Powerline

@Song: Powerline

Written by Bob Mould

Recorded by Husker Du on album "New Day Rising" (SST)

File format: tab

Transribed by Gary Von Colln

Intro Riff (play notes as harmonics, except for last measure)

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D-|-12-12-12----12-----|-12-12-12----12-----|-12-12-12----12-----|------------

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G-|-12---p11-11-11-11-11--|---------------------------------------------------

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Verse progression

What's this hummin' in my head

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B-|-----2--2--2--|-----2--2--2--|-----2--2--2--|--3-----3--3--3--|------------

G-|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|--2-----2--2--2--|------------

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A-|-----2--2--2--|--1-----------|--3-----------|-----------------|------------

E-|--3-----------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------

Chorus progression

It aggravates and it pacifies, hear the power in the lines

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B-|-----2--2--2--|-----2--2--2--|-----2--2--2--|--3-----3--3--3--|------------

G-|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|--2-----2--2--2--|------------

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Outro progression

Powerline

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B-|--3--3--3--3--|--6--6--6--6--|--8--8--8--8--|-10-10-10-10--|---------------

G-|--4--4--4--4--|--7--7--7--7--|--9--9--9--9--|-11-11-11-11--|---------------

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Song structure and words

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What's this hummin' in my head?

Was it something that someone said?

It's connecting us to them.

Electric wires turned on again.

It aggravates and it pacifies

Hear the power in the lines

Strung up high on every pole,

How can this power be bought and sold?

Trying to harness solar rays,

Making minutes seem like days.

It captivates, as it hypnotize,

Hear the power in the lines.

Powerline