Eels tab by The Handsome Family

Tabs

C majorC [hammer on 4th string, alternate picking]

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   C majorC    FF     C majorC   C/BC/B
They used to think the swallows
   A minorAm   (E minorEm) FF
were living under water
FF   F minorFm     C majorC
All through the winter
A minorAm       FF    G+G    C majorC
when they were missing from the trees

   C majorC    FF    C majorC   C/BC/B
They used to think the geese
 A minorAm        FF
budded from the branches
 DmDm     A minorAm
Each gentle sunny spring
   FF     G+G   C majorC
when they came back again

     G+G
But the swallows and the geese,
 FF        C majorC
they have always heard
   DmDm       A minorAm
The ringing of the bells
   FF    G+G     C majorC
that echo through the earth

   C majorC    FF   C majorC  C/BC/B
The monarch butterflies
      A minorAm       FF
in their cloud of orange wings
   FF    F minorFm   C majorC
And all the golden eels
 FF     G+G     C majorC
swimming through the sea

     C majorC  FF   C majorC  C/BC/B
They are following a path
   A minorAm     FF
to places never seen
   FF    F minorFm   C majorC
They see the secret map
   FF     G+G    C majorC
the moon draws on the sea

   G+G
The butterflies and eels,
 FF        C majorC
they have always heard
   DmDm       A minorAm
The ringing of the bells
   FF    G+G     C majorC
that echo through the earth

C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm FF F minorFm C majorC FF G+G C majorC

    C majorC     FF  C majorC  C/BC/B
But the airplanes overhead
   A minorAm      FF
hang heavy in the air
   DmDm      A minorAm
And all the shiny cars,
   FF   G+G   C majorC
they circle in despair

  G+G
"Where am I?" They cry.
  FF           C majorC
"Where are you? Where am I?"
   DmDm       A minorAm
But they will never hear
   FF     G+G   C majorC
The bells that ring tonight

   FF     F minorFm     C majorC
The bells that  ring tonight

C majorC [Drop out - Resume staccato w/ upstrokes]

C majorC           C7C7
But the airplanes overhead
   FF      F minorFm
hang heavy in the air
  C majorC       G+G
And all the shiny cars,
   FF   G+G   C majorC