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[Actually in B; capo 4.]
[Each chord is about half a measure, except in the instrumental parts.
"Ds" is really Dsus4; "Cs9" is Csus9.]
[See the tablature at the end of the file for chord fingerings in the verse.]
G Ds Em7|Em7 C(9) G|G Ds Cs9|Cs9 | G Ds Em7|Em7 C(9) G|G Ds Cs9|Cs9 |
[intro; see tab at bottom]
SOL REsus MIm7 DO(9) SOL REsus MIm7 DO(9)
Clearing webs from a hovel a blistered hand on the handle of a shovel
SOL REsus MIm7 MIm7 DOsus9 DOsus9 DOsus9 DOsus9
I've been digging too deep, I always do
SOL REsus MIm7 DO(9) SOL REsus MIm7 DO(9)
I see my face on the surface; I look a lot like Narcissus
SOL REsus MIm7 MIm7 DOsus9 DOsus9 DOsus9 DOsus9
A dark abyss of an emptiness standing on the edge of a drowning blue
MIm9 MIm9 DO(9) DO(9) MIm9 MIm9 DO(9) DO(9)/SI
I look behind my ears for the green, and even my sweat smells clean
LAm LAm/SI DO LA RE RE(9)/DO SOL/SI SOL/RE
Glare off the white hurts my eyes Gotta get out of
SOL RE DO(9) RE SOL RE DO(9) RE
bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my hands; Not just my
SOL RE DO(9) DO(9) LAm LAm MIm7 MIm7
head, I'll think myself into jail; Now I know a refuge never grows from a chin
DO DO LA LA DO(9) DO(9) DO(9) DO(9)
in a hand in a thoughtful pose; Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose
G Ds Em7|Em7 C(9) G|G Ds Cs9|Cs9 |
[instrumental, same as intro]
I had a lot of good intentions; sit around for fifty years and then
collect a pension
Started seeing the road to hell and just where it starts
But my life is more than a vision; the sweetest part is acting after
making a decision
I started seeing the whole as a sum of its parts
I look behind my ears for the green, and even my sweat smells clean
Glare off the white hurts my eyes
Gotta get out of bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my hands
Not just my head, I'll think myself into jail; now I know a refuge never grows
From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose
Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose
My life is part of the global life; I'd found myself becoming more immobile
When I'd think a little girl in the world can't do anything
A distant nation my community, a street person my responsibility
If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring
I look behind my ears for the green, and even my sweat smells clean
Glare off the white hurts my eyes
Gotta get out of bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my hands
Not just my head, I'll think myself into jail; now I know a refuge never grows
From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose
Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose
SOL SOL/FA# SOL/FA DO DOm SOL RE SOL DO SOL
[ending; see below]
INTRO
G Ds Em7 C(9) G Ds Csus9
E 3---3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3----------- ||
B 3---3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3-----------.||
G 0---0---x-2---0-|----0---x-0---0-|----0---x-2---5-|----5----------- ||
D 0---0---x-0---2-|----2---x-2---0-|----0---x-0---5-|----5-----------.||
A 2---2---x-0---2-|----2---x-3---2-|----2---x-0---3-|----3----------- ||
E 3---3---------0-|----0---------3-|----3-----------|---------------- ||
[Note that for most of this, your ring and pinky fingers never move.]
[If you don't like barre chords, play Csus9 as x30033.]
ENDING:
SOL SOL/FA# SOL/FA DO DOm
E --------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --------|3-----3-----3---|3---3---3=5-3---|1-----0-1---1---|1-------1=3-1---|
G ----4---|----4-----4-----|--4-------------|----2-----------|------0---------|
D 5-------|--5-----4-----4-|3-----3---------|2---------------|1---1-----------|
A --------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E --------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
SOL RE SOL DO SOL
E ----------------|----------------|----------3-----|3---------------|
B 0-------------0-|----3-----------|------------1---|3---------------|
G ----------0-----|--2-----4=2-0=2-|0---------------|0---------------|
D 0---0-0=2---2---|0-----0---------|----0-0=2-------|0---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|2---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------|
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