Chords with lyrics
Towers - Bon Iver
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Catchy tune off his new album!
Tuning: Standard and throw a capo on seventh, also, sorry if I've got some chord names wrong!
INTRO AND Verse 1 & 2:
D MajorD 
Asus4Asus4 
A/C#A/C# Aadd11
v V ^ v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v v ^
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--3---3---3-3-3--3-3-3--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2----2-2-2--------| ^ = Upstroke
G+G|--2---2---2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2----2--2-2-2--------|
D MajorD|--2h4-4---4-4-4--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0--0-0-------0-0-0--------| v = Downstroke
A augmentedA|--0---0---0-0-0--0-0-0--4-4-4--0-0--0-0-------0-0-0--------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 A/C#A/C# Aadd11
For the love, Iʼd fallen on
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 A/C#A/C# Aadd11
in the swampy August dawn
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 A/C#A/C# Aadd11 E MajorE
what a mischief you would bring young darling!
A/C#A/C# Aadd11 E MajorE
when the onus is not all your own
A/C#A/C# Aadd11 E MajorE
when you’re up for it before you’ve grown
A/C#A/C# Aadd11 A/C#A/C#
Wo-oo-ah oh ah oh ah oh
from the faun forever gone
in the towers of your honeycomb
I’d a tore your hair out just to climb back darling
when you’re filling out your only form
can you tell that itʼs just ceremon’
now you’ve added up to what you’re from
Wo-oo-ah oh ah oh ah oh
BRIDGE:
e|-----------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------|
G+G|--------------7/9--4---------------| RIFF 1
D MajorD|---2--/5--/7----------7--5--4--2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------|
G+G|--------2--5--4--------------------| RIFF 2
D MajorD|---2/5-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|
C majorC 
E minorEm RIFF 1
build your tether rain-out from your fragments
C majorC E minorEm RIFF 1
break the sailor’s table on your sacrum
C majorC 
Eb MajorEb Riff 2
fuck the fiercest fables, I’m with Hagen
VERSE 3:
For the final verse there is a change in Key so play:
C majorC 
Gsus4Gsus4 
G/BG/B 
C/GC/G
v V ^ v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v v ^
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--1---1---1-1-1--1-1-1-------------------0-----------------| ^ = Upstroke
G+G|--0---0---0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0----0--0-0-0--------|
D MajorD|--0h2-2---2-2-2--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-------0-0-0--------| v = Downstroke
A augmentedA|--3---3---3-3-3--0-0-0--2-2-2--3-3--3-3-------3-3-3--------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC Gsus4Gsus4 G/BG/B C/GC/G
for the love, comes the burning young
C majorC Gsus4Gsus4 G/BG/B C/GC/G
from the liver, sweating through your tongue
C majorC Gsus4Gsus4 G/BG/B C/GC/G D MajorD
well, youʼre standing on my sternum don’t you climb down darling
G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD
oh the sermons are the first to rest
G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD
smoke on Sundays when youʼre drunk and dressed
G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD
out the hollows where the swallow nests
G/BG/B C majorC
Wo-oo-ah oh ah oh ah oh
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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