Tuning: Standard
Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----9~-----11--8~----4-5~------2-------4-5~----2--------------|
A|----------------------------------4~--------------4~----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------2-3~-|
Let ~ ring
Verses:
(Em may not be played every time/at all; Up to you)
[Bm]Barren rocks and sand, our [G]wooden sculpture hands,
held like a [Bm]timber hitch, [D]held c[(Em)]andles to the [G]sun
[Bm]Both faint and fading fast,[G] we walked on, windward
kept time with a [Bm]pocketmouse, [D]mouths [(Em)]kept mostly [G]shut
[Bm]Thought broke the silence like a [G]bone
half-moaned: "you've worn me like an alb[Bm]atross,
[D]I've [(Em)]only slowed you [G]down.
[Bm]You could've long traded in your braided cr[G]own
[Bm] [D][(Em)][G]
Thanks to mxerscott for the "Chorus" tab:
e|-2------2------2--------3-|
b|---2-3----2------3--3-2-3-|
g|------------2-----------0-|
d|------------------------0-|
a|------------------------2-|
e|------------------------3-|
[Bm]As we rode in circles on our [G]bicycles;
we walked on [Bm]balance beams[D] as[(Em)] the audience c[G]heered for us
[Bm]We burned like fevers under c[G]arriage hats
hid behind [Bm]Venetian masks
[D]In [(Em)]our human cost[G]umes
[Bm]We stood like statues once in s[G]hepherd's check
we'll both be decked in [Bm]herringbone,
[D]wrapped [(Em)]border drab [G]around already broken ironstone"
[Bm]"But I've seen these cliffs before,
[G]St. Agnes brought her palm branch to the hos[Bm]pital
[D]looked [(Em)]upward lest the c[G]harm had fled
(PLAY SOFTLY)
[Bm]And when he died I shut his [G]dogtooth violet eyes:
He looked just like [Bm]me
c[D]limb [(Em)]on down and s[G]ee
[Bm]they laid him on the rocks [G]below
there'll be enough to fill your [Bm]cup for days
[D]I'll s[(Em)]tay up here and re[G]st.
(Play over the next "chorus" section)
e|-2------2------2--------3-|
b|---2-3----2------3--3-2-3-|
g|------------2-----------0-|
d|------------------------0-|
a|------------------------2-|
e|------------------------3-|
(LOUD AGAIN)
[Bm]We'll fly in straight lines as from carr[G]onades
we'll crash like t[Bm]idal waves,[D] decima[(Em)]te the isl[G]ands
[Bm]As our hollowed lumber falls like w[G]ater, ends where I start
In that tattered[Bm] rag shop b[D]ack [(Em)]in Asbury Pa[G]rk
(OUTRO):
Bm, F#m
Em, Bm
Look how soon my hands won't move
but if you'll improve, we'll all improve
Sixty feet and my feet won't move
but if you'll improve, we'll all improve
Forty feet, my legs won't move
but as you improve, we all improve
Fill our den with acorn mast,
I'll wake before the salmon pass
Ten foot more and nothing moves"
Bm, F#m
Em, Bm
Special thanks to mxerscott for tabbing the horns during the outro:
e|----------------------|
b|----------------------|
g|-7-6-4-6-4-2-4----6-4-|
d|---------------4------|
a|----------------------|
e|----------------------|
-End on Bm-
D: |---| F#m: |---| Bm: |---| G: |-3-| Em: |---|
|---| |---| |---| |-3-| |---|
|-7-| |---| |-4-| |-0-| |---|
|-7-| |-4-| |-4-| |-0-| |-2-|
|-5-| |-4-| |-2-| |-2-| |-2-|
|---| |-2-| |---| |-3-| |-0-|
Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----9~-----11--8~----4-5~------2-------4-5~----2--------------|
A|----------------------------------4~--------------4~----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------2-3~-|
Let ~ ring
Verses:
(Em may not be played every time/at all; Up to you)
[Bm]Barren rocks and sand, our [G]wooden sculpture hands,
held like a [Bm]timber hitch, [D]held c[(Em)]andles to the [G]sun
[Bm]Both faint and fading fast,[G] we walked on, windward
kept time with a [Bm]pocketmouse, [D]mouths [(Em)]kept mostly [G]shut
[Bm]Thought broke the silence like a [G]bone
half-moaned: "you've worn me like an alb[Bm]atross,
[D]I've [(Em)]only slowed you [G]down.
[Bm]You could've long traded in your braided cr[G]own
[Bm] [D][(Em)][G]
Thanks to mxerscott for the "Chorus" tab:
e|-2------2------2--------3-|
b|---2-3----2------3--3-2-3-|
g|------------2-----------0-|
d|------------------------0-|
a|------------------------2-|
e|------------------------3-|
[Bm]As we rode in circles on our [G]bicycles;
we walked on [Bm]balance beams[D] as[(Em)] the audience c[G]heered for us
[Bm]We burned like fevers under c[G]arriage hats
hid behind [Bm]Venetian masks
[D]In [(Em)]our human cost[G]umes
[Bm]We stood like statues once in s[G]hepherd's check
we'll both be decked in [Bm]herringbone,
[D]wrapped [(Em)]border drab [G]around already broken ironstone"
[Bm]"But I've seen these cliffs before,
[G]St. Agnes brought her palm branch to the hos[Bm]pital
[D]looked [(Em)]upward lest the c[G]harm had fled
(PLAY SOFTLY)
[Bm]And when he died I shut his [G]dogtooth violet eyes:
He looked just like [Bm]me
c[D]limb [(Em)]on down and s[G]ee
[Bm]they laid him on the rocks [G]below
there'll be enough to fill your [Bm]cup for days
[D]I'll s[(Em)]tay up here and re[G]st.
(Play over the next "chorus" section)
e|-2------2------2--------3-|
b|---2-3----2------3--3-2-3-|
g|------------2-----------0-|
d|------------------------0-|
a|------------------------2-|
e|------------------------3-|
(LOUD AGAIN)
[Bm]We'll fly in straight lines as from carr[G]onades
we'll crash like t[Bm]idal waves,[D] decima[(Em)]te the isl[G]ands
[Bm]As our hollowed lumber falls like w[G]ater, ends where I start
In that tattered[Bm] rag shop b[D]ack [(Em)]in Asbury Pa[G]rk
(OUTRO):
Bm, F#m
Em, Bm
Look how soon my hands won't move
but if you'll improve, we'll all improve
Sixty feet and my feet won't move
but if you'll improve, we'll all improve
Forty feet, my legs won't move
but as you improve, we all improve
Fill our den with acorn mast,
I'll wake before the salmon pass
Ten foot more and nothing moves"
Bm, F#m
Em, Bm
Special thanks to mxerscott for tabbing the horns during the outro:
e|----------------------|
b|----------------------|
g|-7-6-4-6-4-2-4----6-4-|
d|---------------4------|
a|----------------------|
e|----------------------|
-End on Bm-
D: |---| F#m: |---| Bm: |---| G: |-3-| Em: |---|
|---| |---| |---| |-3-| |---|
|-7-| |---| |-4-| |-0-| |---|
|-7-| |-4-| |-4-| |-0-| |-2-|
|-5-| |-4-| |-2-| |-2-| |-2-|
|---| |-2-| |---| |-3-| |-0-|
