Tuning varies from:
3/4 step down (album version) to
1 step up ("Doe Bay" session)-- relative to standard
All chords except C, E and Em are barred on the E string
7/4 Time
Bm A Bm (x2)
(Verse)
[Bm]Mother, you [A]taught me [Bm]good,
you made me [Bm]want to do the [A]things that I [Bm]should,
you told me [Bm]Jesus's gonna make m[A]e a saint,[Bm]
gonna take my [Bm]hand and make my [A]life com[Bm]plete
(Chorus)
but the [G]narrow path is [A]closing [Bm]in
sometimes I think [G]I'm too fat to [A]fit on [Bm]it
when the [G]curtains close because the [A]clouds roll [Bm]in
its taking me [E]right back down
[C]right back [G]down
[G]right [A]back [Em]down to the [A]same dung[Em]eon
Bm A Bm (x2)
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kelli_schaefer/ghost_of_the_beast_crd.html )
(Verse)
When the [Bm]cold heartedness of the [A]ghost of[Bm] the beast
is [Bm]beating on you like a [A]state po[Bm]lice
and the [Bm]only friends that you [A]make are the [Bm]ones
that [Bm]take take take and they [A]take take[G] take and they
[A]got big [Bm]guns[A][Bm]
If I had a mi[Bm]nd[A][Bm]
sharper than a [Bm]needle[A][Bm]
I'd reinvent the [Bm]wheel[A][Bm]
(Bridge)
and take us all
[G]home, where we would [A]know that we've got
[E]windows to [G]close when it gets [A]cold
but I ain't got no[Bm] [A] ([Bm]x4)
(Chorus)
but the [G]narrow path is [A]closing[Bm] in
sometimes I think [G]I'm too fat to [A]fit on[Bm] it
when the [G]curtains close because the [A]clouds roll[Bm] in
its taking me [E]right back down
[C]right back [G]down
[G]right [A]back [Em]down to the [A]same dung[Em]eon
to the [A]same dung[Em]eon (x2)
to the [A]same dung[Bm]eon[A][Bm]
Bm A5 Bm (x3)
[Em]
3/4 step down (album version) to
1 step up ("Doe Bay" session)-- relative to standard
All chords except C, E and Em are barred on the E string
7/4 Time
Bm A Bm (x2)
(Verse)
[Bm]Mother, you [A]taught me [Bm]good,
you made me [Bm]want to do the [A]things that I [Bm]should,
you told me [Bm]Jesus's gonna make m[A]e a saint,[Bm]
gonna take my [Bm]hand and make my [A]life com[Bm]plete
(Chorus)
but the [G]narrow path is [A]closing [Bm]in
sometimes I think [G]I'm too fat to [A]fit on [Bm]it
when the [G]curtains close because the [A]clouds roll [Bm]in
its taking me [E]right back down
[C]right back [G]down
[G]right [A]back [Em]down to the [A]same dung[Em]eon
Bm A Bm (x2)
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kelli_schaefer/ghost_of_the_beast_crd.html )
(Verse)
When the [Bm]cold heartedness of the [A]ghost of[Bm] the beast
is [Bm]beating on you like a [A]state po[Bm]lice
and the [Bm]only friends that you [A]make are the [Bm]ones
that [Bm]take take take and they [A]take take[G] take and they
[A]got big [Bm]guns[A][Bm]
If I had a mi[Bm]nd[A][Bm]
sharper than a [Bm]needle[A][Bm]
I'd reinvent the [Bm]wheel[A][Bm]
(Bridge)
and take us all
[G]home, where we would [A]know that we've got
[E]windows to [G]close when it gets [A]cold
but I ain't got no[Bm] [A] ([Bm]x4)
(Chorus)
but the [G]narrow path is [A]closing[Bm] in
sometimes I think [G]I'm too fat to [A]fit on[Bm] it
when the [G]curtains close because the [A]clouds roll[Bm] in
its taking me [E]right back down
[C]right back [G]down
[G]right [A]back [Em]down to the [A]same dung[Em]eon
to the [A]same dung[Em]eon (x2)
to the [A]same dung[Bm]eon[A][Bm]
Bm A5 Bm (x3)
[Em]