Blue Ink tab by Laura Veirs

Tabs

Verse:
e|----0------0----------0-----------| I'm falling off the barstool mama
BB|----3------3----------3-----------| Where sunlight moves like sadness across the room
G+G|----2------2----------2-----------|
D MajorD|-0-0--------0------0-------0h2 0--| Oh my sweet mama
A augmentedA|-------0h3-----3--2-----0h1-------| If you could only see me now
E MajorE|----------------------------------| Drunk as a skunk falling out of this rundown lacy gown

Chorus:
e|---0-----0-----0-----0--|---------| This blue ink
BB|---3-----3-----3-----3--|---------| This blue ink
G+G|---0-----0-----0-----0--|---------| This blue ink across the page I
D MajorD|-3-3---2-2-----0-----0--|----0h3--| write to you
A augmentedA|-------------3-3---2-2--|-2h3-----|
E MajorE|------------------------|---------|

Verse:
e|----0------0----------0-----------| I'm sitting in these thorny cowboy boots and scabby
BB|----3------3----------3-----------| knees
G+G|----2------2----------2-----------| Wondering why I left you mama just to do as I
D MajorD|--0-0--------0------0-------0h2 0-| please
A augmentedA|-------0h3-----3--2-----0h1-------| No hat has a brim wide enough to block out the blazing
E MajorE|----------------------------------| sun
                    I met the devil on the road but I had no legs to
                    run

Chorus:
e|---0-----0-----0-----0--|---------| (omit last measure before entering bridge)
BB|---3-----3-----3-----3--|---------|
G+G|---0-----0-----0-----0--|---------| This blue ink
D MajorD|-3-3---2-2-----0-----0--|----0h3--| This blue ink
A augmentedA|-------------3-3---2-2--|-2h3-----| This blue ink across the page I
E MajorE|------------------------|---------| write to you

Bridge:
e|-0--0-0--0-0--0--| (2x)
BB|-3--3-3--3-3--3--|
G+G|-2--0-0--0-0--0--| Silver ran off, two towns ago, I've been, walking alone, I've been walking slow
D MajorD|-0--3-2--3-2--0--| My eyes are dry, from the desert wind, I know I ain't coming home to you
A augmentedA|-----------3--2--|
e|--------------3--|

Interlude:
e|------------------------1-|
BB|------------------------3-|
G+G|------------------------2-|
D MajorD|----0----0----0h3p0-0---0-|
A augmentedA|-2h3--2h3--2h3-----3------|
e|--------------------------|

Conclusion:
e|-1--|-0--------------|-0--|-3-------------------| (Play 2x without lyrics)
BB|-3--|-1--------------|-1--|-0-------------------| (Chords only for lyrics)
G+G|-2--|-2----0h2p0---0-|-0--|-0-------------------| I'll take off into the deep blue sky
D MajorD|-0--|-2-0h2-----0h2--|-2--|-0-----0h3p0-------0-| When I'm dead and gone and the buzzards fly
A augmentedA|----|----------------|-3--|-2--2h3------2-2h3---| This blue ink across the page I write to you
e|----|----------------|----|-3-------------------| Mama if you love me you're the only one who do

Outro:
e|------------------------1-|
BB|------------------------3-|
G+G|------------------------2-|
D MajorD|----0----0----0h3p0-0---0-|
A augmentedA|-2h3--2h3--2h3-----3------|
e|--------------------------|


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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off

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