ANCHOR ME - The Mutton Birds
A New Zealand classic! Here are the full chords and some lead parts.
The unusual chord is the D(b5) which is played
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Intro A chord with this lead (play twice)
e|------------------------|
B|-----------8------------|
G|--7--9--7-----7--9------|
D|------------------------|
Verse 1
AG#mDC#m
Full fathom five, someday I'll lie
AG#mDC#m
Singing songs that come, from dead men's tongues
DD(B5)
Anchor me, anchor me
AG#mDC#m
As the compass turns and the glass it falls
AG#mDC#m
And the storm clouds roll, and the gulls they call
DD(B5)
Anchor me, anchor me
Chorus
AE
Anchor me, anchor me
AD
In the middle of your deep blue sea
AE
Anchor me, anchor me
ADD(B5)
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me, anchor me, anchor me
Repeat intro riff twice
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_mutton_birds/anchor_me_crd_ver_2.html )
Verse 2
AG#mDC#m
Let the salt spray lash the shivering skin
AG#mDC#m
Where the green waves crash and the whirlpools spin
DD(B5)
Anchor me, anchor me
Chorus
AE
Anchor me, anchor me
AD
In the middle of your deep blue sea
AE
Anchor me, anchor me
ADD(B5)
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me, anchor me
Bridge
CBmBbA
Where the Banshees cry and the bells they sound
F#mAC#mBm
When you lift me high, when you pull me down
DA
When you pull me down, when you pull me down
Lead part in bridge (piano arranged for guitar)
CBBA
e|-------------| |----------------| |-------------|
B|-------------| |----------------| |-------------|
G|-7-9-7-9-7-9-|x2 |-7-10-7-10-7-10-| |-7-9-7-9-7-9-|
D|-------------| |----------------| |-------------|
FACBD
e|-------------| |--------------------------------|
B|-------------| |----7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9-|
G|-6-9-6-9-6-9-|x2 |-6-9---6-9---6-9---6-9---6-9----|
D|-------------| |--------------------------------|
DA
e|---------------------|
B|----7-9-10----7-9-10-|
G|-7-9-------7-9-------|
D|---------------------|
E
Anchor me
AD
In the middle of your deep blue sea
AE
Anchor me, anchor me
AD
In the middle of your deep blue sea
D(b5) A
Anchor me, anchor me, anchor me
EAD
Anchor______________ me
AE
Anchor me
AD
In the mid-dle of your deep blue sea
AE
Your deep blue sea
AD
In the middle of your deep blue sea
AE
Your deep blue sea__
AD
Anchor me, anchor me
DD(B5) A
Anchor me, anchor me, anchor me