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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#
This is a truly great song, and the only one on the album written by 
Ash's great bass player, Mark Hamilton.  It's a cool song to play, and 
not too hard, either.
Verse:
E----------
B----------
G----------
D--2----4--
A--2----4--
E--0----2--
   E5   F#5
Chorus:
E-------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------
G---------9------5----------5-----9---------
D---5-----9------5---5------5-----9-----4---
A---5-----7------3---5------3-----7-----4---
E---3----------------3------------------2---
        G5E5ii     C5       G5      C5E5ii   F#5  
Bridge: (1:33 into the song)
E--------------------------
B--------------------------
G---------7-----5----------
D---5-----7-----5-----2----
A---5-----5-----3-----2----
E---3-----------------0----
    G5    D5    C5    E5
Then play E5 - C5 during  the "hanging from the sky" part.
This riff is played at the end of the E5-C5 progression:
E-12-12-12-12--
B--------------
G--------------
Then there's this octave solo:
E--------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------
D-2-2-2-0-2---3-3-3--[Repeat, then:]---------------
A-------------------------------------12s11-///-0--
E-0-0-0-0-0---1-1-1--------------------------------  
This is played 2x:
E--9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11-
B-----------------------
G-----------------------
Then:
E-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-16-16-16-9-9-9-9-
B-------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------
Repeat this, and go to the 17th fret the second time.
The next part of the song is just  C#5 - F#5, 
then it goes to E5 - F#5 at the end when the 1st verse is
repeated.
Lyrics: (my version! These are not easy to decipher)
[Verse]
She comes out of town as the sun comes down,
Fly with your friends with the stars alive. (2x)
Running on a high from the spirit inside, 
Taking on the world with an innocent smile. (2x)
[Chorus]
Something knocked me down and I fell right to the
ground. I lost it all in one life, just wandering around.
[Verse]
Vandalism's fun when there's nothing to do,
Breaking through a wall, say it wasn't you. (2x)
Big daddy rocket take you for a ride,
shining to a rocket headed for the sky.(2x)
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
That's when I got this shield up, re-awoke my mind.
Swinging from a chandelier, hanging from the sky.
You turned me all around, only took your smile, 
Swinging from a chandelier, hanging from the sky.
Hanging from the sky.
EndRunning on a high with the spirit inside,
taking on the world with an innocent smile. (4x)
Luke

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Innocent Smile

by Ash

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F#5

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

This is a truly great song, and the only one on the album written by

Ash's great bass player, Mark Hamilton. It's a cool song to play, and

not too hard, either.

Verse:

E----------

B----------

G----------

D--2----4--

A--2----4--

E--0----2--

E5 F#5

Chorus:

E-------------------------------------------

B-------------------------------------------

G---------9------5----------5-----9---------

D---5-----9------5---5------5-----9-----4---

A---5-----7------3---5------3-----7-----4---

E---3----------------3------------------2---

G5 C5 G5 C5 F#5

E5ii E5ii

Bridge: (1:33 into the song)

E--------------------------

B--------------------------

G---------7-----5----------

D---5-----7-----5-----2----

A---5-----5-----3-----2----

E---3-----------------0----

G5 D5 C5 E5

Then play E5 - C5 during the "hanging from the sky" part.

This riff is played at the end of the E5-C5 progression:

E-12-12-12-12--

B--------------

G--------------

Then there's this octave solo:

E--------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------

D-2-2-2-0-2---3-3-3--[Repeat, then:]---------------

A-------------------------------------12s11-///-0--

E-0-0-0-0-0---1-1-1--------------------------------

This is played 2x:

E--9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11-

B-----------------------

G-----------------------

Then:

E-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-16-16-16-9-9-9-9-

B-------------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------

Repeat this, and go to the 17th fret the second time.

The next part of the song is just C#5 - F#5,

then it goes to E5 - F#5 at the end when the 1st verse is

repeated.

Lyrics: (my version! These are not easy to decipher)

[Verse]

She comes out of town as the sun comes down,

Fly with your friends with the stars alive. (2x)

Running on a high from the spirit inside,

Taking on the world with an innocent smile. (2x)

[Chorus]

Something knocked me down and I fell right to the

ground. I lost it all in one life, just wandering around.

[Verse]

Vandalism's fun when there's nothing to do,

Breaking through a wall, say it wasn't you. (2x)

Big daddy rocket take you for a ride,

shining to a rocket headed for the sky.(2x)

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

That's when I got this shield up, re-awoke my mind.

Swinging from a chandelier, hanging from the sky.

You turned me all around, only took your smile,

Swinging from a chandelier, hanging from the sky.

Hanging from the sky.

End

Running on a high with the spirit inside,

taking on the world with an innocent smile. (4x)

Luke

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