ARTIST:Gin Blossoms
TITLE:Highwire (2:24)
      appearing on 'Congratulations, I'm Sorry'. Track #2.
WRITTEN BY:Robin Wilson
TRANSCRIBED BY:Mark Ord  (6/5/96)


D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 - D
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 - D

D Dsus4 D           Dsus4  D
I wanna take you so far
D              Dsus4 D           Dsus4  D
But they don't want to let us out
         G        A        D Dsus4 D
But they do, they do, they do
D       Dsus4 D            Dsus4  D
I don't wanna walk on that highwire
D          Dsus4 D      Dsus4 D
They ain't gonna let us down
         G        A        D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
But they do, they do, they do
       C
What I could never believe in
(C)
I was never really even
    w/Fig 1.
    Em
And I forgot about the cost
G
And then I got lost, I got lost, I got lost, I got lost

Didn't really wanna live it over
Or even wanna live it down
But I do, I do, I do
Gutiar Solo:
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 - D
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 - D
G
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 - D
A
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 - D

What I could never believe in
I was never really even
And I forgot about the cost
And then I got lost, I got lost, I got lost, I got lost
Didn't really wanna live it over
Or even wanna live it down
But I do, I do, I do...

 Fig 1.
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|-------------------------0---|
|-------------------0--2------|
|----------0---2-2------------|
|-0--2--3---------------------|

 Guitar Solo: (w/Wah Wah)
  D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 - D     D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 - D
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7--7-7---------7-7----------|-7--7-7---------7-7----------|
|---------9-7--------9-7------|---------9-7--------9-7------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G                             D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 - D
|-7--7-7--5------7-7-5--------|-----------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------|-7--7-7---------7-7----------|
|-----------------------------|---------9-7--------9-7------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A                             D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 - D
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-6--7-7--6--4--4--2----------|-11--12-12--11--9--7---------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

O.k guys, here's Highwire from CIS. It's incredibly easy, but neither the
less a great song. To all you lead guitarists - dust of those wah wah
pedals - you'll need them for the solo!
The solo is only rough because I don't actually have a wah wah pedal, but
it should do.

Enjoy,

Mark

Mark Ord
Melbourne, Australia
EMAIL:ord@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au