When I play this in an acoustic, I play the big riff that usually alternates
between D and C notes which is played throughout the verses by playing Dsus2
and D7sus, hammering on and off from the D and C on the b string instead.
Alternately, you can just play the riff.
Verse 1:
Dsus2 D7sus2
The static comes in slow
You can feel it grow
Our stream of conscience flows
Under the streets below
Interlude:
Dsus2 D7sus2
(Oohs)
Verse 2:
Dsus2 D7sus2
The rivers made of sound
Still running underground
Runs like a silent flood
We run as thick as blood
Prechorus:
Bb F
Can you hear it rise, Up from the ground
Bb G
Can't drown it out, Can you hear it now
- Chorus
D
This is the sound of a heartbeat
Bb
This is the sound from the discontented mouths
Of a haunted nation
F G
We are the voice of breaking
D
Down, Can you hear me?
Bb
This is the sound of the desperation bound
By our own collision
F G
We are the voice of breaking
D
Down
Verse 3:
Dsus2 D7sus2
The static comes alive
Beneath the broken skies
John Perkins said it right
Love is the final fight
Interlude: Dsus2 D7sus2
(Oohs)
Prechorus 2:
Bb F
Let it rise above, Rise above
Bb G
There is no song, Louder than love
- Chorus
D
This is the sound of a heartbeat
Bb
This is the sound from the discontented mouths
Of a haunted nation
F G
We are the voice of breaking
D
Down, Can you hear me?
Bb
This is the sound of the desperation bound
By our own collision
F G
We are the voice of breaking
D
Down
Breakdown:
(This is the part where it gets quiet and then the solo comes in before a
third prechorus. If you are chording here just continue the Dsus2 D7sus2
combo for the whole thing.)
Prechorus 2:
Bb F
Let it rise above, Rise above
Bb G
There is no song, Louder than love
- Chorus
D
This is the sound of a heartbeat
Bb
This is the sound from the discontented mouths
Of a haunted nation
F G
We are the voice of breaking
D
Down, Can you hear me?
Bb
This is the sound of the desperation bound
By our own collision
F G
We are the voice of breaking
D
Down
