Eels tab by The Handsome Family

C [hammer on 4th string, alternate picking]

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      C        F         C      C/B
They used to think the swallows
      Am      (Em) F
were living under water
F     Fm         C
All through the winter
Am              F        G        C
when they were missing from the trees

      C        F        C      C/B
They used to think the geese
 Am               F
budded from the branches
 Dm          Am
Each gentle sunny spring
      F         G     C
when they came back again

          G
But the swallows and the geese,
  F               C
they have always heard
     Dm             Am
The ringing of the bells
     F       G         C
that echo through the earth

     C       F      C   C/B
The monarch butterflies
           Am             F
in their cloud of orange wings
     F       Fm     C
And all the golden eels
  F         G         C
swimming through the sea

          C    F      C   C/B
They are following a path
     Am          F
to places never seen
      F       Fm     C
They see the secret map
     F         G       C
the moon draws on the sea

     G
The butterflies and eels,
  F               C
they have always heard
     Dm             Am
The ringing of the bells
     F       G         C
that echo through the earth


C F C Am F Fm C F G C

        C         F    C    C/B
But the airplanes overhead
      Am           F
hang heavy in the air
     Dm            Am
And all the shiny cars,
      F      G     C
they circle in despair

   G
"Where am I?" They cry.
   F                     C
"Where are you? Where am I?"
     Dm              Am
But they will never hear
     F          G      C
The bells that ring tonight

     F         Fm         C
The bells that    ring tonight

C [Drop out - Resume staccato w/ upstrokes]

C                      C7
But the airplanes overhead
      F            Fm
hang heavy in the air
    C              G
And all the shiny cars,
      F     G      C