Holy Branches tab by Radical Face

Holy Branches
Radical Face

Standard Tuning
Capo 1st Fret


Chords used:
Em  - 022000
G   - 320022
D   - x00232
Dsus4 - x00233
A   - x02220
Am  - x02210
C/G - 332010
Dsus4/F# - 200233 or 200033

~ - vibrato

In the intro and verses he never really plays the top two strings of the chords
until the drums come in.


Intro/Verse:

    Em                      G                        D                       A
    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E||------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G||-------------------------------0--------0-------|-------2-p0--2-p4--2-p0-------------------------|
D||-------2--------2--------------0--------0-------|-------0-----0-----------2-----2--0--2--4~~~--0-|
A||-------2--------2--------------2--------2-------|-0-----0-----0-----------------0----------------|
E||-0--------0--0-----------3--------3--3----------|-------------------------------0----------------|

  Em             Dsus2/F# G                        D
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0--------0-------|-------2-p0--2-h4--2-p0-------------------------|
|-------2--------2-----0--------0--------0-------|-------0-----------------2----------------------|
|-------2-----------------------2--------2-------|-0-----0----------------------------------------|
|-0--------0--0-----2-----3--------3--3----------|------------------------------------------------|

              Em
When you were young
                G
You'd bite your tongue
  D                              A
Calm, always did what you were told

               Em
Never ran your mouth
      Dsus4/F#  G
Lived life on tiptoes
D                     A
Only felt peace if by yourself
                         C/G
     When mistakes don't count
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------0-----|
|-2--0--2/-4--0--------|
|----------------------|
|-------------------3--|

          Em
There's a hole in your
      D                               A                             C/G
    Chest from the time that you were born One that don't get filled
      1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
    |-2-------------------------------0-----------------------------|
    |-3-------------------------------2-----------------------------|
    |-2-------2--p0---2--h4---2--p0---2-----------------------------|
    |-0-------------------------------2-------2---0---2---4~~~~---0-|
    |---------------------------------0-----------------------------|
    |---------------------------------------------------------------|
                     Em                          D        Dsus4 D        Dsus4
'cause you've always known you're nothin' they want
                                                 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1
                                               |-2-----2--3-----2-----2--3-|
                                               |-3-----3--3-----3-----3--3-|
                                               |-2-----2--2-----2-----2--2-|
                                               |-0-----0--0-----0-----0--0-|
                                               |---------------------------|
                                               |---------------------------|

   (pause)      Em            A     C/G
But everybody's bones are just holy branches
          D                              Em
Cast from trees to cut patterns into the world
       A                 C/G
And in time we find some shelter
          D                            Am
Spill our leaves and then sleep in the Earth
               C/G
And when we're there we'll belong
                                             Em
'cause the Earth don't give a damn if you're lost

Em               G             D                       Am
Em      Dsus4/F# G             D                       Am
                     end on:   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
                             |-------2----------------------------------------|
                             |-------3----------------------------------------|
                             |-------2--0--2--4--2--0-------------------------|
                             |-------0-----------------2----------------------|
                             |-0----------------------------------------------|
                             |------------------------------------------------|

Em        G
Now I live alone
D                    A
Work in the belly of machines
                    Em
Wring my soot-black hands
     Dsus4/F#  G
And I don't sleep much
D
Days don't feel different
         A
From the nights
   (pause)           C/G
With no goals in mind
          Em           D
There's a hole in my chest
                       A
From the time i walked away
                   C/G
One i filled with sweat
               Em                      D (pause)
'cause now i know i'm  nothin' they want

                            Em            A     C/G
            But everybody's bones are just holy branches
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
|-3--------2-------------|
|-------------------3----|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
          D                              Em
Ride the breeze to cut patterns in the leaves
       A                 C/G
And in time we find some shelter
          D                            C/G
Spill our seeds and then wait for our turns
        Em           D                  A
But for now we're adrift on the waves of discontent
                    C/G
Trying to carve our place
       Em                           D
All in hopes we'll be something they want
                       Em
But I'm not holding my breath

Em     G     D     Am x4

A          C               A
Trace your fingers down my spine
A         C              A
Make your home behind my eyes
A       C                   A
Line my skull with harmless lies
             C              D              Em
I'll bide my time until I'm something they want

End.