Bmfa tab by Martha Wainwright

Tabs

Martha Wainwright – BMFA - Tabbed by Leo Barker ([email protected]) 25/02/07

Chords:
D MajorD - XX0232      G/DG/D - XX0797  A/D - XX09119 Em9(no 5th)- xx2032  G5G5 - 3x0033 G5(1) -
3X0032  Em9Em9 - 022032     A augmentedA - x03330

This song isn’t nearly as hard as these chords would make out, but since there are so many
poorly tabbed versions out there, I thought I’d throw mine into the mix which is certainly
a bit more accurate.
For the D MajorD and G/DG/D chords that open the song and are repeated throughout, you need to hammer-on
the first finger onto the middle G+G string, listen for the timing.

So you are going from this:   xx0032   ...to this:   xx232.  And then this:  xx0097 ....to this:  xx0797.

The only other thing to note is that she alternates between using the G5G5 and the G5(1)
chord as I have labelled it above, so just listen for which is used where.
Intro:
D MajorD   G/DG/D
D MajorD				     G/DG/D
Poetry is no place for a heart that's a whore
D MajorD 					   G/DG/D
And I'm young & I'm strong But I feel old & tired, overfired.
D MajorD
And I've been poked & stoked, it's all smoke,
        G/DG/D
there's no more fire
    A/D
Only desire
 		   Em9(no 5th)
For you, whoever you are
           D MajorD
For you, whoever you are

Second Verse:
D MajorD				      G/DG/D
You say my time here has been some sort of joke
             D MajorD
That I've been messing around some sort of
      G/DG/D
incubating period
			 D MajorD
For when I really come around
       G5G5         Em9Em9
I'm cracking up and you have no idea
		G5(1)		   D MajorD
No idea how it feels to be on your own
	  G5(1)		 D MajorD
In your own home with the fucking phone

		 G5G5  <---- note not G5(1)
And the mother of gloom
	  D MajorD
In your bedroom
		  G5(1)
Standing over your head
		   Em9Em9
With her hand in your head,
           D MajorD
with her hand in your head
	  G5G5			   D MajorD
I will not pretend I will not put on a smile
		    G5G5
I will not say I'm all right for you
      A augmentedA
when all I wanted was to be good
		  G5G5
To do everything in truth,
          D MajorD
to do everything in truth

From here on there are no surprises and you can follow the patterns above and just
listen to match the chords. Any questions or corrections please feel free to get in contact.