Ani Difranco - Buildings and Bridges

Buildings and Bridges - Ani Difranco

Played with a capo at the 3rd fret. Be creative, add variation to the rhythm! Really this is just my interpretation of the song, and this is how I like to play it. I think that it sounds pretty good, but if there are any corrections just email me vfilby@gmail.com Lyrics courtesy of http://www.danah.org/Ani/. Chords in ()'s are the actual chords being played, instead of the capo'd chord.

NOTES:

Sounds like two guitars, playing the same chords. One is playing fingerstyle and the other is strumming the chords. Because both are in the song, you can play it either way, or a combination of both; finger style on the verses and strumming on the chorus. Playing fingerstyle allows you to get the sound of a chord all at once and it is quite distinctive in the song.

Note the hammer on that introduces the Em, it really brings the song together by tying in the hook from the verses.

A. Pattern used over the verses.
   G(A#)   C(E#)                 Em(Gm)  Am(Cm)
|-----3-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----3----1------------------|-----0----1------------------|
|-----0----0------------------|-----0----2------------------|
|-----------------------0-----|-----------------------0-----|
|----------3---0h2-0h2--------|----------0---0h2-0h2--------|
|--3--------------------------|--0--------------------------|


B. Pattern used over the courses (la la la la da duh...  )
   G(A#)                 C(E#)   Em(Gm)                Am(Cm)
   d  u d   d u d u d    d d     d  u d   d u d u d    d d
|--3--3-x---3-3-3-3-3----0-0--|--0--0-x---0-0-0-0-0----0-0--|
|--3--3-x---3-3-3-3-3----1-1--|--0--0-x---0-0-0-0-0----1-1--|
|--0--0-x---0-0-0-0-0----0-0--|--0--0-x---0-0-0-0-0----2-2--|
|--0--0-x---0-0-0-0-0----2-2--|0h2--2-x---2-2-2-2-2----2-2--|
|--2--2-x---2-2-2-2-2----3-3--|0h2--2-x---2-2-2-2-2----0-0--|
|--3--3-x---3-3-3-3-----------|--0--0-x---0-0-0-0-----------|

buildings and bridges
are made to bend in the wind
to withstand the world,
that's what it takes
all that steel and stone
is no match for the air, my friend
what doesn't bend breaks
what doesn't bend breaks

we are made to bleed
and scab and heal and bleed again
and turn every scar into a joke
we are made to fight
and fuck and talk and fight again
and sit around and laugh until we choke
sit around and laugh until we choke

i don't know who you were expecting
probably some bitch who does not budge
with eyes the size of snow
i may get pissed off sometimes
but you seem like the type to hold a grudge
and in the end, i just let go...

buildings and bridges
are made to bend in the wind
to withstand the world,
that's what it takes
all that steel and stone
is no match for the air, my friend
what doesn't bend breaks
what doesn't bend breaks