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Loretta Tab by Iron & Wine

Loretta tab by Iron & Wine

Guitar Tab 

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro: x 2

e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------9-------9-------9-------7----|------5-------5-------5-------0----|
E|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|--3-------3-------3-------2--------|


e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2------|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|------2-------2-------2-------2----|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|
E|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-----------------------------------|


Verse 1:

    Look at the shadow      on our      trees                   seems to
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------9-------9-------9-------7----|------5-------5-------5-------0----|
E|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|--3-------3-------3-------2--------|

    mean                  an early      dusk
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2------|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|------2-------2-------2-------2----|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|
E|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-----------------------------------|

    Loretta looked up, the gray sky     low                     two by
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------9-------9-------9-------7----|------5-------5-------5-------0----|
E|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|--3-------3-------3-------2--------|

    two                     on the      bus
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2------|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|------2-------2-------2-------2----|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|
E|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-----------------------------------|


Verse 2:

    Water and anger         in our      house                   though she
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------9-------9-------9-------7----|------5-------5-------5-------0----|
E|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|--3-------3-------3-------2--------|

    spoke                   of rain  -  bows
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2------|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|------2-------2-------2-------2----|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|
E|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-----------------------------------|

    Reaching the roof with  soaking     shoes                   river's
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------9-------9-------9-------7----|------5-------5-------5-------0----|
E|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|--3-------3-------3-------2--------|

    up                      where'd she go   -   o   -   o   -   whoa - oh oh
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2------|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|------2-------2-------2-------2----|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|
E|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-----------------------------------|


Chorus:
    oh    You're    wiser,              oh,             Lor  -  etta,
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------5-------5-------7-------7----|------9-------9-------9-------7----|
E|--3-------3-------5-------5--------|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|


          You're    wiser,      and     only twenty  -  five
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------5-------5-------7-------7----|------5-------5-------7-------7----|
E|--3-------3-------5-------5--------|--3-------3-------5-------5--------|


Bridge:

e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------9-------9-------9-------7----|------5-------5-------5-------0----|
E|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|--3-------3-------3-------2--------|

e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2------|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|------2-------2-------2-------2----|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|
E|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------9-------9-------9-------7----|------5-------5-------5-------0----|
E|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|--3-------3-------3-------2--------|

e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2------|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|------2-------2-------2-------2----|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|
E|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------5-------5-------7-------7----|------9-------9-------9-------7----|
E|--3-------3-------5-------5--------|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|

e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------5-------5-------7-------7----|------5-------5-------7-------7----|
E|--3-------3-------5-------5--------|--3-------3-------5-------5--------|


Verse 3:

    Turning the TV          floated     by                     through our
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------9-------9-------9-------7----|------5-------5-------5-------0----|
E|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|--3-------3-------3-------2--------|

    room                    and out the door
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2------|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|------2-------2-------2-------2----|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|
E|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-----------------------------------|

    Loretta, she prayed for what to     do                      if it
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------9-------9-------9-------7----|------5-------5-------5-------0----|
E|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|--3-------3-------3-------2--------|

    rained                  any   -     more
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2------|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|------2-------2-------2-------2----|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|
E|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-----------------------------------|


Verse 4:

    She was a washcloth     wet with    love;                   I was
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------9-------9-------9-------7----|------5-------5-------5-------0----|
E|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|--3-------3-------3-------2--------|

    not                     she was     mine
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2------|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|------2-------2-------2-------2----|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|
E|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-----------------------------------|

    I'm in the olive        tree next   door,                   river's
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------9-------9-------9-------7----|------5-------5-------5-------0----|
E|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|--3-------3-------3-------2--------|

    up                      to my       eyes   -   -   -   -   -   whoa - oh oh
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------2--|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2------|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|------2-------2-------2-------2----|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|
E|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-----------------------------------|


Chorus:
    oh    You're    wiser,              oh,             Lor  -  etta,
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------5-------5-------7-------7----|------9-------9-------9-------7----|
E|--3-------3-------5-------5--------|--7-------7-------7-------5--------|


            Much    wiser,      and     only just in    time
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|------5-------5-------7-------7----|------5-------5-------7-------7----|
E|--3-------3-------5-------5--------|--3-------3-------5-------5--------|

 (Let ring)
e|---X---|
B|---X---|
G|---0---|
D|---0---|
A|---9---|
E|---7---|


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| x   Dead note
| g   Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| r   Release
| >   Accented note
| t   Tapping
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
| s   Slap
| P   Pop
| PM  Palm mute
| TR  Trill
| N   Tremolo

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