joes

Sugar in your coffee doesn't taste quite right

Feeling the effects for a hundred thousand nights

C X 4

When civilization falls in its grave

Technology throws on the dirt

You realize the finest things in life

Are the ones that can never be hurt

Time to let off some pressure

Time to let off some steam

All your notebooks get thrown away

And you start your diary clean

Crystal glass lined up in a row

Watched over by the G.I. Joes

Sugar in your coffee doesn't taste quite right

Feeling the effects for a hundred thousand nights

C X 8

D X 4

G X 4

C (to end)

Shatters your brain in a million tiny pieces

The sounds you hear aren't coming out right

You think it might be mystic, you think I might be cryptic

The crystal in your china case is breaking in a million tiny pieces

Ends with this octave pattern played over C chord

e:----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B:----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G:-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

D:----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A:-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

E:----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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