Chord/Tab song: The Plains / Bitter Dancer

the plains/ bitter dancer by fleet foxes
tab by alexander rex

dropped D tuning
DADGBe

capo on 2nd fret

E 2x2100 F# 444xxx
G 5x54xx F# 4x43xx
A 5x54xx G 5x503x
Dsus2 x00230 F 3x32xx
Fm x44222 G x20003
G6 x20030


the plains

F#|-0----------0---------------------0----------0----------0---------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4----------4----------4---------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|-7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0----9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7--|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4-----------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------0----------0--------------------------------------|
C#|-7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0----------0----------0--------------------------------------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0----------0----------0----------0---------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4----------4---------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------|

bitter dancer

Em riff 1 (picking) (you can also play this riff in fast triplets)

F#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
C#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |-----0---------------0-------0-------0--------------0-------0---|
E |-------------2---0-------4-------2------0-----------------------|
B |-2-------4----------------------------------4---2-------2-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Em riff 1

F#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
C#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |-----0---------------0-------0-------0--------------0-------0---|
E |-------------2---0-------4-------2------0-----------------------|
B |-2-------4----------------------------------4---2-------2-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Em riff 1
Just as the sand made everything round
Em riff 1
Just as the tar seeps up from the ground
E F# G
bitter dancer, ever turning
Em riff 1
so was the day that you came to town

Em riff 2 (play this melody while strumming softly the Em chord)

F#|------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |-------2-0---4---2---0--------|
B |-2---4-----------------4-2----|
E |------------------------------|

Em riff 2

F#|------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |-------2-0---4---2---0--------|
B |-2---4-----------------4-2----|
E |------------------------------|

Em riff 2
you took a room and you settled in
Em riff 2
washed off the chalk from your weathered skin
E F# G
daylight sleeper, bloody reaper
Em riff 2
you took a room and you settled in

Em riff 2 (2x)
(flute solo)

Em riff 2
i should have known one day you would come
Em riff 2
all of us walk so blind in the sun
E F# G
midnight feeder, beggar, pleader
Em riff 2
i should had known one day you would come

Em riff 2
(flute solo)

E F# G A GF# G
tell me again my only son
Dsus2 F G F Em riff 2
tell me again what have you done

Em riff 2
(flute solo)

[F#m]at [G]arm's [F#m]lengths
G Dsus2 G6
i will hold you there
the[Dsus2]re[G6]

[Dsus2] [G6]
[Dsus2] [G6]
[Dsus2] [G6]
[Dsus2] [G6]
[F#m]at [G]arm's [F#m]lengths
G Dsus2 G6
i will hold you there
ther[Dsus2]e[G6]

Dsus2 G6 (repeat till fade out)

tabbed from live performances (kcrw, austin city limits) and the album version
february 2014