Piano Tab, Chords Massive Attack / False Flags (4 from 1 votes) 23,826 Views, Last Update 10 years ago by: steph [Tab Guru] Print

T|  There's several melodies going on in this song, its impossible for one person 
A|  to play them all, but if you play the chords on the left hand and the
B|  higher piano tinkling on the right, it sounds pretty good.  If the chords 
N|  aren't obvious, leave me a comment saying so and I'll write out the notes.
A|  
B|  
B|  INTRO:
E|          (chords get louder)
R|   [D5][D5][D5][D5][D5][D5][D5][D5][D5][D5][D5][D5][BbBb
][BbBb
][BbBb
][BbBb
]
.|  6|d-------e-------d---e-------d---e-------d---e-------d---d---d-|
C|  5|----a-------a-----------a-----------a-----------A#------a---a-|
O|  
M|  (Repeat INTRO 1X)
-|  
T|  
A|  
B|     [D5]
N|  In city shoes  of clueless blues
A|  [D5]
B|  Pays to views
B|  [BbBb
]
E|  And no-mans news
R|  [D5]
.|  Blades will fade from blood to sport
C|       [D5]              [BbBb
]
O|  The heroin's cut these fuses short
M|  [DmDm
]
-|  Smokers rode a colonial pig
T|  [D5]             [Dsus2Dsus2
]
A|  Drink and frame this pain i think
B|  [BbBb
]
N|  I'm melting silver poles my dear 
A|  [BbBb
]
B|  You bleed your wings and then disappear
B|  [Bb6]
E|  The moving scenes and pilot lights
R|  [Bb6]                  [BbBb
]
.|  Smithereens have got 'em scaling heights
C|  [AA
]
O|  Modern times come talk me down
M|  [AA
]                          [AA
]
-|  And battle lines are drawn across this town
T|  
A|  [D5]
B|  Parisian boys without your names
N|  [D5]          [Dsus2Dsus2
]
A|  Ghetto stones instead of chains
B|  [BbBb
]
B|  Talk 'em down cause it's up in flames
E|  [BbBb
]
R|  And nothing's changed
.|  [Bb6]
C|  Parisian boys without your names
O|  [Bb6]     [BbBb
]
M|  Riot like 1968 again
-|  [AA
]
T|  The days of rage yeah nothing's changed
A|  [AA
]                   [AA
]
B|  More pretty flames
N|  
A|  [D5]
B|  In school I would just bite my tongue
B|  [D5]                    [BbBb
]
E|  And now your words they strike me down
R|  [D5]
.|  The flags are false and they contradict
C|  [D5]                          [BbBb
]
O|  They point and click which wounds to lick
M|  [D5]
-|  On avenues this christian breeze
T|  [D5]                     [BbBb
]
A|  Turns its heart to more needles please
B|  [D5]
N|  Our eyes roll back and we beg for more
A|  [D5]                          [BbBb
]
B|  We phrase this skin and then underscore
B|  [DmDm
]
E|  The case for war you spin and bleed
R|  [D5]                     [Dsus2Dsus2
]
.|  The cells you fill screensavers feed
C|  [BbBb
]
O|  The girls you breed the soaps that you write
M|  [BbBb
]
-|  The graceless charm of your gutter snipes
T|  [Bb6]
A|  The moving scenes and suburbanites
B|  [Bb6]                  [BbBb
]
N|  And smithereens got 'em scaling heights
A|  [AA
]
B|  Modern times come talk me down
B|      [AA
]                    [AA
]
E|  And battle lines are drawn across this town
R|  [D5]
.|  English boys without your names
C|  [D5]           [Dsus2Dsus2
]
O|  Ghetto stones instead of chains
M|  [BbBb
]
-|  Hearts and minds and U.S. planes
T|  [BbBb
]
A|  Nothing's changed
B|  [Bb6]
N|  And English boys without your names
A|  [Bb6]           [BbBb
]
B|  Riot like the 1980's again
B|  [AA
]
E|  The days of rage yeah nothing's changed
R|  [AA
]               [AA
]
.|  More pretty flames

Song Chord Charts:
Bb
Dm
Dsus2
A