Heartbeat and Sails
By Augie March
Tabbed by Jucko
Nb. In order to squeeze the lyrics in below the picking patters, more or less
to help as a guide to where you are in the song, I've not included every single
word (see ?....? in lieu of full sentences). The complete lyrics have been included
below the tab.
Chord shapes for picking patterns:
Badd4 E/G# E5/A# F#7 Abm7 Emaj7/Ab F#7* F#7+ F#7/Ab
|-0?----0----0-----0?--2----0--------0----0----0------|
|-4?----0----0-----2?--0----4--------7----5----7------|
|-4?----1----3---------1------------------------------|
|------------------4--------6--------4----4----8------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
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Intro
Badd4 E/G# E5/A#
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------4--------4--------0--------0----|
|-4--------4--------4--------4--------1--------3-------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
Badd4 E/G# E5/A# Badd4
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------4--------4--------0--------0--------4--------4----|
|-4--------4--------4--------4--------1--------3--------4--------4-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Scoop my brains let my heart..... thousand million lots.. in the
Badd4 E/G# E5/A#
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------4--------4--------0--------0--------0--------0----|
|-4--------4--------4--------4--------1--------1--------3--------3-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Dumb city dawn I am senseless & ... sun as the blackbirds & the toppy...
Badd4 F#7
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--|
|----4--------4--------2--------2-----|
|-4--------4--------------------------|
|-------------------4--------4--------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
knots in..
Chorus 1
Abm7 E5/A# Badd4 Emaj7/G#
|-------2--------2--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----0--------0--------0--------0--------4--------4--------4--------4----|
|-1--------1--------3--------3--------4--------4-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------6--------6-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Biting down on.. great foam world what is the looming thing? Not
Abm7 E5/A# E/G# E5/A#
|-------2--------2--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0----|
|-1--------1--------3--------3--------1--------1--------3--------3-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Money, not.... happiness, but this which makes me.
Badd4 F#7* F#7+
|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------7--------5----|
|-4--------4-------------------------|
|-------------------4--------4-------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Sing
Verse 2
Badd4 E/G# E5/A# Badd4
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------4--------4--------0--------0--------4--------4----|
|-4--------4--------4--------4--------1--------3--------4--------4-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Scoop my brains let my heart..... thousand million lots.. feel the
Badd4 E/G# E5/A#
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------4--------4--------0--------0--------0--------0----|
|-4--------4--------4--------4--------1--------1--------3--------3-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Subterranean movement a fraction & deep under ocean the celibate
Badd4 F#7
|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------2--------2----|
|-4--------4-------------------------|
|-------------------4--------4-------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
rocks has it
Chorus 2
Abm7 E5/A# Badd4 Emaj7/G#
|-------2--------2--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----0--------0--------0--------0--------4--------4--------4--------4----|
|-1--------1--------3--------3--------4--------4-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------6--------6-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Borne me down? Run me.... if I give it a name.. contract it too? more
Abm7 E5/A# E/G# E5/A#
|-------2--------2--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0----|
|-1--------1--------3--------3--------1--------1--------3--------3-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Likely this..... growing in me like I have grown in
Bridge
Badd4 F#7* Badd4 F#7*
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------7--------5--------4--------4--------7--------5----|
|-4--------4--------------------------4--------4-------------------------|
|-------------------4--------4--------------------------4--------4-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
You
Badd4 F#7* Badd4 Emaj7/G#
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------7--------5--------4--------4--------4--------4----|
|-4--------4--------------------------4--------4-------------------------|
|-------------------4--------4--------------------------6--------6-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#7 Emaj7/G# F#7 Emaj7/G#
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----2--------2--------4--------4--------2--------2--------4--------4----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--------4--------6--------6--------4--------4--------6--------6-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#7 Emaj7/G# F#7/G#
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----2--------2--------4--------4--------7--------7----|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--------4--------6--------6--------8--------8-------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3
Badd4 E/G# E5/A# Badd4
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------4--------4--------0--------0--------4--------4----|
|-4--------4--------4--------4--------1--------3--------4--------4-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Scoop my brains let my heart..... thousand million lots.. in the
Badd4 E/G# E5/A#
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------4--------4--------0--------0--------0--------0----|
|-4--------4--------4--------4--------1--------1--------3--------3-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Dumb city dawn we dispense with... beasts that we....night grown lean on
Badd4 F#7
|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------2--------2----|
|-4--------4-------------------------|
|-------------------4--------4-------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
love
Chorus 3/Outro
Abm7 E5/A# Badd4 Emaj7/G#
|-------2--------2--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----0--------0--------0--------0--------4--------4--------4--------4----|
|-1--------1--------3--------3--------4--------4-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------6--------6-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
love which.. and callous and..... upon the birth.. morbid bloom is a
Abm7 E5/A# Abm7 E5/A# Badd4
|-------2--------2--------0--------0--------2--------0--------0--------0-|
|----0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------4--------2----|
|-1--------1--------3--------3--------1--------3--------4--------4-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
child's sense of impending doom... womb that is ambushed, in a
E5/A# Badd4 Abm7 E5/A#
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------2--------2--------0--------0-|
|----0--------0--------4--------2--------0--------0--------0--------0----|
|-1--------3--------4--------4--------1--------1--------3--------3-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
womb that is ambushed, in biting down on... great foam world
Badd4 Emaj7/G# Abm7 E5/A#
|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------2--------2--------0--------0-|
|----4--------4--------4--------4--------0--------0--------0--------0----|
|-4--------4--------------------------1--------1--------3--------3-------|
|-------------------6--------6-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
What is a looming thing? not money not flesh.. happiness, but
Abm7 E5/A# Badd4 F#7
|-------2--------2--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
|----0--------0--------0--------0--------4--------4--------2--------2----|
|-1--------1--------3--------3--------4--------4-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------4--------4-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This, which makes me sing not
Abm7 E5/A# E/G# B
|-------2--------2--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-2-|
|----0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0----4-|
|-1--------1--------3--------3--------1--------1--------3-------4-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------4-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------2-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Money not flesh.. happiness but this which makes me sing
End
Lyrics in full:
Verse 1
Scoop my brains and let my heart have action
In its thousand million lots,
In the dumb city dawn I am senseless and drawn to the sun
as the blackbirds and the toppyknots.
Chorus 1
And in biting down on the great foam world
What is the looming thing?
Not money, not flesh, not happiness,
But this, which makes me sing.
Verse 2
O scoop my brains and let my heart have action
In its thousand million lots,
And feel the subterranean movement a fraction
and deep under ocean, the celibate rocks.
Chorus 2
Has it borne me down?
Has it run me through?
If I give it a name do I contract it too?
More likely this thing has been growing in me,
Like I have grown in you.
Verse 3
Scoop my brains and let my heart have action
In its thousand million lots,
In the dumb city dawn we dispense with the forlorn beasts
that we were in the night, grown lean on love.
Chorus 3/Outro
A love which will pierce and callous and tumesce,
O upon the birth oath the morbid bloom
Is a child's sense of impending doom
in a womb that is ambushed,
in a womb that is ambushed.
In biting down on the great foam world,
What is the looming thing?
Not money, not flesh, not happiness,
But this, which makes me sing.
Not money, not flesh, not happiness,
But this, which makes me sing.
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