Tune Half-step down (just makes it easier, but you kinda dont have to)
Chord patterns:
[C] [Am]
Eb-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----------------------------------------------------|
Db------2-----2-----2-----2-------2-----2-----2-----2--|
Ab----3-----3-----3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----3----|
Eb--3-----3-----3-----3-------5-----5-----5-----5------|
[F] [C+]
Eb-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----------------------------------------------------|
Db------3-----3-----3-----3-------2-----2-----2-----2--|
Ab----3-----3-----3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----3----|
Eb--5-----5-----5-----5-------4-----4-----4-----4------|
Strummed Chords: (when you see them, you know to strum instead of pick as above)
C/G (332010)
Dm/A (x00231)
Intro: C
With the [C]grace of a corpse
In a [Am]riptide,
I let [C]go
And I [Am]slide, slide, slide
Down[C]river
With an [Am]empty case
By my [C]side
An e[Am]mpty case
That's [C]my crime
And I [F]sing (Say, valley maker!)
To keep from [C]cursing
And I [F]sing (Say, valley maker!)
To keep from [C]cursing
River [Am]old, river [C]end
River [Am]old, river [C]end
River [Am]gone, river [C]bend
[F]Take me to the sweet valley
Where your heart [C]bloom, bloom, blooms
[F]Take me to the sweet valley
Where your heart is [C]covered with dew
(2 extra measures of C)
[C+] And when the river d[Am]ries
C (double length)
Will ya bury me in wood?
[C+] And where the river d[Am]ries
C (double length) C+
Will ya bury me in stone?
Am (3x length)
And I never realized... death is what it meant...
to make it on my [C]own
Cuz t[F]here is no love,
Where there is no [C]obstacle
And t[F]here is no love
Where there is no [C]bramble
And t[F]here is no love
On the hacked-away [C]plateau
And t[F]here is no love
In the un[C]erring
F (double length)
And there is no love
On the one true [C]path
Am (double length)
Well, I cantered out here,
Now I'm galloping [C/G]back[Dm/A]
[C/G]So bury me in wood, and I will [Dm/A]splinter
[C/G]Bury me in stone, and I will [Dm/A]quake
[C/G]Bury me in water, and I will [Dm/A]geyser
[C/G]Bury me in fire, and I'm gonna [Dm/A]phoenix
I'm gonna [C/G]phoenix[Dm/A]
C/G Dm/A (repeat ad nauseum and end on C/G)
Chord patterns:
[C] [Am]
Eb-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----------------------------------------------------|
Db------2-----2-----2-----2-------2-----2-----2-----2--|
Ab----3-----3-----3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----3----|
Eb--3-----3-----3-----3-------5-----5-----5-----5------|
[F] [C+]
Eb-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----------------------------------------------------|
Db------3-----3-----3-----3-------2-----2-----2-----2--|
Ab----3-----3-----3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----3----|
Eb--5-----5-----5-----5-------4-----4-----4-----4------|
Strummed Chords: (when you see them, you know to strum instead of pick as above)
C/G (332010)
Dm/A (x00231)
Intro: C
With the [C]grace of a corpse
In a [Am]riptide,
I let [C]go
And I [Am]slide, slide, slide
Down[C]river
With an [Am]empty case
By my [C]side
An e[Am]mpty case
That's [C]my crime
And I [F]sing (Say, valley maker!)
To keep from [C]cursing
And I [F]sing (Say, valley maker!)
To keep from [C]cursing
River [Am]old, river [C]end
River [Am]old, river [C]end
River [Am]gone, river [C]bend
[F]Take me to the sweet valley
Where your heart [C]bloom, bloom, blooms
[F]Take me to the sweet valley
Where your heart is [C]covered with dew
(2 extra measures of C)
[C+] And when the river d[Am]ries
C (double length)
Will ya bury me in wood?
[C+] And where the river d[Am]ries
C (double length) C+
Will ya bury me in stone?
Am (3x length)
And I never realized... death is what it meant...
to make it on my [C]own
Cuz t[F]here is no love,
Where there is no [C]obstacle
And t[F]here is no love
Where there is no [C]bramble
And t[F]here is no love
On the hacked-away [C]plateau
And t[F]here is no love
In the un[C]erring
F (double length)
And there is no love
On the one true [C]path
Am (double length)
Well, I cantered out here,
Now I'm galloping [C/G]back[Dm/A]
[C/G]So bury me in wood, and I will [Dm/A]splinter
[C/G]Bury me in stone, and I will [Dm/A]quake
[C/G]Bury me in water, and I will [Dm/A]geyser
[C/G]Bury me in fire, and I'm gonna [Dm/A]phoenix
I'm gonna [C/G]phoenix[Dm/A]
C/G Dm/A (repeat ad nauseum and end on C/G)