Verse: Chorus: Outro (kind of tough to tell);
CBAGDECCAABbaj7
e|--3--|--6--|--4--|--3--||-----|--6--|-----||-----|-----|-----|-----||
B|--4--|--6--|--4--|--3--||--6--|--8--|--3--||--6--|--4--|--8--|--6--||
G|--5--|--7--|--5--|--3--||--5--|--8--|--5--||--5--|--5--|--5--|--7--||
D|--5--|--8--|--6--|--5--||--5--|--8--|--5--||--5--|--6--|--6--|--8--||
A|-----|-----|-----|-----||--5--|--6--|--3--||-----|-----|-----|-----||
E|-----|-----|-----|-----||-----|-----|-----||-----|-----|-----|-----||
Intro:
Gm +13 Bb +b5 x3 Gm
e|-------0------|---------------|-----------------------|----------||
B|---3-3----3---|---6-6-5--6---o|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11~------||
G|---3----------|---7-----------|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12~------||
D|---5----------|---8-----------|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12~------||
A|---5----------|---8----------o|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10~------||
E|--------------|---------------|-----------------------|----------||
Verse 1:
CmBbAbAb
She was tied up to the tracks in the middle of the road, clutching to the
AbAbGmBb
thorns of a rose that she fought but she couldn't let go, couldn't let go.
CmBbAbAb
Perched upon his lung, she was tapping in his chest, I'll be
AbAbGmBb
hiding in the dreams of your last will and testament, testament.
Pre-Chorus:
(Straight quarter-note strumming.)
AbG
And if the only way out was just a straight ahead admission of guilt, then he wouldn't be
Ab Gm (10th fret) Bb (13th fret, slide off)
sitting in the darkness sharpening every excuse. (You'll hit the)
Chorus (x2):
CmDmEbDm11EbDm11
bottle, but you can't drain the yellow out of your
Csus9 C5 Csus9 C5 Csus9 C5 :
spine. If you would, if you would, if you would. (You'll hit the)
EDm11Cm
(Pickup measure before verse, don't do on last chorus).
Verse 2:
(Cm) BbAbAb
Smothered by the time he could never forget. Disassoc-
AbAbGmBb
iation in the comfort of his dreams that she wouldn't let go, wouldn't let go.
CmBbAbAb
And every time he woke up in the coldest sweat, scrawled to the
AbAbGmBb
bone with her nails was the promise that she wouldn't let go, wouldn't let go.
Back to pre-chorus (x1).
Back to chorus (x2).
Bridge:
EbDmCm
She will swing the hammer every night,
GmBbCm
Sleeping in the ditch beyond the pine,
EbDmCm
She must breathe the water every night,
GmBbCm
Taking every breath that you've denied,
EbDmCm
She will swing the hammer every night,
Gm Bb (fill) Gm Bb (fill)
Sleeping in the ditch, Sleeping in the ditch,
GmBbEbG
Sleeping in the ditch beyond the pine. (You'll hit the)
Back to chorus (x2).
Outro (see above):
Csus4AbAbmajBb
Mo-men-to mori,
Csus4AbAbmajBb
Mo-men-to mori,
Csus4AbAbmajBb
Mo-men-to mori,
Csus4AbAbmajBb
Mo-men-to mori,
Eb