===== Intro ===== guitar 1 (capo on 1): e------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ B------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ G------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ D-0---0---0---0--- -0---0---0---0--- -0---0---0---0--- -0---0---0---0--- A---3---3---3---3- ---3---3---3---3- ---3---3---3---3- ---3---3---3---3- E------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ guitar 2 (no capo): e------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ B------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ G-8------------ -6------------ ------------ ------------ D------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ A-6------------ -4------------ ------------ ------------ E------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ guitar 1: e------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ B------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ G------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ D-0---0---0---0--- -0---0---0---0--- -0---0---0---0--- -0---0---0---0--- A---3---3---3---3- ---3---3---3---3- ---3---3---3---3- ---3---3---3---3- E------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ guitar 2: e------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ B------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ G-8------------ -6------------ -3------------ ------------ D------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ A-6------------ -4------------ -1------------ ------------ E------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ guitar 1: e------------ ------------ ------------ B------------ ------------ ------------ G------------ ------------ ------------ D-0---0---0---0--- -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- -2--2 ----------- A---3---3---3---3- ------------ -------3--3 ---0- E------------ ------------ ------------ guitar 2: e------------ ------------ ------------ B------------ ------------ ------------ G-8------------ -10------------ -------6-------- D------------ ------------ ------------ A-6------------ -8------------ -------4-------- E------------ ------------ ------------ guitar 1: e------------ ------------ B------------ ------------ G------------ ------------ D------------ ------------ A-0---0---0---0--- -0---0---0---0--- E---3---3---3---3- ---3---3---3---3- guitar 2: e------------ ------------ B------------ ------------ G-3------------ ------------ D------------ ------------ A-1------------ ------------ E------------ ------------ ===== Verse 1 ===== N.B. Each chord has its own ?riff?: e------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ B------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ G------8-----8- ------6-----6- ------------ ------------ -----6-----6- D----8-----8--- ----8-----8--- -----8-----8- -----8-----8- ---6-----6--- A-/6-----6----- -/8-----8----- ---6-----6--- ---9-----9--- -4-----4----- E------------ ------------ -9-----9----- -6-----6----- ------------ Yesterday I spent asleep Woke up in my clothes in a dirty heap Spent the night trying to make a deadline Squeezing complicated lives into a simple headline I have your face here in an old Polaroid Tidying the children?s clothes and toys You?re smiling back at me, I took the photo from the fridge Can?t remember what then we did I haven?t been with a woman, it feels like for years Thought of you the whole time, your salty tears This shitty world sometimes produces a rose The scent of it lingers and then it just goes ------------ ===== Chorus ===== ------------ Return the call to home Guitar riff 1: e------------ B- 16-----14----14------------/16-----14----(14)------------ G-----15-----13------------15-----13------------ D------------16-15--13------------16-15--(13)- A------------ E------------ ------------ ===== Verse 2 ===== ------------ The worst of us are a long drawn out confession The best of us are geniuses of compression You say you?re not going to leave the truth alone I?m here ?cos I don?t want to go home Child drinking dirty water from the river bank Soldier brings oranges he got out from a tank I?m waiting on the waiter, he?s taking a while to come Watching the sun go down on Lebanon ------------ ===== Chorus ===== ------------ Return the call to home Guitar riff 2: e------------ B-1~~~------------4----- 6--7----- 12---11-- G------------ D------------ A------------ E------------ ------------ ===== Verse 3 ===== ------------ Now I?ve got a head like a lit cigarette Unholy clouds reflecting in a minaret You?re so high above me, higher than everyone Where are you in the Cedars of Lebanon? Interlude: e------------ B------------ G--------6---8------------ D---- 8-------8--------8--6------------ A-6------------6--9--------9--6-4-6- E------------ (guitar riff 1) Choose your enemies carefully ?cos they will define you Make them interesting ?cos in some ways they will mind you They?re not there in the beginning but when your story ends Gonna last with you longer than your friend

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À propos de la chanson

Dans cette chanson, l'auteur exprime une intense mélancolie face à la complexité de la vie. Il évoque des souvenirs nostalgiques, notamment des moments passés avec une personne chère, tout en se sentant perdu dans un monde difficile. L’accent est mis sur les réalités cruelles de l’existence, telles que la pauvreté et la guerre, symbolisées par des images frappantes, comme des enfants buvant de l'eau sale et des soldats. Le paysage libanais sert de toile de fond à cette réflexion, il représente à la fois un lieu de beauté et de souffrance. Les références aux cèdres et aux minarets soulignent une connexion entre la nature, la spiritualité et les luttes humaines. Au final, la chanson aborde des thèmes universels de quête de sens et d’appartenance, tout en racontant une histoire personnelle.