The Perfect Needle


The Perfect Needle By The Telescopes http://www.myspace.com/thetelescopes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Telescopes http://www.thetelescopes.com/ Intro chords (same as verse) A D A D A D A A Intro Strings (can be played on guitar) E |-------------------------------| B |-------------------------------| G |-------------6---7---6---------| D |---7----------------------7----| A |-------------------------------| E |-------------------------------| Verse 1 Chords A D Cerise, release and so much more A D With perfect needle, hits the floor A D I will be breathing will you? A A Verse 2 Chords A D Velvet warms all over here A D Velvet warms all over here A D Lay down in painless falling now A A Riff That Follows along with the verse Play this 3x E |------------------------------------------| B |------------------------------------------| G |---------6---------7---6---7---6----------| D |-----7-------7----------------------7-----| A |------------------------------------------| E |------------------------------------------| Then once |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |----------6--------------6-----| |----7--------------7-----------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| Chorus A C And it hurts too much to be where you are D E Hurts too much to be where you are A C I've got the perfect needle D E I've got the perfect needle for you Post Chorus Ascending Riff I like to play this with octave chords moving up the neck, but power chords, open chords, or what ever you dig can also be used A C E |---------------------------------------------------------| B |-----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--| G |---------------------------------------------------------| D |------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--| A |---------------------------------------------------------| E |---------------------------------------------------------| D F G E |----------------------------------------------------------| B |-----15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----18-18-18-18---20-20-20-20-| G |----------------------------------------------------------| D |-----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----15-15-15-15---17-17-17-17-| A |----------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------| A E |-----17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----| B |-----------------------------------| G |-----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----| D |-----------------------------------| A |-----------------------------------| E |-----------------------------------| The 3rd and 4th verse are the same except the 4th verse has and extra line: 3rd verse A D Surrender down comes everything A D Breathes no more and falls to sleep A D Blind and helpless sick and dead A A 4th verse A D Treasure waits complete and there A D With scattered needles everywhere A D Thorn at the end of every road A D Thorn at the end of every road A A Then the song goes into the chorus and the post chorus ascending part, call it a bridge if you like. The A holds on twice as long at the end of the ascending pattern also.