This is an excellent song from the Manics new album send away the tigers. I would like
dedicate this tab to Emyr Jones who introduced me to the song...
Standard tuning: EADGBe
Open chords for acousitc guitar
BM x24432
A x02220
E 022100
G 320033
D xx0232
EM 022000
Intro: BM A E G Pick the bass note and bottom 3 strings for intro x 2
Verse 1
DA
if god persists, persists in saying yes
EG
i guess we'll have, we'll have to test ourselves
DA
maybe the summer, will come and clear our minds
EG
and find the impulse, to love the sunshine
Bridge
EM DG
i guess we'll have to test,
BM EM G
until there's nothing left
EM DG
we said the truth was fixed,
BM EM G
it's lost without a trace
Chorus
BM
this crime is eternity
A
when time lost its certainty
EG
the indian summer
(The verses, bridge, and chorus chord pattern stays the same)
Verse 2
DA
maybe this time we'll kiss and we'll not shake hands
EG
indian summer, still hurt and broken
DA
and leave all this material belief
EG
remember the reasons the reasons that made us be
Bridge 2
EM DG
i guess we'll have to test,
BM EM G
until there's nothing left
EM DG
we said the truth was fixed,
BM EM G
it's lost without a trace
Chorus 2
BM
this crime is eternity
A
when time lost its certainty
EG
the indian summer
Bridge 3
EM DG
i guess we'll have to test,
BM EM G
until there's nothing left
EM DG
we said the truth was fixed,
BM EM G
it's lost without a trace
Chorus 3
BM
this crime is eternity
A
when time lost its certainty
EG
the indian summer
BM AEG
the indian summer (x3)