Simulation Swarm Cifras

Tuning: C#G#C#F A#C#, no capo.
 
The verses are based around 3, maybe 4 variations of pretty much the same chord and a repeating bass line.
It's not too easy to distinguish when Adrianne plays the different ones on the recording, gut as a general
rule the 1st variation is the one she's playing. This one is also the hardest one to play, and I suggest
playing the 3rd or 4th variation if the 1st one is too hard. The 2nd variation is played after the 1st chorus
and after the guitar solo, before transitioning into the 1st variation again. Keep in mind that it doesn't
really matter what variation you play, as it seems Adrianne is not consistent on this either. Just have fun
with it and play what suits you.
 
The base chord is a sort of C#maj13, which is the chord name I'm using (supplemented by the bass notes).
 
            1st var.  2nd var.  3rd var.  4th var.
C#maj13:    x59770    x57700    x59700    x50770
C#maj13/F#: 5x9770    5x7700    5x9700    5x0770
C#maj13/G#: 7x9770    7x7700    7x9700    7x0770
 
The song uses the same picking pattern throughout the song, with some variation in the guitar solos.
Here's how you play the main shape in all the verses. The chorus has the same picking pattern.
 
   C#maj13            C#maj13/F#         C#maj13/G#         C#maj13/F#
C#|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|
A#|---7-------7------|---7-------7------|---7-------7------|---7-------7------|
F |------7-------7---|------7-------7---|------7-------7---|------7-------7---|
C#|---9---9---9---9--|---9---9---9---9--|---9---9---9---9--|---9---9---9---9--|
G#|-5---5---5---5----|------------------|------------------|------------------|
C#|------------------|-5---5---5---5----|-7---7---7---7----|-5---5---5---5----|
 
Chords in the chorus:
 
    C#6/9  A#madd9   G#9    F#maj7   D#m
C# |--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
A# |--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
F  |--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
C# |--14------11------11------9-------17----|
G# |--x-------x-------x-------x-------x-----|
C# |--12------9-------7-------5-------14----|
 
Guitar solo is based on a riff sort of like this, but I suggest listening to what Adrianne does on the
recording and live versions, and just go grazy.
 
   C#6/9               A#madd9           F#add9        D#m
C#|--------------0---------------------|----------0---------------|
A#|-----0------------------0-----------|---0---------------0------|
F |------------------------------------|--------------------------|
C#|-----12h14-------12-----9h11--------|---5h7------5------4b5b4--|
G#|-----------------------------12---9-|--------------------------|
C#|--12-------12-------9---------------|-5------5------2----------|
 
[Intro]
C#maj13 C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G# C#maj13/F# x4
 
[Verse]
C#maj13        C#maj13/F#  C#maj13/G#         C#maj13/F#
    I tried to tell you, I didn’t know how to stay
      C#maj13       C#maj13/F#   C#maj13/G#            C#maj13/F#
You believe she can see through, cutting at the silent clay
    C#maj13      C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G#             C#maj13/F#
A relief, beckon deep blue, fettered in the magnet sun
        C#maj13   C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G#         C#maj13/F#
Eat the gun as it feeds you, spitting up the oxygen
      C#maj13      C#maj13/F#   C#maj13/G#     C#maj13/F#
Once again
      C#maj13      C#maj13/F#   C#maj13/G#     C#maj13/F#
Once again
 
      C#maj13     C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G#                C#maj13/F#
Once again, empty horses,    gallop through the violet door
       C#maj13      C#maj13/F#  C#maj13/G#             C#maj13/F#
Follow red, crooked courses,    shadows on the moonlit floor
      C#maj13       C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G#          C#maj13/F#
Oh my stars, winged creatures, gathering in silken height
         C#maj13    C#maj13/F#  C#maj13/G#     C#maj13/F#
Like the last human teachers
 
      C#maj13       C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G#        C#maj13/F#
Once again, we must bleed new, even as the hours shake
        C#maj13      C#maj13/F#    C#maj13/G#            C#maj13/F#
Crystal blood like a dream true, a ripple in the wound and wake
      C#maj13    C#maj13/F#      C#maj13/G#           C#maj13/F#
You believe, I believe too, that you are the river of light
      C#maj13     C#maj13/F#       C#maj13/G#         C#maj13/F#
Who I love that I cling to, in the belly of the empty night
 
[Chorus]
         C#6/9        A#madd9       G#9        F#maj7
From the thirty first floor, of the simulation swarm
         C#6/9         A#madd9           G#9             F#maj7
With the drone of fluorescence, flicker, fever, fill the form
       D#m             A#madd9              C#6/9         F#maj7
With a warm gush now I wanna touch, like we never could before
   C#6/9         A#madd9         G#9              F#maj7
I’d fly to you tomorrow, I’m not fighting in this war
        C#6/9            A#madd9            G#9             F#maj7
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
 
[Verse]
C#maj13 C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G#         C#maj13/F#
    I remember,    building an energy shield
        C#maj13      C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G#               C#maj13/F#
In your room, like a temple,    swallows in the windless field
     C#maj13         C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G#           C#maj13/F#
Very thin, with your mother,    tall as a pale green tree
     C#maj13         C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G#          C#maj13/F#
Very wild, bright as winter,    rising with a prism key
      C#maj13    C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G#               C#maj13/F#
And a child to deliver,     taken with the blood and vine
         C#maj13      C#maj13/F#  C#maj13/G#    C#maj13/F#
It's the first little angel
 
[Solo]
C#6/9  A#madd9  F#add9  D#m x4
 
[Verse]
C#maj13    C#maj13/F# C#maj13/G#           C#maj13/F#
    Little Andy,      soft in your newborn skin
     C#maj13     C#maj13/F#  C#maj13/G#       C#maj13/F#
Only one, little Andy,       will you return again?
    C#maj13        C#maj13/F#  C#maj13/G#      C#maj13/F#
I believe we can renew, and    you could be my brother
      C#maj13     C#maj13/F#      C#maj13/G#         C#maj13/F#
Once again, fall asleep with, our backs against each other
      C#maj13    C#maj13/F#      C#maj13/G#           C#maj13/F#
You believe, I believe too, that you are the river of light
      C#maj13      C#maj13/F#      C#maj13/G#         C#maj13/F#
Who I love, that I sing to, in the belly of the empty night
 
[Chorus]
         C#6/9        A#madd9       G#9        F#maj7
From the thirty first floor, of the simulation swarm
         C#6/9         A#madd9           G#9             F#maj7
With the drone of fluorescence, flicker, fever, fill the form
       D#m             A#madd9              C#6/9         F#maj7
With a warm gush how I wanna touch, like we never could before
    C#6/9        A#madd9         G#9              F#maj7
I’d fly to you tomorrow, I’m not fighting in this war
        C#6/9            A#madd9            G#9             F#maj7
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
    C#6/9        A#madd9         G#9              F#maj7
I’d fly to you tomorrow, I’m not fighting in this war
        C#6/9            A#madd9        G#9  F#maj7
I wanna drop my arms and take your arms
 
[Outro]
C#6/9  A#madd9  F#add9  D#m x4
 
C#*
 
*End on C#, e.g., harmonics on all 6 strings, 12th fret.
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