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Tab by Brouje 

Got so jazzed listening to this one that I just had to go and learn it——but then saw that there was no tab! 
So here's my first ever attempt at making one myself. Hope it helps!

The Bm* chord (I think it's technically like C/B Major 9th?) is just a walk down to the Am and is played like this: 
E|X
A|2
D|0
G|0
B|1
E|0  

(And the Bm in the bridge is just a normal B minor chord) 

G                     D
Here inside the final diorama 
                              G
Charting weather patterns for kicks
C                                G
There are several fairly weighty problems
           D                         C
I'm pretty sure the simulation won't fix


G                   D
Never any better at bottom
                               G
Than the signals I'm set up to receive
C                           G
Choking on the blood of the androids
D                         C
Wiping off my mouth on my sleeve


G                       C
Shining on the inside - maybe
G                       C - Bm* - Am 
Shining on the inside - maybe


G                         D
Somewhere in the monument garden
                           G
Suggestions of a tunnel to freedom
C                           G
Every hour the crack of the rifle
D                       C
Never any guns when you need them


G                           D
I gotta test my chin on the concrete
                        G
It's the only way to be sure
C                       G
Only the desperate ever make it to the exit
D                      C
Only the brave and the pure


G                       C
Shining on the inside - maybe
G                       C - Bm* - Am
Shining on the inside - maybe


Bm                      Em            C
Shining like a deep sea creature
                 G           D
Only temporarily bearing the pressure


G                            D
Sniffing at the walls of the maze
                            G
All the ancient rumors were true
    C                              G
You only see the jump cuts and the close-ups
D                        C
You never get the aerial view


G                            D
Content to maybe serve as an example
                            G
Set up a sign or two on the trail
C                                G
There's a lot of things that can happen
D                       C
All for the want of the nail


G                       C
Shining on the inside - maybe
G                       C - Bm* - Am 
Shining on the inside - maybe


(And then it ends just holding a G chord for three more measures, ending on the first beat of the fourth)