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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMSgt8hQoAI
(note: The importance of the B7/D# chord in this particular song is the tension heard between the D# and A 
[the tritone interval].  To make the chord sound better in the the context of the song, emphasize/highlight
the dissonance between the two notes.  On guitar, I like to make the tension most audible by playing a chord 
shape that has the tritone interval on the highest strings, shown below.
e--5--
B--4--
G--4--
D--4--
A--6--
E-----
BAs the descent began I got the distinct impression 
Lake Michigan had been frozen for decades 
I conducted the warmth from my metronome sternum 
To our massive jetting vessel billowing plumes of spent fuel 
BThe tundra under us cracked and D#mruptured
To reveal palG#misades
Made of blades of C#mgray, gray bristling grass 
And Epapulose lichen 
BI was so frightened 
As my Egrip on you tightened 
Your sEkin got slicker 
BI am a deserted bus D#mdepot 
Though our G#mapproach suggested 
An B7/D#American haD#7zy seEa
Like the one I C#mfound inside
After Edriving you home once 
EStill half high
 B   Ex3 
G#m7 E
BI-90 through utter EdesolaBtionE  
I sense Bevil at the heart of each Efar flung well lighted Bhome E  
I clBose my eyes and Esee cellar stairBways E  
BVermiculated with deliEcate animal bone G#m7  E  
BMusty rooms house racks of fur D#mjackets 
Spattered with G#mplasma 
On a C#mbus in Indiana 
I cEalled you and screamed 
Under Bceaseless patterns of Eweeping lEight
B B7/D# D#7 G#m B7/D# D#7 E C#m
D# E E
G#m B C#m B7/D#
B G#m B7/D# E C#m E C#m

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Indiana

by Cymbals Eat Guitars

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D#m

G#m

C#m

B7/D#

D#7

G#m7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMSgt8hQoAI

(note: The importance of the B7/D# chord in this particular song is the tension heard between the D# and A

[the tritone interval]. To make the chord sound better in the the context of the song, emphasize/highlight

the dissonance between the two notes. On guitar, I like to make the tension most audible by playing a chord

shape that has the tritone interval on the highest strings, shown below.

e--5--

B--4--

G--4--

D--4--

A--6--

E-----

As the descent began I got the distinct impression

Lake Michigan had been frozen for decades

I conducted the warmth from my metronome sternum

To our massive jetting vessel billowing plumes of spent fuel

B D#m

The tundra under us cracked and ruptured

G#m

To reveal palisades

C#m

Made of blades of gray, gray bristling grass

And papulose lichen

I was so frightened

As my grip on you tightened

Your skin got slicker

B D#m

I am a deserted bus depot

G#m

Though our approach suggested

B7/D# D#7 E

An American hazy sea

C#m

Like the one I found inside

After driving you home once

Still half high

B E

G#m7 E

B E B E

I-90 through utter desolation

B E B E

I sense evil at the heart of each far flung well lighted home

B E B E

I close my eyes and see cellar stairways

B E G#m7 E

Vermiculated with delicate animal bone

B D#m

Musty rooms house racks of fur jackets

G#m

Spattered with plasma

C#m

On a bus in Indiana

I called you and screamed

B E E

Under ceaseless patterns of weeping light

B B7/D# D#7 G#m B7/D# D#7 E C#m

D# E E

G#m B C#m B7/D#

B G#m B7/D# E C#m E C#m

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