Tuning: Standard ________________________________ A (x|0|2|2|2|0) D (x|x|0|2|3|2) G (3|2|0|0|3|3) ________________________________ Fill Riff #1 e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------2---| D|------0-0h2-2h4-2p0----------0-0h2-2p0--0---| A|--0h2---------------0h2--0h2----------------| E|--------------------------------------------| Fill Riff #2 e|--0h2--------| B|------3---3--| G|--------2----| D|-------------| A|-------------| E|-------------| ________________________________ Capo 3rd Fret ________________________________ Intro: Fill Riff #1 (out of D, keep holding the two top strings while playing and let it all blend) D A Now the morning was gilded around the edges G D With the shavings from bone D A They were pressed in and glued in against the corner G D And carved just like soapstone G A And it was gloriously grey G A The sun was radiant underlay D A Fighting, fading, winning, waining G D Purring behind milk and cloud and snow FILL RIFF #1 D A Now the blinds are up a foot from the bottom G D I can make out outlines of ankles, legs and asses FILL RIFF #2 D A Until a fresh set sends blood to my ears G D And the memories flood the levy of my boredom G A And the finest sinewy strand has been cut clean trough G A There is a pop, a crack and a thud D A And you were free and i am free G D Now let's extricate ourselves from the mud FILL RIFF #1 D A You practised your name G D In the margin of pages D A Of a hundred thousand rough drafts G D I heard they roughed you up pretty bad G A You gotta climb up the mountain top, scream out loud G A Chip your teeth on a bottle top and do me proud D A When i held your hand in my blood free hands G D I swear they were the cleanest ones in town G A Take your time and let the tide G A D Pull you out to sea G A Take your time and let the tide G A D Pull you away from me