Tabs
Title: Drowning In A augmentedA Quandary Of Ambivalence
Album: The Grand Odyssey of the Whale and the Barnacle
Chords Used:
|-C------G----- F------D----|
e|-0--0---3--3--(1)-----2----|
BB|-1--3---3--3---1---0--3----|
G+G|-0--0---0--0---2---0--2----|
D MajorD|-2--4---0--2---3---2--0----|
A augmentedA|-3--5---2--3---3---2-------|
E MajorE|--------3--X---1---0-------|
|--- C7---Cadd9- ---Em------|
Intro: (DISCLAIMER: I KNOW THIS IS TAPPED, BEFORE ANYONE TELLS ME IT IS)
I THINK HE HOLDS THE SECOND FRET ON THE B/G STRING, BUT I CANT DO IT, SO
THIS IS THE "PICKED" VERSON!)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-5-5/7--7-7/8--8/10---7-7/8--8-8/10--10/12-----|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-12-12-----------X---12-12----------X---|
BB|-------10-10-12--X---------10-10-12-X---|
G+G|-----------------X------------------X---|
D MajorD|-----------------X------------------X---|
A augmentedA|-----------------X---------------------X---|
E MajorE|-----------------X---------------------X-------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-5-5/7--7-7/8--8/10---7-7/8--8-8/10--10/12-----|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-12-12-10-10--X---12-12----------X------|
BB|-12-12-10-10--X---------10-10-12-X------|
G+G|--------------X------------------X------|
D MajorD|--------------X------------------X------|
A augmentedA|--------------X---------------------X------|
E MajorE|--------------X---------------------X----------|
Verse 1:
C majorC C7C7 G+G C majorC
The birds cry their beautiful song
C7C7 G+G
Broken shards of mud beneath its weathered talons
C7C7 G+G C majorC
Spring dawns, the freshly plumed phoenix
C7C7 G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Spreads its wings and glares at the inviting skyline
Chorus:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Wading through the waters of resilience
G+G FF
I watched you drown in a quandary of ambivalence
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
The bravest sailors discard doubt to the fathomed big hole
G+G FF
Rise to the surface, to those hopeful shores you know
A augmentedA C7C7
‘Cause you could not forgive and I cannot forget
A augmentedA FF
So we commit out love to the depths of the great
Verse 2:
C majorC C7C7 G+G C majorC
Beautiful puzzles under amaranth skies
C7C7 G+G C majorC
Hearts with muzzles and a ghostly reprise
C7C7 G+G C majorC
I wear no disguise, I wear no cape
C7C7 G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
I wish to survive, not to escape
Chorus:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Wading through the waters of resilience
G+G FF
I watched you drown in a quandary of ambivalence
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
The bravest sailors discard doubt to the fathomed big hole
G+G FF
Rise to the surface, to those hopeful shores you know
A augmentedA C7C7
‘Cause you could not forgive and I cannot forget
A augmentedA FF
So we commit out love to the depths of the great
Hook:
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
I used to believe only in you
e|-0-2h3p2h2----------2----|
BB|--------------3---3---3--|
G+G|------------2---2--------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
But now my belief resides in me
e|-0-2h3p2h2----------2----|
BB|--------------3---3---3--|
G+G|------------2---2--------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
No more metaphors
e|-0-2h3p2h2----------2----|
BB|--------------3---3---3--|
G+G|------------2---2--------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
No more cryptic wars
e|-0-2h3p2h2----------2----|
BB|--------------3---3---3--|
G+G|------------2---2--------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD <---HOLD THIS NOTE (then...)
We’ll never again share a quay
Pre Chorus:
e|-14 14b 14b 14b--|
BB|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|
Chorus:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Wading through the waters of resilience
G+G FF
I watched you drown in a quandary of ambivalence
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
The bravest sailors discard doubt to the fathomed big hole
G+G FF
Rise to the surface, to those hopeful shores you know
A augmentedA C7C7
‘Cause you could not forgive and I cannot forget
A augmentedA FF
So we commit out love to the depths of the great
PLay the intro again:
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-5-5/7--7-7/8--8/10---7-7/8--8-8/10--10/12-----|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-12-12-----------X---12-12----------X---|
BB|-------10-10-12--X---------10-10-12-X---|
G+G|-----------------X------------------X---|
D MajorD|-----------------X------------------X---|
A augmentedA|-----------------X---------------------X---|
E MajorE|-----------------X---------------------X-------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-5-5/7--7-7/8--8/10---7-7/8--8-8/10--10/12-----|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-12-12-10-10--X---12-12----------X------|
BB|-12-12-10-10--X---------10-10-12-X------|
G+G|--------------X------------------X------|
D MajorD|--------------X------------------X------|
A augmentedA|--------------X---------------------X------|
E MajorE|--------------X---------------------X----------|
Then finish on:
e|-0-|
BB|-1-|
G+G|-0-|
D MajorD|-2-|
A augmentedA|-3-|