The Stable Song chords by Gregory Alan Isakov

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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

     C                                 Fmaj7
e|-------------------------------------0----|
B|-------------------------------------1----|
G|---0---0-0--0---0-0--0---0-0-0----0--2----|
D|---2---2-0--2---2-0--2---2-2-2-2-----3----|
A|---3---3-3--3---3-3--3---3-3-3-------3----|
E|------------------------------------------|

     C                  G     Fmaj7
e|----------------------------0---|
B|----------------------------1---|
G|---0---0-0--0---0-0-0-------2---|
D|---2---2-0--2---2-2-2-------2---|
A|---3---3-3--3---3-3-3----2------|
E|----------------------3---------|

This flourish-then-walkup pattern repeats itself:
* in the chorus: Flourish on F, walkup with C
* a little differently in the Bridge: walkup on E maj "...(E) clear-and (Fmaj7) cold..."
Once you get a feel for it, the flourish-walkup pattern should 'feel' obvious

Verse 1:
C       C2       C           C2       C      Fmaj7
Remember when our songs were just like prayers.
C           G              Am              Fmaj7
Like gospel hymns that you called in the air.
C   C2   C   C2   C           Fmaj7
Come down come down sweet reverence,
C       G      Am       Fmaj7       C     Fmaj7  C
unto my simple house and ring...and ring.

Chorus:
F                  C        Fmaj7
Ring like silver, ring like gold
C              G             Am   Fmaj7
Ring out those ghosts on the Ohio
F                   C       Fmaj7
Ring like clear day wedding bells
C                        G            Am         Fmaj7                C     Fmaj7 C
Were we the belly of the beast or the sword that fell...we'll never tell.

Bridge:
Em                   Fmaj7        C      Fmaj7 C
Come to me clear and cold on some sea
Em                       Fmaj7            C     Fmaj7 C
Watch the world spinning waves...like machines

Verse 2:
C   C2   C    C2                 Fmaj7
Now I've been crazy couldn't you tell?
C                     G              Am        Fmaj7
I threw stones at the stars, but the whole sky fell.
C   C2   C    C2                             Fmaj7
Now I'm covered up in straw, belly up on the ta...ble
C                  G         Am            Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7  C
Well and drank and sang, and passed in the sta......ble.

Bridge Instrumental:
Em                   Fmaj7        C      Fmaj7/C
Em                   Fmaj7        C      Fmaj7/C

Verse 3:
C    C2   C     C2              Fmaj7
That tall grass grows high and brown,
C                  G               Am      Fmaj7
Well I dragged you straight in the muddy ground
C   C2   C   C2                 Fmaj7
and you sent me back to where I roam.
C                   G          Am    Fmaj7        C      Fmaj7 C
Well I cursed and I cried, but now I know...now I know

Verse 4:
C   C2    C    C2             Fmaj7
And I ran back to that hollow again
C            G      Am          Fmaj7
the moon was just a sliver back then.
C   C2   C      C2                     Fmaj7
And I ached for my heart like some tin man
C                  G           Am            Fmaj7              C     Fmaj7 C
when it came oh it beat and it boiled and it rang... oh, it's ringing

Chorus:
F                C         Fmaj7
Ring like crazy, ring like hell
C              G       Am          Fmaj7
Turn me back into that wild haired gale
F                 C         Fmaj7
Ring like silver, ring like gold
C                   G             Am   Fmaj7
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal
C                   G             Am   Fmaj7  C  Fmaj7  C   FMaj7
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal