Four Cornered Night
Words and music by Blake Schwarzenbach

Standard tuning

   B   E   F#   C# 
e----------------------|
B----------------------|
G----------------------|
D--4---9---11---11-----|
A--2---7----9----9-----|
E------0---------9-----|

B                                   E
Sickly surrender to cola remember machines
F#                                      B
Shaky somnambulist shiver out all your screams
E                                               B
Go to the room with the chair and wait for your life
C#                                         B
Scared that the voices i hear may never be mine


Verse
B                                    E
Seven december a paper back letter recalls
F#                                              B
You knew such happiness crashing her loveliness one wedded fall
E                                                    B
Cutting through gray where you're holding the pages amazed
C#                                       B
Cutting the picture to ribbons in winter parades


Chorus
e----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G--4----4---4----4---4---4-----4------------3-----------3--|
D--4----4---4----4---4---4-----4---2-----2------2-----2----|
A--2----2---2----2---2---2-----2------4------------4-------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
   Pale new dawn put something on

e----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------4------------4--|
D------4----4---4---4--4----4----4------4------4-----4-----|
A------4----4---4---4--4----4--6-----6------------6--------|
E------2----2---2---2--2----2------------------------------|
You're thinking faster than i run

    B   A  A/Ab  E   F#
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G---4---------------------|
D---4---7----7---2---4----|
A---2---7----7---2---4----|
E-------5----4---0---2----|
        B          A
Now the more i get connected
    A/Ab              E
The less i know who i am
       F#                      B (fade)
And it feels like i'm the only one


Verse 2 (same as first)
The month has gone rabbits the winter is taking my life
Am i a passenger passing through scenes in someone else's life
Cold will outlast me apartments are castles in space
Warm with the void holding court in a four poster grave

Chorus (same as first)
Pale new dawn put something on
I hate the shape of things to come
Now the more we get connected
The less i know who you are
I don't think you thought that far

Bridge
e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------4--------------------------2------------------|
G-----4--------------------4------------------4-------------4-------4~---|
D-----6--------------------4--------------6-------------------------3~---|
A--6---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--4-------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
       They gave you a food stamp for the air sucking wound in your chest

e--------------------------------------------------|
B-----------2------------------------2-------------|
G----4------------4h6--3~------4---------------3~--|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
              All the best.            All the best.

Strings (arranged for guitar) OPTIONAL
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------8--------13------9-----9-8-9-8------|
D---6-------8----------------------------------------9---|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
                                                         
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------4------------------------8------|
G------1--------3--------4-----------------------9-------|
D--------2--------4----4---4------9-------9-----9----9---|
A----2--------4------2----------7---7---7---7--7-----9---|
E--0--------2-----------------0-------0--------------7---|

Piano (arranged for guitar) OPTIONAL - if not, play B
e-----------------------19------------16--------------------16------|
B----------16---19----------19-------------------14----16-----------|
G--16------------------------------------------------------------13-|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Strange pale fighter you only grow lighter in time           

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------14-----------16-----------------------------14---16---|
G--12------11------------------------------------16----15-----------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Willfully silent declaring yourself with your cold scribbled rhyme

Guitar/Bass/Drums kick in
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--8----------9--------13----------------------------------13--11--9-|
D--------------------------------------14----------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------14---------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Making her find you beneath all the skin of your mind

e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------8---------------------------------------6-------|
D--------9-----------------------------------------------------------6-4-|
A----------------------------------11-----------10--------9--------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   She's digging towards nothing a hollowed out center in time

Chorus (same as first, but stop B instead of letting it ring)
Pale new dawn put someone on
I hate the shape of all you want
Now the more you get connected
The less i get who you are
But i don't want to think that hard

Outro (Power chords or root notes. Your choice)
e----------|-------------------------------------------|
B----------|-------------------------------------------|
G----------|-------------------------------------------|
D----------|-------------------------------------------|
A----------|-------------------------------------------|
E-/////\\--|---7-7-------5-5-----------0-0-------3-----|
                  It's a lonely way to live

e----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------|
E---7-7----------5-------------0---------3-----|
        When you take what you give (and you don't give in)

Guitar 2
e---------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------5-7-8-7-5--|
D---9---------7-------------2---------5------7------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
e--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|
E---7-7-------5-5-----------0-0-------3-3----|
        In a nation of promises

e--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|
E---7-7---------5--------------0--------3----|
        Your anonymous promises

   A        E                G          A                          
e-----------------16-20--------------------------|
B-----17----16------------------12-15------14-17-|
G--16----16----16------------12---------14-------|
D------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|

e--------|
B--------|
G--------|
D--9~----|
A--9~----|
E--7~----|

That's it! Hell yes!