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Here's the riff that's played in the beginning and end of the song:

e:---------------------
B:---4---5---4-------
G:---------------4----
D:-------------------4--
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Riff B


B                E
He came spitting fire
B
On a day like no other.
E
Tried to hold you near to me
B
I heard him passing over.

B                               F
He made a banquet for the stray dogs of the air.
E                                   B
He put our love in clear perspective.

B                   E
Blue, red and green plumage
B
Trailing behind him now.
E
Swaddling the sky in its aftermath
B
The last days coming down.

B                               F
He made a banquet for the stray dogs of the air.
E
He put our love in clear perspective.
F                             B
Rising, rising, rising, rising.
B E B Riff