Tabs
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
Hey, I heard what you said
Verse 2:
In sun and in showers
We all must be fed
Verse 1:
All must be fed
Verse 3:
Verse 1:
You wear yourself so steadily
You're ready for a fight
Verse 2:
But in hell and high water
It helps to be right
Verse 3:
Helps to be right
Verse 1:
Verse 4: Verse 5:
I don't know the rules of this game
Verse 4: Verse 5:
And I don't think I want to play
Verse 4: Verse 5:
I've seen your cards, and mine are the same
Verse 3:
And if I come back, I won't stay
Verse 1:
I burned all your letters
I buried all your stones
Verse 2:
The curses and the raptures
I kept them for my own
Verse 1:
Oh, say, how 'bout this instead?
Verse 2:
Come by with some flowers and stay 'til they're dead
Verse 1:
Stay 'til they're dead
Verse 3:
I don't know the rules of this game
And I don't think I want to play
I've seen your cards, and mine are the same
And if I come back, I won't stay
Come by with some flowers
And stay til they're dead
Come by with some flowers
And stay 'til they're dead
Stay 'til they're dead
Stay 'til they're dead
Stay 'til they're dead
Verse 1:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------0-----0-----0-----------------------------------| many times during the song
A augmentedA|-----2--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--0--------3-----3-----0--------------------------------|
Verse 2:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------0----------------------------------------|
G+G|---------0-----------2-----0-----0-----0----------------|
D MajorD|------2-----------2-----2-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---0--------3-----------------3-----3-----0-------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------0-----------0-----------2--------------------|
G+G|-----2-----------2-----------0-----------0-----0--------|
D MajorD|--------0-----------0-----------2-----------2-----------|
A augmentedA|--2-----------2-----------0-----------0-----------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 4:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------2-----------2-------------------------------|
G+G|------0-----------0-------------------------------------| 2x
D MajorD|---------2-----------2----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---0-----------0----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 5:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------0-----0-----0-----------------------------------| many times during the song
A augmentedA|-----2--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--0--------0-----0-----0--------------------------------|