Tabs
Blood – Middle-East (CAPO ON 4TH FRET)
MAIN RIFF:
C majorC
E MajorE|-------------------------/---7-------------------------|
BB|---5---5---5---5---1---1-/---8---8-----5---5----5---5--|
G+G|---0---0---0---0---2---2-/-------9-----0---0----0---0--|
D MajorD|-----0-------0-------2---/-----9---------0--------0----|
A augmentedA|--3--------------0-------/-7--------3---------3--------|
E MajorE|---------3---------------------------------------------|
Intro: (Main Riff x2)
Verse 1:
C majorC
Older brother, restless soul, lie down.
C majorC
Lie for a while with your ear against the earth.
C majorC
You can hear your sister sleep talking,
C majorC
Say ‘you’re hair is long but not long enough to reach
Chorus:
G+G
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|
BB|---5---5---5---5---3---3----3---3--|
G+G|---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0--|
D MajorD|-----0-------0---------------------| x2
A augmentedA|-3-------3-----------0--------0----|
E MajorE|-----------------3--------3--------|
G+G
Home to me, But your beard, Someday might be.
Bridge:
G+G
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------|
BB|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----|
G+G|---0---0---0---0—--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
D MajorD|-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------------| x4
A augmentedA|-2-------2-------3-------3-----------2-------2------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------3-------3----------|
G+G
And she’ll wake up in a cold sweat on the floor
G+G
Next to a family portrait drawn when you were four
E minor 7Em7
And beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more
G+G
She’ll lay it aside
(Main Riff x2)
Verse 2: (Same picking as riff)
C majorC
Older father, weary soul, you’ll drive
C majorC
Back to the home you made on the mountainside
C majorC
With that ugly, terrible thing
A minorAm
Those papers for divorce
C majorC
And a lonely ring,
Chorus 2: (Same picking as chorus)
G+G
A augmentedA lonely ring
C majorC
Sit on your porch
G+G
And pluck your strings
Bridge 2: (Can pick bridge riff or strum chords)
G+G
Oh, and you’ll find somebody you can blame
G+G
And you’ll follow the creek that runs out into the sea
G+G
And you’ll find the peace of the Lord.
(Main Riff x2)
Verse 3: (Main riff)
C majorC
Grandfather, weary soul, you’ll fly
C majorC
Over your life once more before you die
E minorEm
Since our grandma passed away
C majorC
You’ve waited for forever and a day
Chorus 3: (Strum)
G+G
Just to die,
C majorC
And someday soon
G+G
You will die
Bridge3: (Strum bass note then rest of chord)
G+G
It was the only woman you ever loved
G+G
That got burnt by the sun too often when she was young
G+G
And the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood
E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G-------
And there’s nothing you can do about it now
Outro: (Same as verse - strumming)
C majorC x4
G+G x2 (same as chorus)
Outro: G+G x3 (One strum)
Chords Used:
C: X30050
G/C: 3X0050
Am: 002210
Em: 0799870
Em7: 022033
Cadd9: X32033
G: 320033
note: I got the chord structure for the verse, chorus, bridge, and the picking structure
the verse from reservoirdog.
Thank you so much for the help resevoirdog!
The Middle East are such an awesome band, i recommend having a look at some of their songs.
They are not very well known but they do have a myspace page: