The Celestial Railroad tab by Van Walker

Tabs

The Celestial Railroad - Van Walker

From: The Celestial Railroad (2008)

Tabbed by: Jucko

Tuning: Standard

Nb. Feel free to use this riff on any of the many, many E MajorE Major chords:

|--------0--|
|--------0--|
|--------2--|
|--------3--|
|--------3--|
|-0-2r-0-0--|

Intro

One, two, three, four, five...

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-2-3?3h4---2--------------------------------------------|
|-----------4---2-4-1-2-0-1--------------------------------|
|---------------------------2-4-----2?4r-2-------2-4-2---2-|
|-------------------------------2-4----------2-4-------4---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1
      E MajorE           E MajorE
Well I been rolled & ragged, I been bruised and battered
   E MajorE            E MajorE
I been made to bow down on my knees
     E MajorE             E MajorE
And I been tricked & cheated, I been plain mistreated
     E MajorE
But now I don't need no one's sympathy

Chorus
    C# minorC#m      E MajorE         C# minorC#m      E MajorE
?Cause I keep, I keep moving through the deep recess of time
    C# minorC#m     E MajorE
I don't need my luck improving
 A augmentedA
I believe that I'll be happy
            E MajorE         E MajorE
Just as long as I can get myself some relief

Verse 2
      E MajorE              E MajorE
You see I?m feared and frightened, I got chased by lightning
       E MajorE              E MajorE
I had had that big bad wolf break down my door
      E MajorE              E MajorE
And I been sold down the lake, I got-a stung by heartache
    E MajorE              E MajorE
Now I'm cursed with headaches and remorse

Chorus

Verse 3
       E MajorE            E MajorE
You see I been bought & broken, I got-a rudely awoken
     E MajorE            E MajorE
You know I've chose to hold that bloody knife
      E MajorE              E MajorE
And I been drowned in the water, I got-a run right over
     E MajorE              E MajorE
You know I rolled that boulder all my life

Chorus

Solo

E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----7B------7B--7r--5-5----7-5------7b------7b--7r--5-5---7-5-7B-|
G+G|-------------------------------6----------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|---5-7-5---------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------9-7B--5-7-5---5---------5-5-----5-----------------------|
G+G|---------------------6-------4-------6-----6-4---4---------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------6---6-4---4-------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------7---7-4---|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------7-|

E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------5-------5---5---5-|
G+G|---------------------4-6-4---4---------------4-6-------6------4h6--|
D MajorD|---------4---4-4/6--------4h6--4---2------4h6----------------------|
A augmentedA|-4-7---7---7-------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------7-----------|
BB|---------5h7-5---5--------7r-5-----7r--5-7-7r-5-----7/9-9\7-5----5-|
G+G|-4-------------6---------------6-4--------------6-4-----------6----|
D MajorD|-----6-------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 4
      E MajorE              E MajorE
Well I been kidnapped by fleas, I caught every disease
      E MajorE              E MajorE
And all my, all my doctors closed their doors
      E MajorE                E MajorE
And I been stitched up, shook down, I been messed with, fucked around
      E MajorE        E MajorE
And now I, I ain't angry anymore

Chorus


BB - Full bend
b - Half bend
r - Half bend, release
h - Hammer on
/ - Slide up