Isolation — Joy Division
Chords and lyrics for Isolation by Joy Division (key of C).
Verse 1
There is no guitar in that song, Barney playing keyboards. This is an
interpretation for a standalone guitar mixing bass and synth elements.
As there is a drone G along the song, I propose to play it with powerchords
plus the open G string:
It sounds interesting with delay and either flanger or chorus.
I give the base bass riff, but there are variations in the song.
Intro
(drums)
(bass riff)
(synth)
[B5] [A5] [G5] [F5] [G5]
[B5] [A5] [G5] [F5] [G5]
[B5] [A5] [G5] [F5] [G5] [G5]
Verse 1
[G5]In fear every [F5]day, every [G5]evening
He calls her [F5]aloud from [G5]above
Carefully [F5]watched for a [G5]reason
Painstaking [F5]devotion and [G5]love
Surrendered to [F5]self [G5]preservation
From others who [F5]care for [G5]themselves
A blindness that [F5]touches [G5]perfection
But hurts just like [F5]anything [G5]else
Chorus
[B5] [A5] [G5] [F5] [G5]Isolation
[B5] [A5] [G5] [F5] [G5]Isolation
[B5] [A5] [G5] [F5] [G5]Isolation
(bass riff)
Verse 2
[G5]Mother I [F5]tried please believe [G5]me
I'm doing the [F5]best that I [G5]can
I'm ashamed of the [F5]things I've been put [G5]through
I'm ashamed of the [F5]person I [G5]am
Chorus
[B5] [A5] [G5] [F5] [G5]Isolation
[B5] [A5] [G5] [F5] [G5]Isolation
[B5] [A5] [G5] [F5] [G5]Isolation
(bass riff)
Verse 3
[G5]But if you could [F5]just see the [G5]beauty
These things I could [F5]never [G5]describe
These pleasures a [F5]wayward [G5]distraction
This is my [F5]one lucky [G5]prize
(bass riff)
(synth)
[G5] [F5] [G5] [F5] [G5] [F5] [G5] [F5]
Outro
[G5] Isolation,[F5] isolation,[G5] isolation,[G5] isolation,[G5] isolation.
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