(/) Slide Up (\) Slide Down (h) Hammer On (p) Pull Off (b) Bend (r) Release (v) Vibrato Stave 1: E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------0--------| B|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------2-----| G|-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------------2--| D|--------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----------0-----0-----0-----------2-----------| A|--0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------2-----------------------0-----------------| (verse 1) Not regular party size; Waves crash on either side. He's wearing polypropylene, Clutching at straws, holding onto string. What was he looking for - Truth, or was it Heaven? Or did he just want to go out with a bang, So to speak? He's put his helmet on, Steps out, floats on into the sky, Goodbye! It's funny, but I can understand why: I want to live where the traffic controllers Are ballet dancers, And billboards painted over with colours; Where unkindness is fined In numbers of roses, And nobody feels like taking the commons, * from here on play the same chords, the song is only these 3 chords listed above* (verse 2) While some were meant for sea, in tug-boats 'Round the shore's knee, Milling with the sand, and always coming back to land , For others, up above Is all they care to think of, Up there with the birds and clouds, and Words don't follow. There are times when I sit down to tea, Some well-meaning companion will ask me, How's it going with everything? Quite nicely, but: I want to live where the traffic controllers Are ballet dancers, And billboards painted over with colours; Where unkindness is fined In numbers of roses, And nobody feels like taking the commons, (verse 3) 'Though time has soldiered on, I still think upon him; Waging with the sky, he's crying Goodbye! What was he looking for - Truth, or was it Heaven? Or did he just want to go out with a bang, So to speak?