The Fuse – Jackson Browne (Album: The Pretender) Chord voicings: Chord EADGBe EADGBe D/C xx0010 Eb#5 x6544x G/B x20033 x20003 D x5423x xx0232 Em 022000 G 320003 C 032013 032010 G/D x5543x Cadd9 x32020 Ebdim xx1212 G/F 1x0003 Gmb5(6) 3x2320 D/F# 2x0232 Em/G 3x2000 B7/F# 201202 C/G 3x2013 C/E 0x2013 Dsus4/F# 2x0233 D/A x0423x F(add9)/G 1xx213 Intro: |Em |Em |C |C | |Em |Em |C |C | |Em |Em |C |C | |Em |Em |C |C | Em It's coming from so far away C C/D It's hard to say for sure G G/B C Whether what I hear is music or the wind D Through an open door Em Eb#5 There's a fire high in the empty sky G/D Cadd9 G Where the sound meets the shore G There's a long distance loneliness C G D Rolling out over the desert floor |Em |Em |C |C | |Em |Em |C |G | C Bm And the years that I spent lost in the mystery Ebdim Em Fall away leaving only the sound of the drum G/F Like a part of me It speaks to the heart of me Em Forget what life used to be You are what you choose to be Eb#5 D It's whatever it is you see G Gmb5(6) That life will become D/F# Whatever it is you might think you have Em/G B7/F# You have nothing to lose C/G Through every dead and living thing Em Time runs like a fuse G C D C/E Dsus4/F# G And the fuse is burning G C D C/E D7sus4/F# G And the earth is turning |Em |Em |C |C | |Em |Em |C |C | |Em |Em |C |C | |Em |Em |C |C | |Em |Eb#5 |G/D |Cadd9 | |G/B |D/A |Fadd9/G |F(add9)/G | C Bm Though the years give way to uncertainty Ebdim Em And the fear of living for nothing strangles the will G/F There's a part of me That speaks to the heart of me Em Though sometimes it's hard to see C It's never far from me Eb#5 D Alive in eternity G That nothing can kill Gmb5(6) Oh Lord D/F# Em/G B7/F# Are there really people starving still? C/G Look out beyond the walls of Babylon Em How long will their needs go unfilled G C D C/E D7sus4/F# G I want to say right now I'm going to be a - round (backgr. vocals: I'm going to be around) G C D C/E D7sus4/F# G When the walls and towers are crumbling (backgr. vocals: When the towers are tumbling down) G C D C/E D7sus4/F# G And I will tune my spirit to the gentle sound (backgr. vocals: I want to hear the sound) G C D C/E D7sus4/F# G Of the waters lapping on a higher ground (backgr. vocals: Of the children laughing) |G C D |C/E D7sus4/F# G | (play 4 x) |Em |Em |C |C | (play 12 x) Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) – aug 2007 Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com