Chords with lyrics
Difficulty: Novice 1. The Crane Wife 3 2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Feel Not the Drowning 3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) 4. O Valencia! 5. The Perfect Crime #2 6. When the War Came 7.Shankill Butchers 8.Summersong 9. The Crane Wife 1&2 10. Sons & Daughters BONUS TRACKS 11. After the Bombs 12. Culling of the Fold 13. The Perfect Crime #1 14. The Day I Knew You Wouldn't Ever Come Back 15. Hurdles Even Here 1. The Crane Wife 3 Tabbed originally by: Unregistered INTRO (D MajorD A augmentedA G+G)x2 VERSE 1 D MajorD A augmentedA G+G And under the boughs unbound D MajorD A augmentedA G+G All clothed in a snowy shroud D MajorD A augmentedA G+G She had no heart so hardened D MajorD A augmentedA G+G All under the boughs unbound (D MajorD A augmentedA G+G)x2 VERSE 2 D MajorD A augmentedA G+G Each feather it fell from skin D MajorD A augmentedA G+G Till threadbare she grew thin D MajorD A augmentedA G+G How where my eyes so blinded D MajorD A augmentedA G+G Each feather it fell from skin CHORUS D MajorD A augmentedA G+G And I will hang my head hang my head low D MajorD A augmentedA G+G And I will hang my head hang my head low (D MajorD A augmentedA G+G)x2 VERSE 3 D MajorD A augmentedA G+G The gray sky looked bitter stained D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA rain cloud and crane on wing D MajorD A augmentedA G+G All out beyond horizons oh D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA gray sky a bitter stain CHORUS D MajorD A augmentedA G+G (And I will hang my head hang my head low)x7 OUTRO (D MajorD A augmentedA G+G)x4
2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Feel Not the Drowning INTRO E minorEm VERSE 1 There's an island hidden in the sound Lapping currents lay your boat aground G+G Affix your barb and bayonet A augmentedA Bb majorBb The curlews carve their arabesques E minorEm And sorrow fills the silence all around Come and see VERSE 2 There's a harbor lost within the reeds A augmentedA jetty caught in over-hanging trees G+G Among the bones of cormorants A augmentedA Bb majorBb No boot-mark here nor fingerprint E minorEm The rivers roll down to a soundless sea Come and see G+G G/F# E minorEm Come and see CHORUS D MajorD C majorC The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye E minorEm D MajorD C majorC The willows mark the wind E minorEm D MajorD C majorC And all we know for sure amidst this fading light E minorEm D MajorD C majorC We'll not go home again B7B7 C majorC Come and see B7B7 C majorC D MajorD E minorEm Come and see VERSE 3 In the lowlands, nestled in the heath A augmentedA briar-cradle rocks its babe to sleep G+G Its contents watched by Sycorax A augmentedA Bb majorBb And Patagon in parallax E minorEm A augmentedA foretold rumbling sounds below the deep Come and see G+G G/F# E minorEm Come and see CHORUS D MajorD C majorC The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye E minorEm D MajorD C majorC The willows mark the wind E minorEm D MajorD C majorC And all we know for sure amidst this fading light E minorEm D MajorD C majorC We'll not go home again B7B7 C majorC Come and see B7B7 C majorC D MajorD A minorAm Come and see *The Landlords Daughter* A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD As I was a-ramble down by the water A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD I spied in sable the landlord's daughter A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD I produced my pistol, then my saber A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD Said, "Make no whistle or thou will be murdered!" A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD La-Ha-Ha La-Ha A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD She cursed, she shivered, she cried for mercy A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD "My gold and silver if thou will release me!" G+G Bb majorBb FF G#G# Eb MajorEb BbmBbm A augmentedA DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb I'll take no gold, miss. I'll take no silver. DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb But I'll take those sweet lips and thou will deliver! A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD La-Ha-Ha La-Ha DmDm C majorC FF G+G A minorAm *You'll Feel Not the Drowning* INTRO A minorAm Asus2Asus2 VERSE 1 A minorAm C majorC I will dress your eyelids A minorAm C majorC With dimes upon your eyes A minorAm C majorC Lay you close to water A minorAm C majorC Green your grave will rise CHORUS G+G Go to sleep now, little ugly A minorAm Go to sleep now, you little fool G+G Forty winking in the belfry FF G+G You'll not feel the drowning FF G+G G#G#+ You'll not feel the drowning VERSE 2 A minorAm C majorC Forget you once had sweethearts A minorAm C majorC They've forgotten you A minorAm C majorC Think you not on parents A minorAm C majorC They've forgotten too CHORUS G+G Go to sleep now, little ugly A minorAm Go to sleep now, you little fool G+G Forty winking in the belfry FF G+G You'll not feel the drowning FF G+G G#G#+ You'll not feel the drowning VERSE 3/OUTRO A minorAm C majorC Hear you now the captain A minorAm C majorC Heave his sorrowed cry A minorAm C majorC The weight upon your eyelids A minorAm C majorC Is dimes laid on your eyes 3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) Originally tabbed by: Warpstarkirby INTRO C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm VERSE 1 C majorC A minorAm Heart-carved tree trunk, Yankee bayonet C majorC A minorAm A augmentedA sweetheart left behind C majorC A minorAm Far from the hills of the sea-swelled Carolinas C majorC A minorAm That's where my true love lies C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah VERSE 2 C majorC A minorAm Look for me when the sun-bright swallow C majorC A minorAm Sings upon the birch bough high C majorC A minorAm But you are in the ground with the voles and the weevils C majorC A minorAm All a'chew upon your bones so dry C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm (Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah)x2 CHORUS A augmentedA Cmaj7Cmaj7 But when the sun breaks A augmentedA Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G To no more bullets in Battle Creek A augmentedA Cmaj7Cmaj7 Then will you make a grave A augmentedA FF For I will be home then G+G I will be home then FF I will be home then G+G I will be home then, then C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm VERSE 3 C majorC A minorAm When I was a girl how the hills of Oconee C majorC A minorAm Made a seam to hem me in C majorC A minorAm There at the fair when our eyes caught, careless C majorC A minorAm Got my heart right pierced by a pin C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah VERSE 4 C majorC A minorAm But oh, did you see all the dead of Manassas C majorC A minorAm All the bellies and the bones and the bile C majorC A minorAm No, I lingered here with the blankets barren C majorC A minorAm And my own belly big with child C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm (Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah) x2 CHORUS A augmentedA Cmaj7Cmaj7 But when the sun breaks A augmentedA Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G To no more bullets in Battle Creek A augmentedA Cmaj7Cmaj7 Then will you make a grave A augmentedA FF For I will be home then G+G I will be home then FF I will be home then G+G I will be home then BRIDGE FF G+G Stems and bones and stone walls too G+G Could keep me from you FF E minorEm Skein of skin is all too few G+G To keep me from you C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm VERSE 5 C majorC A minorAm But oh my love, though our bodies may be parted C majorC A minorAm Though our skin may not touch skin C majorC A minorAm Look for me with the sun-bright sparrow C majorC A minorAm I will come on the breath of the wind C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm (Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah) x2 4. O Valencia! Originally tabbed by: jebeebus INTRO (C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G)x2 VERSE 1 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G You belong to the gang C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G And you say you can't break away C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G But I'm here with my hands on my heart C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G Our families can't agree C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G I’m your brother's sworn enemy C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G But I'll shout out my love to the stars CHORUS A minorAm FF DmDm G+G So wait for the stone on your window, your window A minorAm FF DmDm G+G Wait by the car and we’ll go, we’ll go (C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G)x2 VERSE 2 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G When first we laid eyes C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G I swore to no compromise C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G 'Til I felt my caress on your skin C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G Well, how soon we were betrayed C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G Your sister gave us away C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G And your father came all unhinged CHORUS A minorAm FF DmDm G+G So wait for the stone on your window, your window A minorAm FF DmDm G+G Wait by the car and we’ll go, we’ll go C majorC E minorEm A minorAm But Oh, Valencia-ah-ah! FF C majorC With your blood still warm on the ground E minorEm A minorAm Valencia-ah-ah! FF And I swear to the stars DmDm G+G I’ll burn this whole city down, oh oh oh (C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G)x4 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G All I heard was a shout C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G Of your brother calling me out C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G And you ran like a fool to my side C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G Well the shot, it hit hard C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G And your frame went limp in my arms C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G And the lull of love was your dying cry CHORUS A minorAm FF DmDm G+G So wait for the stone on your window, your window A minorAm FF DmDm G+G Wait by the car and we’ll, go we’ll go C majorC E minorEm A minorAm But Oh, Valencia-ah-ah! FF C majorC With your blood still warm on the ground E minorEm A minorAm Valencia-ah-ah! FF C majorC And I’ll burn this whole city down OUTRO E minorEm A minorAm Valencia-ah-ah! FF C majorC With your blood gettin' cold on the ground E minorEm A minorAm Valencia-ah-ah! FF And I swear to the stars DmDm G+G C majorC I’ll burn this whole city down, oh oh oh 5. The Perfect Crime #2 INTRO E minorEm VERSE 1 Sing muse of the passion of the pistol Sing muse of the warning by the whistle A augmentedA night so dark in the waning A augmentedA dawn obscured by a slate sky raining VERSE 2 Five and twenty burglars by the reservoir A augmentedA teenage lookout on the signal tower The mogul's daughter in hogties The mogul fingers the wrong guy CHORUS C majorC D MajorD It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C majorC G+G E minorEm A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime C majorC D MajorD It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C majorC G+G E minorEm A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime It was the perfect crime VERSE 3 The bagman's quaking in the fingers The hand off lends a little lingers A augmentedA well dressed man in the cross hairs A augmentedA shot rings out from somewhere upstairs CHORUS C majorC D MajorD It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C majorC G+G E minorEm A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime C majorC D MajorD It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C majorC G+G E minorEm A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime It was the perfect crime BRIDGE C majorC BB It was like a ticker-tape parade C majorC BB When the plastique on the safe was blown away C majorC BB We all gazed from eye to eye C majorC E minorEm As we mouthed our silent good-byes VERSE 4 The valley sleeping with the bastard It stinks of slumber and disaster Two words I spoke on the tap-wire The agent's ploy was a surefire backfire CHORUS C majorC D MajorD It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C majorC G+G E minorEm A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime C majorC D MajorD It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C majorC G+G E minorEm A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect C majorC D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime 6. When The War Came INTRO Bsus2Bsus2 VERSE 1 With all the grain of Babylon To cultivate, To make us strong And hidden here behind the walls Are shoulders wide and timber on Asus2Asus2 Till the war came Bsus2Bsus2 Till the war came VERSE 2 A augmentedA terrible autonomy Is grafted onto you and me A augmentedA trust put in the governments Who told their lies as heaven sent Asus2Asus2 Till the war came Bsus2Bsus2 Till the war came CHORUS G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2 And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2 And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball G+G A augmentedA E minorEm G+G And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight G+G When the war came Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2 The war came hard VERSE 3 We made our oaths to Avalon We'd not betray the soul lain on The acres of hysteracy To our own pangs of starvation Asus2Asus2 When the war came Bsus2Bsus2 When the war came CHORUS G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2 And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2 And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball G+G A augmentedA E minorEm G+G And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight G+G When the war came AsusAsus Bssu2 The war came hard OUTRO With all the grain of Babylon With all the grain of Babylon 7. Shankill Butchers Originally tabbed by: hojoseph99 CAPO 4 INTRO (A minorAm Am/B C majorC Am/B) x2 VERSE 1 A minorAm Am/E FF The shankill butchers run tonight E MajorE You better shut your windows tight A minorAm Am/E FF They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives E MajorE And taking all their whiskey by the pint CHORUS A minorAm Am/E FF And everybody knows if you don't G+G A minorAm Am/E Mind your mother's words A minorAm Am/E FF F/CF/C A augmentedA wicked wind will blow G+G A minorAm Your ribbons from your curls Am/E A minorAm Am/E FF Everybody moan, everybody shake E MajorE E/B (A minorAm Am/B Am/B) x2 The Shankill butchers wanna catch you awake VERSE 2 A minorAm Am/E FF They used to be just like me and you E MajorE They used to be sweet little boys A minorAm Am/E FF But something went horribly askew E MajorE Now killing is their only source of joy CHORUS A minorAm Am/E FF And everybody knows if you don't G+G A minorAm Am/E Mind your mother's words A minorAm Am/E FF F/CF/C A augmentedA wicked wind will blow G+G A minorAm Your ribbons from your curls Am/E A minorAm Am/E FF Everybody moan, everybody shake E MajorE E/B (A minorAm Am/B Am/B) x2 The Shankill butchers wanna catch you awake BRIDGE (A minorAm Am/E FF E MajorE)x2 VERSE 3 A minorAm Am/E FF The shankill butchers on the rise E MajorE They're waiting until the dead of the night A minorAm Am/E FF They're picking at their fingers with their knives E MajorE And wiping off their cleavers on their thighs CHORUS A minorAm Am/E FF And everybody knows if you don't G+G A minorAm Am/E Mind your mother's words A minorAm Am/E FF F/CF/C A augmentedA wicked wind will blow G+G A minorAm Your ribbons from your curls Am/E A minorAm Am/E FF Everybody moan, everybody shake OUTRO E MajorE The shankill butchers wanna catch you E MajorE The shankill butchers wanna cut you E MajorE The shankill butchers wanna catch you A minorAm Am/B C majorC Am/B Awake A minorAm Am/B C majorC Am/B Awake A minorAm Am/B C majorC Am/B Awake A minorAm Awake 8. Summersong Originally tabbed by: tAKEAWAy CAPO 4 INTRO A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G VERSE 1 A minorAm C majorC Ramblin' where to begin E minorEm G+G I taste the summer on your peppery skin A minorAm C majorC Been saved the warmer the waves E minorEm G+G I felt a slip into a watery grave A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G A augmentedA la di da di da Ahhhhhhh PRE-CHORUS A minorAm C majorC My girl, linen and curls E minorEm G+G Lips parting like a flag all unfurled A minorAm C majorC She's grand the bend of her hand E minorEm G+G Digging deep into the sweep of the sand A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G A augmentedA la di da di da Ahhhhhhh CHORUS G+G A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm Summer arrives with a length of lights E minorEm A minorAm FF Summer blows away C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G And quietly gets swallowed by a wave A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G It gets swallowed by a wave VERSE 2 A minorAm C majorC Waylay the din of the day E minorEm G+G Boats bobbing in the blue of the bay A minorAm C majorC In deep far beneath E minorEm G+G All the dead sailors slowly slipping to sleep A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G A augmentedA la di da di da Ahhhhhhh PRE-CHORUS A minorAm C majorC My girl, linen and curls E minorEm G+G Lips parting like a flag all unfurled A minorAm C majorC She's grand the bend of her hand E minorEm G+G Digging deep into the sweep of the sand A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G A augmentedA la di da di da Ahhhhhhh CHORUS G+G A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm Summer arrives with a length of lights E minorEm A minorAm FF Summer blows away C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G And quietly gets swallowed by a wave A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G It gets swallowed by a wave A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G It gets swallowed by a wave A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G It gets swallowed by a wave 9. The Crane Wife 1&2 Crane Wife 1 tabbed by: Stormx Crane Wife 2 tabbed by: heymrrain INTRO G+G VERSE 1 It was a cold night E minorEm And the snow lay low I pulled my coat tight C majorC Against the falling down And the sun was all G+G E minorEm And the sun was all down And the sun was all C majorC G+G And the sun was all down VERSE 2 I am a poor man E minorEm I haven't wealth nor fame I have my two hands C majorC And a house to my name And the winter's so G+G E minorEm And the winter's so long And the winter's so C majorC D MajorD And the winter's so long CHORUS And all the stars were crashing 'round G+G As I laid eyes on what I'd found VERSE 3 It was a white crane E minorEm It was a helpless thing Upon a red stain C majorC With an arrow its wing And it called and cried G+G E minorEm And it called and cried so And it called and cried C majorC D MajorD And it called and cried so CHORUS And all the stars were crashing 'round G+G As I laid eyes on what I'd found E minorEm C majorC My crane wife, my crane wife G+G My crane wife, my crane wife VERSE 4 Now I helped her E minorEm And I dressed her wounds And how I held her C majorC Beneath the rising moon And she stood to fly G+G E minorEm And she stood to fly away And she stood to fly C majorC D MajorD She stood to fly away CHORUS And all the stars were crashing 'round G+G As I laid eyes on what I'd found E minorEm C majorC My crane wife, my crane wife G+G My crane wife, my crane wife G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD G+G D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD G+G D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD G+G D MajorD Bb majorBb D MajorD G+G D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD G+G D MajorD Bb majorBb D MajorD G+G *Crane Wife 2* INTRO D MajorD VERSE 1 C majorC G+G D MajorD My crane wife arrived at my door in the moonlight C majorC G+G D MajorD All star-bright and tongue tied I took her in VERSE 2 D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD We were married and bells rang sweet for our wedding C majorC G+G D MajorD And our bedding was ready when we fell in CHORUS E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red A augmentedA G+G Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread A augmentedA C majorC G+G When all I ever meant to do was to keep you D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife VERSE 3 C majorC G+G D MajorD We were poorly, our fortunes fading hourly C majorC G+G D MajorD And how she vowed me she could bring it back VERSE 4 D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD But I was greedy I was vain and I forced her to weaving C majorC G+G D MajorD On cold loom in closed room with down wove CHORUS E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red A augmentedA G+G Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread A augmentedA C majorC G+G When all I ever meant to do was to keep you D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife OUTRO E minorEm FF There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart E minorEm FF There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC Rakes at my heart, heart, heart, heart, heart G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC Heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart D MajorD My crane wife 10. Sons And Daughters INTRO: D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G VERSE 1/CHORUS D MajorD G+G When we arrive, sons and daughters D MajorD G+G We'll make our homes on the water D MajorD G+G We'll build our walls aluminum D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G VERSE 2 D MajorD G+G These currents pull us 'cross the border D MajorD G+G Steady your boats, arms to shoulder D MajorD G+G 'till tides are pulled, hold our grounds D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G Making this cold harbor now home D MajorD G+G VERSE 3 D MajorD G+G Take up your arms, sons and daughters D MajorD G+G We will arise from the bunkers D MajorD G+G By land, by sea, by dirigible D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G We'll leave our tracks untraceable now BRIDGE D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G CHORUS D MajorD G+G When we arrive, sons and daughters D MajorD G+G We'll make our homes on the water D MajorD G+G We'll build our walls aluminum D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now D MajorD G+G CHORUS D MajorD G+G When we arrive, sons and daughters D MajorD G+G We'll make our homes on the water D MajorD G+G We'll build our walls aluminum D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G CHORUS D MajorD G+G When we arrive, sons and daughters D MajorD G+G We'll make our homes on the water D MajorD G+G We'll build our walls aluminum D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G CHORUS D MajorD G+G When we arrive, sons and daughters D MajorD G+G We'll make our homes on the water D MajorD G+G We'll build our walls aluminum D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G OUTRO D MajorD G+G (Here all the bombs fade away) X 20 BONUS TRACKS 11. After the Bombs Originally tabbed by: Unregistered INTRO D MajorD BB G+G VERSE 1 D MajorD B minorBm G+G After the bombs subside D MajorD B minorBm And this long, low campaign G+G Calls it good for the night D MajorD Bb majorBb We meet in the streets B minorBm A augmentedA G+G Will we meet in a bar’s cold light? D MajorD B minorBm We grip at our hands G+G We hold just a little tight G+G F minorFm E minorEm After the bombs A augmentedA D MajorD After the bombs subside VERSE 2 D MajorD B minorBm G+G And after the rockets come D MajorD B minorBm And the glimmer of fire G+G Pretends an early dawn D MajorD Bb majorBb We pinch at our skin B minorBm A augmentedA G+G While we wonder how we escaped harm D MajorD B minorBm We forget all our trials G+G All there in our baby’s arms G+G F minorFm E minorEm After the rockets E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD After the rockets come CHORUS D MajorD G+G D MajorD Then we’ll go dancing D MajorD G+G D MajorD Won’t we go dancing? D MajorD G+G F minorFm E minorEm Yes, we’ll go dancing A augmentedA D MajorD Until it all starts over again D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD Bb majorBb B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD B minorBm G+G F minorFm E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD CHORUS D MajorD G+G D MajorD Then we’ll go dancing D MajorD G+G D MajorD Yes, we’ll go dancing D MajorD G+G F minorFm E minorEm Won't we go dancing A augmentedA D MajorD Until it all starts over again 12. Culling of the Fold Originally tabbed by: Henner VERSE 1 C majorC E minorEm Cut him up boy C majorC E minorEm You've got to cut him up boy C majorC He's a wicked disgrace E minorEm And he said it to your face C majorC E minorEm You better cut him up boy VERSE 2 E minorEm Take him by the teeth E minorEm Get him down on his knees F#° With your hands all shaking C majorC That'll teach him how to take it E minorEm C majorC Gotta cut him up boy E minorEm And how CHORUS A minorAm Ply her heart with gold and silver E minorEm A minorAm And take your sweetheart down to the river E minorEm F#° Dash her on the paving stones C majorC It may break your heart BB To break her bones A minorAm C majorC BB E minorEm But someones got to do, the culling of the fold VERSE 3 C majorC E minorEm Cut him up girl C majorC E minorEm Really cut him up girl C majorC E minorEm He lives by himself in a hole in a wall, C majorC E minorEm You've gotta cut him up girl VERSE 4 E minorEm You can take him in a stitch E minorEm Dump his body in a ditch F#° Leave his limbs all naked C majorC That'll teach him how to take it E minorEm C majorC Better cut him up girl E minorEm And how CHORUS A minorAm Ply her heart with gold and silver E minorEm A minorAm And take your sweetheart down to the river E minorEm F#dimF#dim Dash her on the paving stones C majorC It may break your heart BB To break her bones A minorAm C majorC BB E minorEm But someones got to do, the culling of the fold BRIDGE C majorC E minorEm Listen up boy C majorC E minorEm And listen up girl C majorC It's a shallow little trench E minorEm And it's giving off a stench C majorC E minorEm It's a shallow little world E minorEm Feeling down in the face E minorEm Could you use a little space Dim When the radio crackles C majorC And the in-laws cackle E minorEm C majorC You better cut him up boy E minorEm And cut him up girl CHORUS A minorAm Ply her heart with gold and silver E minorEm A minorAm And take your sweetheart down to the river E minorEm F#dimF#dim Dash her on the paving stones C majorC It may break your heart BB To break her bones A minorAm C majorC BB E minorEm But someones got to do, the culling of the fold 13. The Perfect Crime #1 VERSE 1 N.C. 2...3...4! I got a gun, I got a girl I got a bullet-proof plan to pull A augmentedA The perfect crime D MajorD I got the perfect crime VERSE 2 I got a warehouse down at the docks I got fifteen precincts of cops bought A augmentedA The perfect crime D MajorD I got the perfect crime CHORUS G+G You got to get your clock locked D MajorD Get your stopwatch synchronized G+G D MajorD You got to get it so you can’t put a pin through your alibi A augmentedA To pull the perfect crime D MajorD To pull the perfect crime A augmentedA D MajorD Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba VERSE 3 D MajorD I got a guy bought on the inside I got a night guard gagged and hog-tied A augmentedA The perfect crime D MajorD This is the perfect crime VERSE 4 I got a brain, I got a brawn I got all the proper papers for the gendarmes A augmentedA The perfect crime D MajorD C’est ç the perfect crime CHORUS G+G I got the mob boss bought D MajorD I got a letter from the DEA G+G I got a mock-up of the lockup D MajorD Where they stock up on their pocket change A augmentedA To pull the perfect crime D MajorD This is the perfect crime A augmentedA D MajorD Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba A augmentedA D MajorD Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba (D MajorD over solo) VERSE 5 D MajorD We hit a snag when we tripped the alarm A augmentedA Because the dock side spics had been tipped off in time D MajorD To this perfect crime VERSE 6 Called out the dogs, called out the cops I caught the deputy ops A augmentedA In a cold cock. I will do time D MajorD For this perfect crime G+G D MajorD So we ran around town with the cops snapping on our tails G+G D MajorD Because we’d rather brave death then a fist-fuck in county jail A augmentedA Just for the perfect crime For the perfect crime D MajorD This is the perfect crime A augmentedA D MajorD Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba A augmentedA D MajorD Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba D MajorD over long outro 14. The Day I Knew You Wouldn't Ever Come Back INTRO B minorBm VERSE 1 B minorBm The day I knew you’d not come back A minorAm B minorBm I built this castle out of glass CHORUS But I could never understand A minorAm Where the windows and walls began and end B minorBm No, I could never understand A minorAm Where the windows and walls began and end A minorAm and B minorBm over long solo VERSE 2 B minorBm I built this colonnade of sand A minorAm Stretched out like fingers from my hand CHORUS B minorBm But with the waves coming in A minorAm In the morning I had to build again B minorBm But with the waves coming in A minorAm In the morning I had to build again A minorAm and B minorBm over long outro 15. Hurdles Even Here INTRO C# minorC#m E MajorE F# minorF#m A augmentedA VERSE 1 C# minorC#m E MajorE So it started in your ovaries F# minorF#m A augmentedA stone, A augmentedA seedling A augmentedA C# minorC#m Our bones entwined E MajorE A augmentedA warning from the orderlies F# minorF#m A augmentedA bulge for bleeding A augmentedA C# minorC#m This would take its time E MajorE Oh oh oh oh F# minorF#m A augmentedA Ah ah ahhhh VERSE 2 C# minorC#m E MajorE So it all went down the telephone F# minorF#m And saw me clearly A augmentedA C# minorC#m All of nine years old E MajorE Calmly cast in Styrofoam F# minorF#m In my Tony Lamas A augmentedA C# minorC#m When the shock takes hold E MajorE Oh oh oh oh F# minorF#m A augmentedA Ah ah ahhhh CHORUS A augmentedA C# minorC#m Mom there are hurdles here DMaj9Dmaj9 A augmentedA that I cannot seem to clear C# minorC#m Dad there are demons round G#G# I know I said that I I said I'd be alright A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA B5B5 C5C5 C# minorC#m I lied I lied I lied I liiiiiiiiied E MajorE F# minorF#m A augmentedA VERSE 3 C# minorC#m E MajorE So fix your brood and belly now F# minorF#m Get your fingers ringing A augmentedA C# minorC#m Get your lungs unstayed E MajorE It'll eat you from the inside out F# minorF#m Till it comes out screaming A augmentedA C# minorC#m Till it all falls away E MajorE Oh oh oh oh F# minorF#m A augmentedA Ah ah ahhhh CHORUS A augmentedA C# minorC#m Dad there are hurdles here DMaj9Dmaj9 A augmentedA that I cannot seem to clear C# minorC#m Mom there are demons round G#G# I know I said that I I said I'd be alright A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA B5B5 C5C5 C# minorC#m I lied I lied I lied I liiiiiiiiied THE END!
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