Tabs
Red Apple Falls Album Tab
1. The Morning Paper
Tune down low 
E MajorE to 
C#C#
Intro pt. 1 (4x)
E MajorE|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------2-----------2------|
A augmentedA|-----3---3---3---3---3---3----|
C#---0---0-------0---0-------0--|
Intro pt. 2 (ad nauseum)
E MajorE|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------3-----------3----|
A augmentedA|-----4---4---4---4---4---4--|
C#---0---0-------0---0--------|
Trumpet part (for guitar):
E MajorE|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|--666-555-333-111~--|
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|
The riff should feel syncopated, like there's a beat missing or a beat too many
The last part of the intro is just variations on the main melody:
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----6---4---3-------3-------3------------|
A augmentedA|------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
C#--0-------------0-------0-------0---0----|
Just keep the riff going between melody lines.
After the line "Red Apple Falls", he plays around with these chords:
C#sus4(044xxx), C#(043xxx), C#/B(021xxx), then slides back up to C#.
Then just play around with the C#C# and 
C#sus4C#sus4 chords
(listen and you'll get it) and ad lib.
End on open C#.
Lyrics:
The morning paper is on its way
It's all bad news on every page
So roll right over, and go to sleep
That evening sun will be so sweet
Roll right over, and I had this thing.
Red apple falls.
2. Blood Red Bird
Standard tuning
Chords:
F# minorF#m 
G# minorG#m 
C# minorC#m 
C#m7C#m7
E MajorE|--2---4---4---7--|
BB|--2---4---5---5--|
G+G|--2---4---6---4--|
D MajorD|--4---6---6---6--|
A augmentedA|--4---6---4---4--|
E MajorE|--2---4----------|
C#m7: If you listen to the record, the little high BB on the 7th fret of the high E MajorE
string is pretty clear.
Also, (----) indicates a pause in the vocals (it's easier to read).
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
I was not awoken by the rooster
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
Nor by the crow's tough song
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
But the midnight cry of a blood red bird
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
Brought this, this sleeplessness on
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m
Threw open the window
C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
Moonlight on a black garden of thorns
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
The cool wet, of my sweat
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
Cries home, ---- where cries from
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
A augmentedA blood red bird flies in the woods
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
Weeping into dead leaves
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
With wing torn and ---- jutting bone
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
What hand ---- meant it to bust, to be useless?
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
What hand that could've with two fingers?
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
A augmentedA blood red bird, a blood red bird
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
A augmentedA blood red bird, a blood red bird
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
We can continually sink into each other - Just
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
Deep enough to rip out a bit more flesh when you move away
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
Start for skin ---- chilling out behind
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
Like an arrow, I was only passing through
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7
A augmentedA blood red bird, a blood red bird (4x)
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7 (4x)
End on C#m.
3. Red Apples
It's all piano, but the chords are 
A minorAm - G+G - 
FF
and then a quick staccato F-G lift.
The absolute closest approximation I can get on the guitar is to
tune down a whole step and use these chords:
A minorAm G+G FF
D MajorD|-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------|
FF|-------------|
C majorC|--4---2---0--|
G+G|--5---4---2--|
D MajorD|--7---5---3--|
Of course, you can just play barre chords in standard,
but the alternative tuning more closely emulates the sound
of a piano because the thirds and fifths of the chords
are in the proper relative octave.
A minorAm G+G FF F-G
I went down to the river to meet the widow
A minorAm G+G FF F-G
She gave me an apple, it was red
(Repeat)
A minorAm G+G FF F-G
I slept in her black arms for a century
A minorAm G+G FF F-G
She wanted nothing in return
A minorAm G+G FF F-G
I gave her nothing in return
A minorAm G+G FF F-G
I gave her nothing in return
Middle melody (whole step down):
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|
FF|------11-9--------9--------------------|
C majorC|--4~-------12-11~---12-11-9-0~--0!-2!--|
G+G|--5~----------12~-----------2~--2!-4!--|
D MajorD|--7~------------------------3~--3!-5!--|x2
A minorAm G+G FF F-G
The ghost of her husband, beautiful as a horse
A minorAm G+G FF F-G
Pulled up an apple ---- cart
(Repeat)
A minorAm G+G FF F-G
For millions ---- of red apples
A minorAm G+G FF F-G
---- ---- For us
(Middle melody)
Fade out... or end on Am.
4. I Was A augmentedA Stranger
Standard tuning
Capo 4
All chords relative to capo, in name and fret number:
C majorC 
E minorEm FF
E MajorE|--0---0---1--|
BB|--1---0---1--|
G+G|--0---0---2--|
D MajorD|--2---2---3--|
A augmentedA|--3---2---3--|
E MajorE|------0---1--|
Intro
C majorC E minorEm FF
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
---- I was a stranger when I came to town, just yesterday
E minorEm FF C majorC
I was a stranger, they don't come much stranger
(pause for pedal-steel fill)
For this I usually do something along the lines of:
E MajorE|-------------------|
BB|--3br-1------------|
G+G|--------2-0--------|
D MajorD|------------3-2----|
A augmentedA|----------------3--|
E MajorE|-------------------| (Capo 4 of course!)
C majorC E minorEm FF
So why, why did you believe ---- ah, every word I said?
C majorC
Why did you believe?
E minorEm FF
Believe a stranger? A augmentedA stranger. And
C majorC E minorEm
Why do you women in this town let me look at you so bold?
FF C majorC
You should've seen what I was in the last town
E minorEm
Ah, in the last town
FF
You should've seen what I was...
C majorC E minorEm
If I was a stranger, well, I was worse of a stranger,
FF C majorC
I was, I was, I was well-known!
(Pedal-steel fill)
C-Em-F-C C-Em-F-C
End on C.
5. To Be Of Use
Standard Tuning
Main riff:
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----1------1-----1------1------1----1----1----1----|
D MajorD|--2---2--1---2------2------2-----2----2----2----2--|
A augmentedA|---------------4------2------0-----0----0----0-----|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
And during the "On a horse..." part or "like a candle..." part he plays:
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1----|
D MajorD|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
A augmentedA|--2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
Lyrics:
Most of my fantasies are of
Making someone else come
Most of my fantasies are of
To be of use
To be of use
To be of some hard, simple
Undeniable use
Oh, like a spindle
Or oh, like a candle
Or oh, like a horseshoe
Or oh, like a corkscrew
To be of use
To be of use
Most of my fantasies are of
Making someone else come
On a horse
Over palms laid
On the threshold
Of the coming day
Coming day, coming day
Come...
On a horse
Over palms laid
On the threshold
Of the coming day
Coming day, coming day,
Come...
Coming day, coming day
Come...
6. Red Apple Falls
Standard tuning
It's all piano, but you can play it like this:
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--4--6-6---4--6-6---4--3-3---4--3-3--|
A augmentedA|--7--7-7---7--7-7---4--4-4---4--4-4--|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|
Lyrics:
The widow says it's hard to live
With a man, a man like me
The widow says it's hard to live
On the lonely version of love I give
And I seen the way her eyes light up
When she looks at the man in a family way
He's made of iron, and he knows the way
When I think about my brother dying
And my parents trying to slowly do themselves in
Inch by inch, day by day
And the telephone ring is like a banshee wail
The widow says I broke her first
Of course I say just the reverse
And we can't get past this
No we can't get past this
Something she did on the 14th of June
'Cuz of something I said on the 13th of June
We can't get past this
No we can't get past this
If we could lock our lips and block our noses
And swim beneath the barrier
Come up clean on the other side
But we can't get past this
No we can't get past this
7. Ex-Con
Standard Tuning
Chords:
C majorC FF
E MajorE|--0---1---|
BB|--1---1---|
G+G|--0---2---|
D MajorD|--2---3---|
A augmentedA|--3---3---|
E MajorE|------1---|
Horn part:
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------2222-3333333333333333----|
A augmentedA|--33333333333--------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|
Intro: C majorC FF C majorC FF
C majorC
Whenever I get dressed up
FF C majorC FF
I feel like an ex-con trying to make good
(Repeat)
C majorC
Jean jacket and tie
FF
Feel like such a lie
C majorC FF
When I go to your house, feel like I'm
C majorC FF
Casing the joint
C majorC FF C majorC
In the grocery store, in line behind a mother and child
FF
I'm gonna take that child
C majorC
I'm gonna take that child
FF
I'm gonna take that child
C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF
C majorC
Because alone in my room
FF
I feel like such a part
C majorC
Of the community
FF
But out on the streets
C majorC FF
I feel like a robot by the river
C majorC
Alone in my room
FF
I feel such a warmth
C majorC
For the community
FF
But out on the streets
C majorC
Out on the streets
FF C majorC
I feel like a robot by the river
FF
Looking for a drink
C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF
End on C.
8. Inspirational
Standard tuning
Chords:
E MajorE C#C# A augmentedA BB
E MajorE|--0---4---0---2---|
BB|--0---6---2---4---|
G+G|--1---6---2---4---|
D MajorD|--2---6---2---4---|
A augmentedA|--2---4---0---2---|
E MajorE|--0---------------|
Intro: E MajorE C#C# A augmentedA BB
E MajorE
When you're living
C#C#
The unlivable
A augmentedA
By loving
BB
The unlovable
E MajorE
It's time to start changing
C#C#
The unchangeable
A augmentedA
By leaving
BB
The unleaveable
Repeat a bunch of times, end on E.
9. Finer Days
Standard tuning (but slightly out of tune)
Play this note ad infinitum: (BB)
E MajorE|-----
BB|-----
G+G|-----
D MajorD|-----
A augmentedA|--2--
E MajorE|-----
Fill 1:
E MajorE|-------|
BB|--2/4--|
G+G|--2/4--|
D MajorD|-------|
A augmentedA|-------|
E MajorE|-------|
Fill 2:
E MajorE|-------|
BB|--4\2--|
G+G|--4\2--|
D MajorD|-------|
A augmentedA|-------|
E MajorE|-------|
Lead 1:
E MajorE|------------7----------|
BB|--7-9-7-5-5---5-4------|
G+G|------------------6-4--|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|
Lead 2:
E MajorE|--7-6-4-2---2----|
BB|----------4---4--|
G+G|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|
Lead 3:
E MajorE|--2---2---2-4---7-6-4-2------------------|
BB|----4---4-----4---------4-5-4-0-0-0-0-0--|
G+G|--------------------------------4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------|
Jam:
E MajorE|----7-6-4--1-1-1-1-1-1---------------4-6-4----------------|
BB|--4--------0-0-0-0-0-0----7---7-4--7-------7---7---7-7-4--|
G+G|--------------------------4-4----------------4---4---4-4--|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------4-6-4----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--7---7-4--7-------7--6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--|
G+G|--4-4-----------------4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(I don't think these leads are exactly right, but they work)
Piano Break:
Guitar plays this:
E MajorE|-----
BB|-(4)-
G+G|--4--
D MajorD|-----
A augmentedA|-----
E MajorE|-----
Jam 2:
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|
BB|--4\2--2p0----------------------2/4--|
G+G|--4\2--2p0--4\3--4\3--3/4--4/6--2/4--|
D MajorD|------------5\4--5\4--4/5--5/7-------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|
Ending Lead:
E MajorE|--7-6-4-------------7-6-4-------------7-6-4------------|
BB|--4-----7-5-7-5-4---4-----7-5-4-5-4---4-----7-5-7-5-4--|
G+G|----------------4-----------------4-----------------4--|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------|
Intro: (BB) with fill 1, lead 1 and 2
(BB) throughout
Granted passage (Fill 1)
Into the finer days (Fill 1)
How I got here, I do not know
And if it were all to disappear
(Fill 2)
I would not know how to return (Fill 1)
(BB) w/fill 1
(Lead 3)
And all of my old friends
Wanted me to stay down, down, down with them
(Fill 2)
I could extend them a hand (Fill 1)
But they would only pull it off
In their grasp
In their powder
(Fill 2)
(Fill 1)
(Jam)
(Fill 1)
And so I find myself
Isolated
Isolated in these fine, fine days
(Fill 2)
(Fill 1)
(Piano Break)
(Jam 2)
(Ending Lead)
End on (BB).
That's it.
