By Flogging Molly
From the album Drunken Lullabies
Tabbed by Eric Bonkowski
Intro:
chorus riff
[D] [G]
[D] [C] [D]
T[D]?was in the early evenin?
Near the presence of the moon
You told me you would meet me here
Well now is not too soon
Th[G]is dagger twisting in my back
Tells [D]me I never should
Have t[G]rusted everything to fall
From b[F]eggar to the f[A]ool
I [D]see your face like every race
A serpent with two arms
Devouring me while rains the sun
With dreams in foreign lands
This [G]cold and dark tormented hell
Is a[D]ll I?ll ever know
So w[G]hen you get to heaven
May the d[F]evil be the j[A]udge
(with chorus riff)
With another bag of bricks
[D]I scratch your name across these walls
And with my blood turns red
Then drips upon my killing floor
Where now I call my bed
No pr[G]ecious light to harbor
Like so[D] many here before
And e[G]very drop of life you shed
Now b[F]reathes a thousand m[A]ore
(with chorus riff)
With another bag of bricks
T[A]emper filled with blindness
Leads this lost and lonely man
Dragged around your whipping tree
A scourge you can?t command
So[D] deafen me with silence
Drown me with your roar
Scowl me with your hollow eyes
Still burnin? to the core
No d[G]oor will go unanswered
Like so [D]many closed before
No v[G]agabond to knock upon
This [D]tired and beatin? war
When a[G]ll return to exile
F[D]ree from all once bound
De[G]cline and brawl old parasites
The t[F]ruth will yet be f[A]ound
(with chorus riff)
With another bag of bricks
instrumental interlude:
quickly:
D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G
D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G
Then D over the accordion solo
N.C.
This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I?ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge
[A]Temper filled with blindness
Leads this lost and lonely man
Dragged around your whipping tree
A scourge you can?t command
So[D] deafen me with silence
Drown me with your roar
Scowl me with your hollow eyes
Still burnin? to the core
No d[G]oor will go unanswered
Like so [D]many closed before
No v[G]agabond to knock upon
This [D]tired and beatin? war
When a[G]ll return to exile
F[D]ree from all once bound
De[G]cline and brawl old parasites
The t[F]ruth will yet be f[A]ound
(with chorus riff x3)
With another bag of bricks
instrumental outro:
quickly:
D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G
D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G
NOTE:
The F to A move at the end of each verse sounds
much better when A is played barred, rather than
in the open position. Also the reoccurring D may
sound better as a D5, though it is definitely not
a Dm.
and sometimes at the end of certain verse lines,
the violin/accordion slide this little bit in:
And for any mandolin or violin players,
those few riffs look like this:
[and]
Have fun. Email questions/corrections to
[email protected]
From the album Drunken Lullabies
Tabbed by Eric Bonkowski
Intro:
e|-------2-2h3p2-------2-3-2-3-5-3-2h3p2---------|
B|--3-4----------4-3-4--------------------3-4~---|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
chorus riff
[D] [G]
e|------------2-3-5-3-2---------2-3-5--|
B|----3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-3--------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
[D] [C] [D]
e|-----------2-3-5-3-2-----------------|
B|---3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-3-1-1-3---|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
T[D]?was in the early evenin?
Near the presence of the moon
You told me you would meet me here
Well now is not too soon
Th[G]is dagger twisting in my back
Tells [D]me I never should
Have t[G]rusted everything to fall
From b[F]eggar to the f[A]ool
I [D]see your face like every race
A serpent with two arms
Devouring me while rains the sun
With dreams in foreign lands
This [G]cold and dark tormented hell
Is a[D]ll I?ll ever know
So w[G]hen you get to heaven
May the d[F]evil be the j[A]udge
(with chorus riff)
With another bag of bricks
[D]I scratch your name across these walls
And with my blood turns red
Then drips upon my killing floor
Where now I call my bed
No pr[G]ecious light to harbor
Like so[D] many here before
And e[G]very drop of life you shed
Now b[F]reathes a thousand m[A]ore
(with chorus riff)
With another bag of bricks
T[A]emper filled with blindness
Leads this lost and lonely man
Dragged around your whipping tree
A scourge you can?t command
So[D] deafen me with silence
Drown me with your roar
Scowl me with your hollow eyes
Still burnin? to the core
No d[G]oor will go unanswered
Like so [D]many closed before
No v[G]agabond to knock upon
This [D]tired and beatin? war
When a[G]ll return to exile
F[D]ree from all once bound
De[G]cline and brawl old parasites
The t[F]ruth will yet be f[A]ound
(with chorus riff)
With another bag of bricks
instrumental interlude:
quickly:
D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G
D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G
Then D over the accordion solo
N.C.
This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I?ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge
[A]Temper filled with blindness
Leads this lost and lonely man
Dragged around your whipping tree
A scourge you can?t command
So[D] deafen me with silence
Drown me with your roar
Scowl me with your hollow eyes
Still burnin? to the core
No d[G]oor will go unanswered
Like so [D]many closed before
No v[G]agabond to knock upon
This [D]tired and beatin? war
When a[G]ll return to exile
F[D]ree from all once bound
De[G]cline and brawl old parasites
The t[F]ruth will yet be f[A]ound
(with chorus riff x3)
With another bag of bricks
instrumental outro:
quickly:
D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G
D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G
NOTE:
The F to A move at the end of each verse sounds
much better when A is played barred, rather than
in the open position. Also the reoccurring D may
sound better as a D5, though it is definitely not
a Dm.
and sometimes at the end of certain verse lines,
the violin/accordion slide this little bit in:
e|-----2-3-2h3p2--------------|
B|---------------4-3----------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
And for any mandolin or violin players,
those few riffs look like this:
e|----------2-3-5-3-2----------2-3-5---------2-3-5-3-2----------------|
A|--5-5-5-5-----------5-5-5-5--------5-5-5-5-----------5-5-5-5-3-3-5--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
[and]
e|--2-3-2h3p2-----------|
A|-------------6-5------|
D|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
Have fun. Email questions/corrections to
[email protected]
