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Short Way Home tab by The Builders And The Butchers

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"Short Way Home"
Salvation is a Deep Dark Well
tabbed by: smcclure09@yahoo.com

Standard tuning

Intro:
(melodica & banjo arr. for guitar)
e--------------------------|
B-3h5-3--------------------|
G-------4-2-0--2-0-2--0-2--|
D--------------------------|
A--------------------------|    (x4 - hang on E)
E--------------------------|
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The melodica and banjo keep playing that (hang on the E note on the last measure) while
guitar comes in with an E
Ryan has a very loose playing style and he continues to strum an E while playing the
riff on his bass notes:
  E
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-------------------------|
D-0h2-0-------------------|
A-------2-0----0---0----0-|
E-----------3----3----3---|

VS: [E B7 E (A-G-E)]
 "It took... As judge... And the rain... Shook the grass, leaves, gravel
  E             B7                E                 A     G     E
e-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-------3-3-3-0-0-|
B-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|
G-1-1-1-1-1-1-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-I-2-2-2-0-0-0-1-1-|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-|
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-----------------I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-------3-3-3-0-0-|


CHS: [E A E B7 (E-hold)]
"You try...you try...you try and...home  All the roots...
  E             A         E         B7            E
e-0-0-0-0-0-0-I---------I-0-0-0-0-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-0-|
B-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-2-2-2-2-I-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-|
G-1-1-1-1-1-1-I-2-2-2-2-I-1-1-1-1-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-1-|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-2-I-1-1-1-1-1-1-I-2-|
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-0-0-0-0-I-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-2-|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-I---------I-0-0-0-0-I-------------I-0-|

After striking the E chord on "roots" the guitar strums muted strings, the banjo plays
E on upstrokes and the melodica plays the turnaround to the intro

Repeat intro section

VS2: repeat the VS section twice

CHS2: repeat the CHS section

repeat intro riff 3 times and end on E

Bridge:
  E
e----0---------I----0---------|
B----0---------I----0---------|
G----1---------I----1---------|
D----2---------I----2---------|
A-22-2---------I-22-2---------| (x2)
E-00-0-0-0-0-0-I-00-0-0-0-0-0-|

E                G              A
Mother why'd you have to go and clip my golden wings
          G            A                E
I'm gonna fly off this building all the same
E                      G             A
You put me down in the darkest well, still that water stings
          G            A                E
I'm gonna fly off this building all the same ... etc

Once the vocals kick in on the bridge the banjo plays:
"Mother why'd you... I'm gonna fly... all the same...
e-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3---7---7---7---|
B---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---5---5---5---5---8---8---8-|

VS3: play VS section once

CHS3: play the CHS section once but play each chord by striking 5
      downstrokes until the B7 and play that with a slow rake

Outro:
"All the roots...  try to,  way back home
         E         A        G        E
       e-0-0-0-0-I----------3--3--3--0--0-|
       B-0-0-0-0-I-2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0-|
       G-1-1-1-1-I-2--2--2--0--0--0--1--1-|
       D-2-2-2-2-I-2--2--2--0--0--0--2--2-|
       A-2-2-2-2-I-0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2-|
       E-0-0-0-0-I----------3--3--3--0--0-|

Play the A G E part three more times then play the intro riff one time and end on E

There's a lot going on in this one ... I tried to make it as clear as I could ... hope it helps

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