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Special Day

When I Wake (EP)

hand-drawn album art by quantaphoria
parental advice warning on screen of retro orange television

EP

Special Day Key E/E Phrygian Dominant
Intro Guitar instrumental (E, E(b6) pulloff to E, Esus pulloff to a to lower E, Esus to E to D)

Chorus#1
(E, E(b6) pulloff to E, Esus pulloff to a to lower E, Esus to E to D) Keep playing intro riff through the verses until ending on “Am(add11)” at “Friends forever”
It’s a special Day
The sun is grey
The ashes fall
We all play
The sun don’t scare
Anyone here
We all became
Am(add11)
Friends forever

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Chorus#2
Em B C
And all the palaces crumble down
B Em B
And all the tapestries on the walls fade
C B
And all the time we waste building
Em B C
A special day today, were we all play
B Em B C
It’s a special day today(x2)
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Mood-shift/bridge to guitar solo
E Em
We all ignore the pain
C G D E
No matter how hard it all makes us all bleed
Em C
Under the ashes of the flame
G D E Em C G D E Em C G D
We all will live for all of the men and all of the women that make us pretend our lives are a treasure our minds are an alter and our hearts are beating to
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Uses Chorus#2 Rhythm
Em
the game
B C B
Our hearts are beating to the game
Em B C B
All of our hearts are beating to the game

Crazy awesome Leo McNutt Shred Solo to intro strummingx4:
(E, E(b6) pulloff to E, Esus pulloff to a to lower E, Esus to E to D)

after the solo Song repeats Chorus 1 and 2 then ends

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