Salinas Tab by Laura Marling

Salinas tab by Laura Marling

Guitar Tab

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2HpbJveBg0&feature=relmfu
This is the tab from this live version of the song, the position of the capo might
change in other versions

Open G tuning: DGDGBD (just as Don't Ask Me Why - they go together)
Capo 2

Intro:
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I am from Salinas where the women go forever
And they never ever to stop to ask why
My mother was a saviour of six foot of bad behaviour
Long, blond curly hair down to her thigh
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  Oh     my   mother         Oh      my  friands
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--12-----8-----10------9------0------0---9---|
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--12-----8------9------8------0------7-->8---|(slide?)
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Ask the angles:
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Will I ever see heaven again?
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Late into the evening, they would take each other screaming
Looking darkly to the back of her eye
The careless beast was bleating that the air behind was breathing
That they musn't ever look up to the sky
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There are no answers
There  are   founds
Ask the angles:
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'Am I heaven-bound?'
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Hmm put it down to me
I who speak awkwardly
Any word, if it is heard, is not intended to be
Not for him, not for her
Not for them, and not for me
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Oh and that gun would turn before the sun starts to burn, understand?
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ater that play these sections:
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--1------3------1------0|--1------3------1----->7|
--0------0------0------0|--0------0------0------0|
--2------3------2------0|--2------3------2----->7|
--0------0------0------0|--0------0------0------0|
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Hmm when the clouds roll in, we start paying for our sins
With a gun in my hand and my son at my shoulder
Believe I will run before that boy gets older
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--5------3------2------0| x3
--0------0------0------0|
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Oh and that gun would turn before the sun starts to burn, understand
Oh and that gun would turn before the sun starts to burn, understand
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--0------1------0|--1------3------1------0|--1------3------1----->7|
--0------2------0|--0------0------0------0|--0------0------0------0|x2
--0------0------0|--2------3------2------0|--2------3------2----->7|
--0------0------0|--0------0------0------0|--0------0------0------0|
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Interlude:
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I am from Salinas where the women go forever
And they never ever stop to ask why
My mother, she's a saviour of six foot of bad behaviour
Long, blond curly hair down to her thigh
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--0------0------0------0------1-----0----|
--5------3------2------0------0-----0----| x2
--0------0------0------0------2-----0----|
--0------0------0------0------0-----0----|
--0------0------0------0------0-----0----|

  Oh     my   mother         Oh      my  friands
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--0------0------0------0------0------0---0---|
--12-----8-----10------9------0------0---9---|
--0------0------0------0------0------0---0---|
--12-----8------9------8------0------7-->8---|(slide?)
--0------0------0------0------0------0---0---|

Ask the angles:
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--0-------7----->9---|
--0-------0------0---|
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'Will I ever see heaven again?'
'Will I ever see even again?'
'Will I ever see even again?'
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Play the interlude again:
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Punish them all, for they speak too much
Hate the world for what it did to us
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'Will I ever see heaven again?'
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Outro:
Hmmm..
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I'm quite sure this is about 100% correct ...but let me know if something's wrong!
I am so happy about this wonderful new album and I just couldn't wait for someone to
tell me how to play this song, I tried!
Cheers,

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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