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Standing In Line by Steve Taylor And The Perfect Foil

Standing In Line by
Steve Taylor and The Perfect Foil

This is definitely the most 
new wave influenced track on 
the album.  The verses lack any 
form of guitarwork, so I will not 
provide anything for the verses.
The effect used in the recording 
is a thick vibrato/delay. 

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Intro:

e|---12-------12--12---| 
B|---12-------12--12---| 
G|---12-------16--14---| 
D|---12--h14--14--14---| 
A|---12-------12--12---| 
E|---12-------12--12---|

Chorus:

e|----------------|
B|------8-8-8-8---|
G|---7/9-9-9-9----|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
(I've been standing...) 

e|---------------------|
B|-------12-12-12-12---|
G|---9/12-12-12-12-----|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
(I've been wondering...)

e|----------------|
B|------8-8-8-8---|
G|---7/9-9-9-9----|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
(I've been weighing...)

Bridge:

     F
e|---1---|
B|---1---|
G|---2---|
D|---3---|
A|---3---|
E|---1---|
    (You...)

     G
e|---3---|
B|---3---|
G|---4---|
D|---5---|
A|---5---|
E|---3---|
    (Come...)

     Am
e|---5---|
B|---5---|
G|---5---|
D|---7---|
A|---7---|
E|---5---|
    (Through...)

Last Chorus:

e|---12-------12--12---| 
B|---12-------12--12---| 
G|---12-------16--14---| 
D|---12--h14--14--14---| 
A|---12-------12--12---| 
E|---12-------12--12---| 
(I've been standing...)

Outro:

e|---12-------12--12---| 
B|---12-------12--12---| 
G|---12-------16--14---| 
D|---12--h14--14--14---| 
A|---12-------12--12---| 
E|---12-------12--12---|
(And I'm not gonna leave...)
 
Complete Lyrics:

Verse 1: 
We shared the world 
like a private joke 
Laughed our way 
out of hues and cries 
Inhaled under 
the Bridge of Sighs 
It's not the way it was 
The weather came 
you were skating on fire 
And love spilled out 
like antifreeze 
The ice floes melted 
in separate seas 
If I was slow to learn
I will wait for another turn 

Chorus:
I've been standing in line so long 
I've been standing in line so long 
I've been weighing the shape 
of things to come 

Verse 2: 
You draw your lines 
from memory's cage 
I write songs for a jealous god 
Two spoiled kids and a velvet rod 
It's not the way it was
And I'd pursue you 
through any hell
I'd swim upstream 
'til I find the source 
Dam the Mississippi 
and change its course 
If it was up to me 
If it was mine to turn 

Chorus: 
I've been standing in line so long 
I've been standing in line so long 
I've been weighing the shape 
of things to come 
I've been standing in line so long 
I've been wondering what went wrong
I've been weighing the shape 
of things to come 

Bridge: 
You'll come to 
Sooner or later 
You'll come to 
You'll come to 
Sooner or later
You'll come to

Chorus: 
I've been standing in line so long 
I've been wondering what went wrong
I've been weighing the shape 
of things to come 
I've been standing in line so long 
I've been wondering what went wrong
I've been trying to understand 

Outro: 
And I'm not gonna leave
And I'm not gonna leave 


| /  slide up
|   slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note