Impenetrable
Unveiling the Impenetrable Depths of Darkness
Lyrics
Pre>intro: am / am+9 / em7 / dm7 (twice)
Introduction: Musical chords played (Am, Am+9, Em7, Dm7) repeated twice.
Am+9 means hammer the be, that is, am 577555 am+9 577557
Explanation of Am+9 chord fingering: Hammer the B string, forming Am (577555) and Am+9 (577557).
Am
Am chord in use.
I'm in a trailer with some white trash.
Narrator describes being in a trailer with individuals considered "white trash."
Em7 dm7
Depiction of the environment: Drinking beer, smoking grass, and a woman with an Axl Rose tattoo on her buttocks.
They're drinkin' beer and smokin' grass
-Am
-There's a dumb chick with peroxide hair.
-Em7 dm7
-She's got axl rose tattooed on her ass
-Am
Narrator feels like an object on display, akin to a trophy or a hunted animal mounted on a wall.
They're holding me up like a trophy in a hall
-Em7 dm7
-Like a deer skin or a bear's head they bought from the mall
-Am
-I act like I'm with them but I'm behind a wall
-Em7 dm7
-Behind a wall in the darkness
-Chorus
Chorus begins.
Am am+9 em7 dm7
Chorus lyrics expressing a feeling of being "impenetrable," unable to connect or understand the surroundings.
Impenetrable I can't get inside of it no
-Am am+9 em7
-Impenetrable I ca - ah - ah - ah - an't
-Am
Repetition of "Impenetrable" with a musical riff.
Impenetrable (riff)
-I wake up in a foreign bed.
Narrator wakes up in a foreign place, encountering emptiness, disease, and desperation.
The hotel is empty the porters are dead
-The maids are diseased but the manager said:
-I'll buy you a drink in the bar pal
-Because you're our last customer. you're our last hope
-The city's deserted, the government's broke
-I act like I'm with him but I'm ready to bolt
-Out through the door into the darkness
-Chorus repeat
Repetition of the chorus.
Guitar solos over verse
Guitar solos played over verses.
Out in the darkness the new year's crowd howl
Narrator reflects on a recurring New Year's celebration, an effigy, and a sense of familiarity amid change.
It's the same celebration for 20 years now
-I found myself there once alone in a crowd
-And the rules haven't changed for a minute
-They're hoisting an effigy up on a pole
-It's someone I remember, it's someone I know
-I can't place the face but when the gasoline flows
-I feel the flames lick round my ankles
-Fmaj7 dm7 fmaj7 am
Section with vocalizations expressing emotion.
Aaaah oh aaah oh
-Fmaj7 dm7
-Aaaah oh
-Chorus repeat /pre>
Final repetition of the chorus.
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