Tabs
Say Valley Maker:
Tune Half-step down (just makes it easier, but you kinda dont have to)
Chord patterns:
C majorC A minorAm
Eb-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----------------------------------------------------|
Db------2-----2-----2-----2-------2-----2-----2-----2--|
Ab----3-----3-----3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----3----|
Eb--3-----3-----3-----3-------5-----5-----5-----5------|
FF C majorC+
Eb-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----------------------------------------------------|
Db------3-----3-----3-----3-------2-----2-----2-----2--|
Ab----3-----3-----3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----3----|
Eb--5-----5-----5-----5-------4-----4-----4-----4------|
Strummed Chords: (when you see them, you know to strum instead of pick as above)
C/GC/G (332010)
Dm/A (x00231)
Intro: C majorC
C majorC
With the grace of a corpse
A minorAm
In a riptide,
C majorC
I let go
A minorAm
And I slide, slide, slide
C majorC
Downriver
A minorAm
With an empty case
C majorC
By my side
A minorAm
An empty case
C majorC
That's my crime
FF
And I sing (Say, valley maker!)
C majorC
To keep from cursing
FF
And I sing (Say, valley maker!)
C majorC
To keep from cursing
A minorAm C majorC
River old, river end
A minorAm C majorC
River old, river end
A minorAm C majorC
River gone, river bend
FF
Take me to the sweet valley
C majorC
Where your heart bloom, bloom, blooms
FF
Take me to the sweet valley
C majorC
Where your heart is covered with dew
(2 extra measures of C majorC)
C majorC+ A minorAm
And when the river dries
C majorC (double length)
Will ya bury me in wood?
C majorC+ A minorAm
And where the river dries
C majorC (double length) C majorC+
Will ya bury me in stone?
A minorAm (3x length)
And I never realized... death is what it meant...
C majorC
to make it on my own
FF
Cuz there is no love,
C majorC
Where there is no obstacle
FF
And there is no love
C majorC
Where there is no bramble
FF
And there is no love
C majorC
On the hacked-away plateau
FF
And there is no love
C majorC
In the unerring
FF (double length)
And there is no love
C majorC
On the one true path
A minorAm (double length)
Well, I cantered out here,
C/GC/G Dm/A
Now I'm galloping back
C/GC/G Dm/A
So bury me in wood, and I will splinter
C/GC/G Dm/A
Bury me in stone, and I will quake
C/GC/G Dm/A
Bury me in water, and I will geyser
C/GC/G Dm/A
Bury me in fire, and I'm gonna phoenix
C/GC/G Dm/A
I'm gonna phoenix
C/GC/G Dm/A (repeat ad nauseum and end on C/GC/G)