dropped D tuning
DADGBe
capo on 2nd fret
E* 2x2100 F#* 444xxx
G* 5x54xx F# 4x43xx
A* 5x54xx G** 5x503x
Dsus2 x00230 F* 3x32xx
Fm x44222 G x20003
G6 x20030
the plains
F#|-0----------0---------------------0----------0----------0---------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4----------4----------4---------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|-7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0----9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7--|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4-----------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------0----------0--------------------------------------|
C#|-7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0----------0----------0--------------------------------------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0----------0----------0----------0---------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4----------4---------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------|
bitter dancer
Em riff 1 (picking) (you can also play this riff in fast triplets)
F#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
C#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |-----0---------------0-------0-------0--------------0-------0---|
E |-------------2---0-------4-------2------0-----------------------|
B |-2-------4----------------------------------4---2-------2-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em riff 1
F#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
C#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |-----0---------------0-------0-------0--------------0-------0---|
E |-------------2---0-------4-------2------0-----------------------|
B |-2-------4----------------------------------4---2-------2-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em riff 1
Just as the sand made everything round
Em riff 1
Just as the tar seeps up from the ground
E* F#* G*
bitter dancer, ever turning
Em riff 1
so was the day that you came to town
Em riff 2 (play this melody while strumming softly the Em chord)
F#|------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |-------2-0---4---2---0--------|
B |-2---4-----------------4-2----|
E |------------------------------|
Em riff 2
F#|------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |-------2-0---4---2---0--------|
B |-2---4-----------------4-2----|
E |------------------------------|
Em riff 2
you took a room and you settled in
Em riff 2
washed off the chalk from your weathered skin
E* F#* G*
daylight sleeper, bloody reaper
Em riff 2
you took a room and you settled in
Em riff 2 (2x)
(flute solo)
Em riff 2
i should have known one day you would come
Em riff 2
all of us walk so blind in the sun
E* F#* G*
midnight feeder, beggar, pleader
Em riff 2
i should had known one day you would come
Em riff 2
(flute solo)
E* F# G* A* G*F# G**
tell me again my only son
Dsus2 F* G* F* Em riff 2
tell me again what have you done
Em riff 2
(flute solo)
F#m G F#m
at arm's lengths
G* Dsus2 G6
i will hold you there
Dsus2 G6
there
Dsus2 G6
Dsus2 G6
Dsus2 G6
Dsus2 G6
F#m G F#m
at arm's lengths
G* Dsus2 G6
i will hold you there
Dsus2 G6
there
Dsus2 G6 (repeat till fade out)
