The Stable Song chords by Gregory Alan Isakov

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Gregory Alan Isakov - The Stable Song
Capo 2
Consider the tab for the first two lines of verse:

   C majorC                 Fmaj7Fmaj7
e|-------------------------------------0----|
BB|-------------------------------------1----|
G+G|---0---0-0--0---0-0--0---0-0-0----0--2----|
D MajorD|---2---2-0--2---2-0--2---2-2-2-2-----3----|
A augmentedA|---3---3-3--3---3-3--3---3-3-3-------3----|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|

   C majorC         G+G   Fmaj7Fmaj7
e|----------------------------0---|
BB|----------------------------1---|
G+G|---0---0-0--0---0-0-0-------2---|
D MajorD|---2---2-0--2---2-2-2-------2---|
A augmentedA|---3---3-3--3---3-3-3----2------|
E MajorE|----------------------3---------|

This flourish-then-walkup pattern repeats itself:
* in the chorus: Flourish on F, walkup with C majorC
* a little differently in the Bridge: walkup on E MajorE maj "...(E MajorE) clear-and (Fmaj7Fmaj7) cold..."
Once you get a feel for it, the flourish-walkup pattern should 'feel' obvious

Verse 1:
C majorC    C2    C majorC      C2    C majorC   Fmaj7Fmaj7
Remember when our songs were just like prayers.
C majorC      G+G       A minorAm       Fmaj7Fmaj7
Like gospel hymns that you called in the air.
C majorC  C2  C majorC  C2  C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7
Come down come down sweet reverence,
C majorC    G+G   A minorAm    Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC   Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
unto my simple house and ring...and ring.

Chorus:
FF         C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Ring like silver, ring like gold
C majorC       G+G       A minorAm  Fmaj7Fmaj7
Ring out those ghosts on the Ohio
FF          C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Ring like clear day wedding bells
C majorC            G+G      A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7        C majorC   Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Were we the belly of the beast or the sword that fell...we'll never tell.

Bridge:
E minorEm          Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC   Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Come to me clear and cold on some sea
E minorEm            Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC   Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Watch the world spinning waves...like machines

Verse 2:
C majorC  C2  C majorC  C2         Fmaj7Fmaj7
Now I've been crazy couldn't you tell?
C majorC           G+G       A minorAm    Fmaj7Fmaj7
I threw stones at the stars, but the whole sky fell.
C majorC  C2  C majorC  C2               Fmaj7Fmaj7
Now I'm covered up in straw, belly up on the ta...ble
C majorC         G+G     A minorAm      Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Well and drank and sang, and passed in the sta......ble.

Bridge Instrumental:
E minorEm          Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC   Fmaj7/C
E minorEm          Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC   Fmaj7/C

Verse 3:
C majorC  C2  C majorC   C2       Fmaj7Fmaj7
That tall grass grows high and brown,
C majorC         G+G        A minorAm   Fmaj7Fmaj7
Well I dragged you straight in the muddy ground
C majorC  C2  C majorC  C2         Fmaj7Fmaj7
and you sent me back to where I roam.
C majorC          G+G     A minorAm  Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC   Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Well I cursed and I cried, but now I know...now I know

Verse 4:
C majorC  C2  C majorC  C2       Fmaj7Fmaj7
And I ran back to that hollow again
C majorC      G+G   A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7
the moon was just a sliver back then.
C majorC  C2  C majorC   C2           Fmaj7Fmaj7
And I ached for my heart like some tin man
C majorC         G+G      A minorAm      Fmaj7Fmaj7       C majorC   Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
when it came oh it beat and it boiled and it rang... oh, it's ringing

Chorus:
FF        C majorC     Fmaj7Fmaj7
Ring like crazy, ring like hell
C majorC       G+G    A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7
Turn me back into that wild haired gale
FF         C majorC     Fmaj7Fmaj7
Ring like silver, ring like gold
C majorC          G+G       A minorAm  Fmaj7Fmaj7
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal
C majorC          G+G       A minorAm  Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC  FMaj7
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal

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