------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love Is Swift Arrows - Be Bop Deluxe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: axe victim Email: Leave a message on my ‘Ultimate Guitar’ profile or comment here and I’ll get back to you. Any questions or corrections quite welcome - don't be shy! From the debut album 'Axe Victim' comes this unusual love song. If the lyrics seem to be a little cryptic, that's because they spell out a coded reference to Bills secret lover. Fans will know what I mean. When you see a chord like this - D/C# - the first letter before the forward slash is the chord, the letter after is the bass note. This is known as a 'slash' chord. Tuning: EADGBe | x Mute note | D/C# chord/bass note Intro: electric guitar... ___D___________D_______G_______D_______________D_______G_______D__ e|-2-----------5-------7-------2-2-2-----------5-------7-------2-2- B|-3-----------7-------8-------3-3-3-----------7-------8-------3-3- G|-2-----------7-------7-------2-2-2-----------7-------7-------2-2- D|-0-----------0-------0-------0-0-0-----------0-------0-------0-0- A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| Repeat a few times then... Verse: ___Bm_______________________________A______________________________ " Room in the East invested with... " e|-2---2---x---2-------2----------|-0---0---x---0-------0----------| B|-3---3---x---3-------3----------|-2---2---x---2-------2----------| G|-4---4---x---4-------4----------|-2---2---x---2-------2----------| D|-4---4---x---4-------4----------|-2---2---x---2-------2----------| A|-2---2---x---2-------2----------|-0---0---x---0-------0----------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| ___D___________D_______G_______D_______________D_______G_______D__ " meanings " e|-2-----------5-------7-------2-2-2-----------5-------7-------2-2- B|-3-----------7-------8-------3-3-3-----------7-------8-------3-3- G|-2-----------7-------7-------2-2-2-----------7-------7-------2-2- D|-0-----------0-------0-------0-0-0-----------0-------0-------0-0- A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___Bm_______________________________A______________________________ " Open to none but the strange and the... " e|-2---2---x---2-------2----------|-0---0---x---0-------0----------| B|-3---3---x---3-------3----------|-2---2---x---2-------2----------| G|-4---4---x---4-------4----------|-2---2---x---2-------2----------| D|-4---4---x---4-------4----------|-2---2---x---2-------2----------| A|-2---2---x---2-------2----------|-0---0---x---0-------0----------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___D___________D_______G_______D_______________D_______G_______D__ " wild " e|-2-----------5-------7-------2-2-2-----------5-------7-------2-2- B|-3-----------7-------8-------3-3-3-----------7-------8-------3-3- G|-2-----------7-------7-------2-2-2-----------7-------7-------2-2- D|-0-----------0-------0-------0-0-0-----------0-------0-------0-0- A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___G________________________________Cadd9__________________________ " Sunset encounters with destiny's... " e|-3---3---x---3-------3----------|-3---3---x---3-------3----------| B|-3---3---x---3-------3----------|-3---3---x---3-------3----------| G|-0---0---x---0-------0----------|-0---0---x---0-------0----------| D|-0---0---x---0-------0----------|-2---2---x---2-------2----------| A|-2---2---x---2-------2----------|-3---3---x---3-------3----------| E|-3---3---x---3-------3----------|--------------------------------| ___D___________D_______G_______D_______________D_______G_______D__ " chances " e|-2-----------5-------7-------2-2-2-----------5-------7-------2-2- B|-3-----------7-------8-------3-3-3-----------7-------8-------3-3- G|-2-----------7-------7-------2-2-2-----------7-------7-------2-2- D|-0-----------0-------0-------0-0-0-----------0-------0-------0-0- A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___G________________________________Cadd9__________________________ " Envelopes marked for the personal... " e|-3---3---x---3-------3----------|-3---3---x---3-------3----------| B|-3---3---x---3-------3----------|-3---3---x---3-------3----------| G|-0---0---x---0-------0----------|-0---0---x---0-------0----------| D|-0---0---x---0-------0----------|-2---2---x---2-------2----------| A|-2---2---x---2-------2----------|-3---3---x---3-------3----------| E|-3---3---x---3-------3----------|--------------------------------| ___D___________D_______G_______D_______________D_______G_______D__ " life " e|-2-----------5-------7-------2-2-2-----------5-------7-------2-2- B|-3-----------7-------8-------3-3-3-----------7-------8-------3-3- G|-2-----------7-------7-------2-2-2-----------7-------7-------2-2- D|-0-----------0-------0-------0-0-0-----------0-------0-------0-0- A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| Repeat verse section, then... ( play at half speed now... ) ___Cmaj7___________________________________________________________ " Rock 'n roll superman... " e|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___Fmaj7___________________________________________________________ " Ghosts of new vice... " e|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-1------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-1------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___Cmaj7___________________________________________________________ " Rock 'n roll superman... " e|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___Fmaj7___________________________________________________________ " Ghosts of new vice... " e|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-1------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-1------------------------------|--------------------------------| Chorus: ( back to original tempo now... ) ___A_______________________________________________________________ " Making... " e|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| B|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G________________________________A______________________________ " love in strange autos whilst... " e|-3-------3---3-------3---3---3--|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0--| B|-3-------3---3-------3---3---3--|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2--| G|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0--|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2--| D|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0--|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2--| A|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2--|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0--| E|-3-------3---3-------3---3---3--|--------------------------------| ___D_______________D/C#_____________Gmaj7/B_________A______________ " life's ink sings al - ways that... " e|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-2-------2---2---x-------x---x--| B|-3-------3---3---3-------3---3--|-3-------3---3---x-------x---x--| G|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-0-------0---0---2-------2---2--| D|-0-------0---0---x-------x---x--|-x-------x---x---2-------2---2--| A|-----------------4-------4---4--|-2-------2---2---0-------0---0--| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| ___Cadd9___________________________________________________________ " love is swift ar - rows my... " e|-3-------3---3-------3---3------|-3-------3---3-------3---3------| B|-3-------3---3-------3---3------|-3-------3---3-------3---3------| G|-0-------0---0-------0---0------|-0-------0---0-------0---0------| D|-2-------2---2-------2---2------|-2-------2---2-------2---2------| A|-3-------3---3-------3---3------|-3-------3---3-------3---3------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___A_______________________________________________________________ " dear " " Oh... " e|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| B|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G________________________________A______________________________ " God in some heaven who's... " e|-3-------3---3-------3---3---3--|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0--| B|-3-------3---3-------3---3---3--|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2--| G|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0--|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2--| D|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0--|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2--| A|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2--|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0--| E|-3-------3---3-------3---3---3--|--------------------------------| ___D_______________D/C#_____________Gmaj7/B_________A______________ " num - ber is seven - teen... " e|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-2-------2---2---x-------x---x--| B|-3-------3---3---3-------3---3--|-3-------3---3---x-------x---x--| G|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-0-------0---0---2-------2---2--| D|-0-------0---0---x-------x---x--|-x-------x---x---2-------2---2--| A|-----------------4-------4---4--|-2-------2---2---0-------0---0--| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| ___Cadd9___________________________________________________________ " dressed you in blue jeans this... " e|-3-------3---3-------3---3------|-3-------3---3-------3---3------| B|-3-------3---3-------3---3------|-3-------3---3-------3---3------| G|-0-------0---0-------0---0------|-0-------0---0-------0---0------| D|-2-------2---2-------2---2------|-2-------2---2-------2---2------| A|-3-------3---3-------3---3------|-3-------3---3-------3---3------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___A_______________________________________________________________ " year to torment my... " e|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|-0------------------------------| B|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2------------------------------| G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2------------------------------| D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2------------------------------| A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|-0------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___Bb______________________________________________________________ " soul... ...oh, leave me... " e|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|-1------------------------------| B|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3------------------------------| G|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3------------------------------| D|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3------------------------------| A|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|-1------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___D_______________D/C#_____________Gmaj7/B_________A______________ " alone............................................................ " e|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------x--------------| B|-3---------------3--------------|-3---------------x--------------| G|-2---------------2--------------|-0---------------2--------------| D|-0---------------x--------------|-0---------------2--------------| A|-----------------4--------------|-2---------------0--------------| E|--------------------------------|-x------------------------------| ___G_______________________________________________________________ e|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| Repeat verse section and chorus until... " Oh, leave me... " ___D___________D_______G_______D_______________D_______G_______D__ " alone... " e|-2-----------5-------7-------2-2-2-----------5-------7-------2-2- B|-3-----------7-------8-------3-3-3-----------7-------8-------3-3- G|-2-----------7-------7-------2-2-2-----------7-------7-------2-2- D|-0-----------0-------0-------0-0-0-----------0-------0-------0-0- A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ( Repeat these chords for guitar solo... ) ___D___________D_______G_______D_______________D_______G_______D__ ( guitar solo ) e|-2-----------5-------7-------2-2-2-----------5-------7-------2-2- B|-3-----------7-------8-------3-3-3-----------7-------8-------3-3- G|-2-----------7-------7-------2-2-2-----------7-------7-------2-2- D|-0-----------0-------0-------0-0-0-----------0-------0-------0-0- A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| Ending: ( play at half speed now... ) ___D________________________________Cadd9__________________________ ( guitar solo continues... ) e|-2------------------------------|-3------------------------------| B|-3------------------------------|-3------------------------------| G|-2------------------------------|-0------------------------------| D|-0------------------------------|-2------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|-3------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G/B_____________G________________D______________________________ ( guitar solo continues... ) e|-3---------------3--------------|-2------------------------------| B|-3---------------3--------------|-3------------------------------| G|-0---------------0--------------|-2------------------------------| D|-0---------------0--------------|-0------------------------------| A|-2---------------x--------------|--------------------------------| E|-x---------------3--------------|--------------------------------| Lyrics: Room in the East invested with meanings, Open to none but the strange and the wild Sunset encounters with destiny's chances, Envelopes marked for the personal life Night falling, hiding the poet's transgression, Blown in the winds of aquarian tides Echoed words spoken by token romantics Rock 'n roll superman, Ghosts of new vice. Making love in strange autos Whilst life's ink sings always That love is swift arrows my dear Oh, God in some heaven who's number is seventeen Dressed you in blue jeans this year To torment my soul Oh, leave me alone... Rules to be broken by reckless and young men, Odes to be written by passion's sick hand Seeds to be sown on the rich fields of promise, Ends and beginnings that never quite meet Nothing of value that hasn't yet vanished, Brown-eyed and wise as the feminine fates Evening's sweet menace, revealing, inviting, Highways to paradise Grey lines of grace. Making love in strange autos Whilst life's ink sings always That love is swift arrows my dear Oh, God in some heaven who's number is seventeen Dressed you in blue jeans this year To torment my soul Oh, leave me alone... Words and music by Bill Nelson.