Written by Martin Gore
(intro) G#m B There's a fragile tension E B Eb Gm That's keeping us going B It may not last forever E B Eb But oh, when it's flowing Ebm Gm Eb There's something magical in the air (fill) C#m F# Ebm Gm Eb Something so tragic we have to care (fill) C#m F# G#m B There's a strange obsession E B Eb Gm That's drawing us nearer B We don't understand it E B Eb It never gets clearer Ebm Gm Eb There's something mystical in our genes (fill) C#m F# Ebm Gm Eb So simplistic it kicks and screams (fill) C#m F# Gm F# Oh when we're teetering E Eb On the edge of collapse C# B Bb G#m Nothing can keep us down B There's a dizzying feeling E B Eb Gm That's keeping us flying B Through glittering gardens E B Eb Without even trying Ebm Gm Eb There's something radical in our hands (fill) C#m F# Ebm Gm Eb Nothing logical to our plans (fill) C#m F# ( G#m ) (tablatura) (verse)F# G# A# C# B E|------2-------4-------6--------9------7------------------------------------| B|------2-------4-------6--------9------7------------------------------------| G|------3-------5-------7--------10-----8------------------------------------| D|------4-------6-------8--------11-----9------------------------------------| A|------4-------6-------8--------11-----9------------------------------------| E|------2-------4-------6--------9------7------------------------------------| (also, at regular intervals through the verse, Mart plays this tiny riff, with or without at different points) F# F# G# G# A# A# C# B E|----------|--------|--------|------|------|--------|------|-------|--------| B|----------|--------|--------|------|------|--------|------|-------|--------| G|----------|-----11-|--------|------|------|-----11-|------|----8--|--------| D|----------|---11---|--------|------|------|---11---|------|-------|--------| A|----------|--9-----|--------|------|------|--9-----|------|--6----|--------| E|----------|--------|--------|------|------|--------|------|-------|--------| (Chorus) (the Chorus chord progression is the same as the verse progression; the chords are played distortion by sweeping up from the top string to the bottom string) F# G# A# C# B E|---2----|---4---|---6------|-------------------|---------------------------| B|---2----|---4---|---6------|-------------------|---------------------------| G|---3----|---5---|---7------|--/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------| D|---4----|---6---|---8------|--/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------| A|---4----|---6---|---8------|--/4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------| E|---2----|---4---|---6------|-------------------|---------------------------| (bridge) The bridge sounds like it's just F# over and over again F# E|----2--| B|----2--| G|----3--| D|----4--| A|----4--| E|----2--| (synth/Guitar Duel Solo) (this call/answer solo is pretty much the same as the verse fill. The only thing that is the synth. The guitar just answers twice with this) E|--------| B|--------| G|-----11-| D|---11---| A|--9-----| E|--------|