Chord/Tab song: International Small Arms Traffic Blues

Chord,Tablature, lyric, sheet, guitar, ukulele song: International Small Arms Traffic Blues - ( tabbed by marshieparshie@riseup.net i keep my guitar in ...)

5 years ago718Tallahassee (2002)The Mountain Goats

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tabbed by marshieparshie@riseup.net

i keep my guitar in low C. to convert to standard tuning, subtract 4 from the bottom
numbers (the C line), subtract 2 from the low G line, and move the 7-6-'s up a string.
446XXX is an Emaj, so play 0221XX instead.

intro bit:

D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|--------7-6-----|7-6-2-----6-6-6-|
G|----4-4-----4-4-|------4---4-4-4-|
C|4---------------|----------4-4-4-|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|------4---------|
D|6-------7-6-----|7-6-2-----------|
G|4---4-4-----4-4-|----------------|
C|4---------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------| these two measures are Riff 1
A|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|6-------7-6-----|7-6-2-----6-6-6-|
G|4---4-4-----4-4-|------4---4-4-4-|
C|4---------------|----------4-4-4-|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|6-------7-6-----|----------6-6-6-|
G|4---4-4-----4-4-|4---4-----4-4-4-|
C|4---------------|------4---4-4-4-|

E A E Riff 1
my love is like a powder keg

my [E]love is like a [A]powder [E]keg

in the [B]corner of an empty [E]warehouse

A E B Riff 1 (2x)
somewhere just outside of town, about to burn down

E A E Riff 1
my love is like a cuban plane

my [E]love is like a [A]cuban [E]plane

[B]flying from ha[E]vana

A E B Riff 1 (2x)
up the florida coast to the 'glades, soviet made

followed by a slightly modified Riff 1:

D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----4-----------|
D|6-------7-6-----|7-6---6---6-6-6-|
G|4---4-4-----4-4-|----------4-4-4-|
C|4---------------|----------4-4-4-|

Riff 1 again

E A Riff 1
our love is like the border between greece and albania

E A Riff 1
our love is like the border between greece and albania

trucks [B]loaded down with [E]weapons

[A] crossing over every [E]night, moon yellow and [B]briiiiiight

there is a [A]shortage in the blood supp[E]ly

but there [A]is no shortage of [E]blood

[A] the way i feel about you [E]baby, can't explain it

slightly different here
B Riff 1 (4x) just hit the strings harder
but you've got the best of my love and it will sound close

ending with:

D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|6-------7-6-----|7-6-7-6---6-6-6-|
G|4---4-4-----4-4-|----------4-4-4-|
C|4---------------|----------4-4-4-|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|6-------7-6-----|7-6-2--2~-------|
G|4---4-4-----4-4-|----------------|
C|4---------------|----------------|