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Capo VII
There’s not much prominent guitar on the studio version, so this is basically taken from some of the solo acoustic versions
I've seen on YouTube, where she places the capo anywhere from 4th to 6th fret. This studio version has the capo at the 7th fret.
(C)Hey Alexander, you got a look on your face
Do you (Am)feel just (F)like a (C)relic
(C)Change Alexander, it will sprout from below
Do you (Am)feel just (F)like a (C)relic
In that (Am)room with the elephant
Do you (Am)feel just (F)like a (C)relic
Capo VI
This is on piano on the studio recording, but this guitar transcription is from the Tiny Desk
live version on YouTube, although it will still technically allow you to play along with the studio
version. For the C/Csus4 bit, just play a regular C chord then slip your pinky finger onto the 3rd fret
while still holding down your middle finger on the 2nd fret. Also, the G is played as a suspended Gsus4
throughout the song, and the /B is just a transition walk-down/walk-up thingy.
C (x32010)
Intro: (C)(Csus4)(C)(Csus4)
Well I (C)never knew your (Csus4)story but I (C)stand before your grave
There's a (C)page for every (Csus4)day containing (C)watermelon seeds
CHORUS
(Am)(F)(C) . . . (Am)(F)(Gsus4)
Well I (C)never knew your (Csus4)story but I (C)stand before your grave
You (F)never did lose money on a (Gsus4)tour of Illinois
CHORUS
(Am)(F)(C) . . . (Am)(F)(Gsus4)
(Gsus4)I suppose your parents were poets, since they named you Dylan (C)Thomas
And I (F)know now what I owe and I will (Gsus4)speak it in your name
CHORUS
Capo I
(Am)I am your daughter carved out of your (F)stone
I (Am)sprouted my shoots and waited for your (F)hands
CHORUS
(Am)If I could go back there I'd be my own angel(F)
CHORUS
So I (C)gathered up my (G)sorrows
Capo II
(G)I was planted in a flower bed of (C)sorrows
So I (G)rode my one-eyed mare across the (C)tundra
And I (Am)watched my breath crystal(Em)lize
You
Well I (G)followed my small destiny with (C)valor
And their (Am)hearts were (Em)dull
You
Well I (G)grabbed my army knife and scratched the (C)surface
And at (Am)night I (Em)slept
(G)You
I was looking for (G)you
I was looking for (G)you, Siberia
Capo II
Hint: the fingering for the (D*) chord is a (C) shape played at the third fret.
(G)You were there
I said I've (G)never felt pain
And I don't know how you (D*)made it past my guards
CHORUS
You said I (G)understand your (D/F#)sense of fear
And I don't know what to(D*)morrow has in store
CHORUS
(C)And at the crumbling of the hour
CHORUS (2x)
Dropped D
Bm: x20230
The first verse is done a cappella, but these are the chords if you feel like using 'em.
Once you (D)stood below a (D/F#)mountain
And it would (D)seem the ice is (D/F#)melting
So you must (D)hold these days like (D/F#)treasures
May it (D)only sting a (D/F#)moment
You always (G)wanted something (A)solid
Once you (D)stood below a (D/F#)mountain
May it (D)only sting a (D/F#)moment
Capo IV
Intro: (G)(B7)(C)
(G)You're on the (B7)highwire (C)and I'm climbing (A7)out (A7sus)
But I will (G)break all my (Gmaj7)bones
(G)We will meet on the (B7)borders, (C)barefoot and (A7)blessed (A7sus)
'Cause I will (G)break all my (Gmaj7)bones
But the (Am)view from this (F)height
(B7)(C)(A7)(G)(C)(G)(D)(D/C)(D/B)(D)
But I may (G)break all my (Gmaj7)bones
(G)(Gmaj7)(C) . . . repeat and fade
Capo IV
C: x32033
Intro: (G)(C)(G)(C)
Sweet (G)city of Dublin (C)
CHORUS
I know that (G)things have gotta change (C)
CHORUS (3x)
Capo II
Intro: (Em)(C)(Am)(B7)
There's (Em)not too many people that I (C)really call my friends
I (Em)will find desperation in the (C)middle of this peace
CHORUS
I (Em)know that you have given (C)everything you could
CHORUS
(Em)I am a cold front and you are a rosebud
CHORUS
Like a (F)cowboy with(Gsus4)out a (C)steed (Csus4)
(C)Say Alexander, did you get stuck into place
Like a (F)sailboat with(Gsus4)out a (C)breeze (Csus4)
(C)Ooh Alexander, the name of the game has been (F)changed and you (G)don’t know (C)why (Gsus4)
Scratch the (C)flags you hoisted to infall(F)ible heights
When you were the (Gsus4)good guys(C) (Csus4)
From a (Am)time that will never come (Gsus4)back
Now (Am)valor’s on sale, (F)boys can be girls
(C)There are no damsels in dis(Gsus4)tress
Welcome to your new wild (C)west (Csus4)
With the (F)tact of a (Gsus4)patient (C)pawn (Csus4)
One (C)day, Alexander, you step out for a smoke
And the (F)world that you (Gsus4)knew is (C)gone (Csus4)
(C)Ooh Alexander, you commanded the stage in the (F)age of the (Gsus4)Marlboro (C)man (Gsus4)
Back when the (C)world contorted its(F)elf as your prize
When you were the (Gsus4)good guys(C) (Csus4)
From a (Am)time that will never come (Gsus4)back
Like a (Am)fur(G/B)loughed (C)colo(F)nel
With (Am)nothing (G)to (F)command (Gus4) (C)
Before (F)you were irrelevant
On your (C)guaranteed square
In the game of (G/B)musical chairs
You were (Am)never unkind
Were just (F)willfully blind
Back when (Am)you (G/B)were (F)blessed
But welcome to your (Gus4)new wild (C)west (Csus4)
From a (Am)time that will never come (Gsus4)back
Like a (Am)fur(G/B)loughed (C)colo(F)nel
With (Am)nothing (G)to (F)command
Welcome to your (Gus4)new wild (C)west
DYLAN THOMAS (1996-1998)
Csus4 (x33020)
Gsus4 (320010)
/B (x200xx)
I have been stumbling be(Csus4)wildered in a (C)daze
The (Csus4)pages of my (C)youth that I so (Am7)carelessly cut loose
If I'd held them (C)harder they would (Gsus4)still have got a(C)way
A page for dressing up and (Csus4)jumping off the (C)roof
I’ll fold them (Csus4)well enough to (C)float in shapes of (Am7)little paper boats
And I'll let 'em (C)go and I will and (Gsus4)send them off to (C)you
In (Am)my recurring (/Bdream I’m in a (F)play
But I don’t (C)seem to know my lines and I can never find the (Gsus4)script
But when my (C)curtain call (/B)comes I wanna (Am7)know
I was someone who found a (C)way to just let (Gsus4)go of all that (C)shit
It feels abandoned like the (Csus4)halls you never (C)walked
I was (Csus4)gawky, I was (C)scared, a little (Am7)awkward but I was there
And I’ll be (C)damned if I (Gsus4)let go of that (C)thought
You’d have been (C)grateful for the traffic and the (Gsus4)rain
You never (C)got to get your (/B)heart crushed in a (Am7)blender by a boy
When you got (C)home again so (Gsus4)who am I to com(C)plain
But you never got to rage against the (Gsus4)dying of the light
So I shall (C)ride with your (/B)ghost and all those (Am7)poets who died young
No I am (F)no unlucky (Gsus4)one
It’s to drink (F)freely from that well
And not (Gsus4)dwell for one more day in the walls of shame
And the (F)pages of my youth I will no (Gsus4)longer grieve
I will (C)send them off to you, my friend, with (Gsus4)watermelon seeds
And in (Am)my recurring (/B)dream I’m in a (F)play
But I don’t (C)seem to know my lines so I’ll just make them (Gsus4)up
And when my (C)curtain call (/B)comes
You best be(Am7)lieve I was someone who found a (C)way to let (Gsus4)in all of that (C)love
PHOENIX
I'm the (Am)seed that you dropped
I'm the marrow of your (F)bone
(Am)I am the one who asked no questions(F)
De(Am)signed to love you (G)unconditional(F)
I (Am)laid down my roots but the summer came and (F)went
I (Am)looked to the sun and longed to feel your (F)touch
But (Am)you knew nothing of (G)unconditional (F)love
I (C)rose up like a (G)phoenix (Am))rose up from your (F)ash
(C)You just turned your (G)back and I'll (Am)never under(F)stand
(C)Though I had no (G)armor (Am)you just let me (F)go
(C)Into the (Am)night to battle with your (G)ghosts
(Am)She won't buy you a mockingbird, she's incapa(F)ble
So (Am)hush little baby and close your tired (F)eyes
There (Am)are no answers so (G)hush now hushabye(F)
And I (Am)took them on my (F)tongue
And (C)sang them 'til the (G)morning
When the (Am)sun came in so (F)strong
I (C)sang them 'til the ((Am))daybreak
And that's how I became (G)strong (Am)
NEW SIBERIA
Where (Am)raven's laughter blew up from the (D)west
Carried (G)whispers of a dream about to(B7)morrow
And my (Em)heart it just beat borrowed in my (C)chest
As (Am)soon as I was old enough to (D)go
There were (G)dangers that befell the ones who (B7)wandered
But the (Em)fern moss just looked pretty in the (C)snow
Against a (B7)lawless sky
And I was looking (G)for . . .
Looking (Em)for you
Looking (D)for new(Em) Siberi(Am)a
(Am)Knowing I'd be better off a(D)lone
Than to (G)sit upon a shore with dry-land (B7)sailors
For the (Em)quest slept in the marrow of their (C)bones
To the (B7)heron's call
And I was looking (G)for . . .
Looking (Em)for you
Looking (D)for you(Em), my new Si(G)beria
Of (Am)battlegrounds where dragon teeth lay (D)sown
Half a (G)picture of my lover in my (B7)pocket
And the (Em)other half as of yet un(C)known
I was (B7)dreaming of . . .
Looking (Em)for you
Looking (D)for new(Em) Siberi(Am)a
Looking (Em)for you
Looking (D)for you(Em), Siberi(Am)a
Looking for (Em)new Siberia
Looking for (G)you, Siberia
SLEEPY SEA OF INDIGO AND BLUE
I (D/F#)don't know why
(Am)Maybe we were brothers in an(C)other time
Among a (G)hundred trains
And (D/F#)all those trite refrains
(Em)Somehow you let your train go (C)by
I travel (D/F#)in submarines
Don't think I'd (Am)make much of a swimmer
So I (C)live under the waves
Because you (G)cannot sink
If (D/F#)you don't try to swim
(Em)But somehow I just let you (C)in
(Am)You knew the (F)secret of their (C)hearts
So (G)lay me down gently, gather me to you
On a (C)sleepy sea of indigo and (D/F#)blue
Sing (G)me song that's tender
And (Em)love will come to (Bm)you
On a (C)sleepy sea my (D/F#)love will come to (G)you
The (Am)city's made of timber and the (C)flames are on the hill
But in a (G)stillborn world, in a (D/F#)strange and troubled time
(Em)I will sing you lulla(C)bies
(Am)But I will (F)pin my heart to (C)yours
In her twilight evening (G)gown (D/F#)
(F)Over waters emerald green
We'll watch the silver sun go (C)down (D/F#)
SWEET SPOT
Capo V
Now you (G)find yourself sur(D)prised
This is the sweet spot of your (A)life (G)(A)
'Cause this new (D)view compares to (D/F#)nothing
Gone the (G)hardship of your (D)climb
This is the (A)sweet spot (G)of your (D)life
It seems you've (G)come in from the (D)cold
This is the sweet spot of your (A)life (G)(A)
And all your (D)streams they are now (D/F#)fuller
Than what their (G)riverbanks can (D)hold
This is the (A)sweet spot (G)of your (D)life
In a (G)jewel box in your (D)heart
This is the sweet spot of your (A)life (G)(A)
For you know (D)well they are most (D/F#)precious
Into an (G)old tree you must (D)carve them
This is the (A)sweet spot (G)of your (D)life
When you (G)dive into that (D)blue
This is the sweet spot of your (A)life (G)(A)
'Cause by the (D)time you hit the (D/F#)surface
It has (G)rearranged (Bm)you (Asus4)
(G)This is the (A)sweet spot of your (D)life (G)(A)(D)
Just (Bm)one solid (Asus4)thing
Oh but (G)angels are so (D)fickle
They only (A)love you when you sing
But you don't (G)need those fickle (A)angels to (Bm)shine (Asus4)
(G)This is the (A)sweet spot of your (D)life (G)(A)(D)
Now you (G)find yourself sur(D)prised
This is the sweet spot of your (A)life (G)(A)
'Cause this new (D)view compares to (D/F#)nothing
Gone the (G)hardship of your (D)climb
This is the (A)sweet spot (G)of your (D)life
When you (G)dive into that (D)blue
This is the sweet spot of your (A)life (G)(A)
'Cause by the (D)time you hit the (D/F#)surface
It has (G)rearranged (Bm)you (Asus4)
(G)This is the (A)sweet spot
(G)This is the (A)sweet spot
(G)This is the (A)sweet spot of your (D)life
(G)This is the (A)sweet spot
(G)This is the (A)sweet spot
(G)This is the (A)sweet spot of your (D)life
VERTIGO
And (G)I feel the (G/F#)danger as (C)I steal a (G)kiss from your (Am)mouth (C)
(G)And I will try to hold (B7)steady
(C)I wanna make you be(A7)lieve (A7sus)
That the (G)height of this (G/F#)tightrope is (C)just second (G)nature to (D)me (D/C)(D/B)(D)
'Cause I (C)lied about the vertigo
And I (Am)have never (C)been up this (D)high (D/C)(D/B)(D)
There'll be (G)no safety (C)net
When I (G)fall right (G/F#)out of the (Em)sky
There will (Am)be no ambulance (C)waiting
And I (D)have no (D/C)wings to (D/B)fly (D)
In (G)colorful (G/F#)graveyards with (C)flower bou(G)quets for the (Am)dead (C)
(G)And I won't ask you to (B7)promise
(C)That I will not come (A7)to harm (A7sus)
But when the (G)wind tugs my (G/F#)courage will (C)you be my (G)brother in (D)arms (D/C)(D/B)(D)
'Cause I (C)lied about the vertigo
And I (Am)have never (C)been up this (D)high (D/C)(D/B)(D)
There'll be (G)no safety (C)net
When I (G)fall right (G/F#)out of the (Em)sky
There will (Am)be no ambulance (C)waiting
And I (D)have no (D/C)wings to (D/B)fly (D)
High a(C)bove the ferris wheel (G)lights
May (Am)cause me to (F)sway
But I am (C)teaching myself to be (G)brave
'Cause I (C)lied about the vertigo
And I (Am)have never (C)been up this (D)high (D/C)(D/B)(D)
There'll be (G)no safety (C)net
When I (G)fall right (G/F#)out of the (Em)sky
There will (Am)be no ambulance (C)waiting
And I (D)have no (D/C)wings to (D/B)fly (D)
DUBLIN BOYS
Dsus4: xx0233
D/F#: 200233
B7: x21200
Gsus4: 320013
I am (G)heading out (C)
Cause all the (G)houses on your streets are burning (Dsus4)down(D)(C)
Oh, but (G)not to worry (C)
'Cause I will (G)be okay (C)
Yes, I will (G)pick myself back up another (Dsus4)day (D)
But I am (Em)dirty from the (C)travel
And (G)I miss my (Dsus4)family
So (G)goodbye(C) Dublin (G)boys, fare(Dsus4)well
(G)I gave you (C)my best shot
But (G)you (D/F#)never could tell
(G)I'm gonna pack my (C)suitcase
And (B7)sing to my(C)self
Goodbye(Dsus4) (G)(Gsus4)
It's what they (G)always do (C)
Oh, but (G)change has never been known to wait (Dsus4)for you(D)(C)
I'm gonna (G)go where the green is (C)
Don't wanna (G)live for brown (C)
I'm gonna (G)get back on my horse till I go (Dsus4)down (D)
And you're more (Em)beautiful than (C)ever
And it (G)just goes to (Dsus4)show
SCREAM
And (Am)every path I take (B7)comes to an end
I (Em)might draw near be(C)fore I slip out like a thief
The (Am)only reason I arrive (B7)is to (Em)leave
And (Am)I will be your friend, but (B7)friend, I wouldn't count on me
For I will (Em)sell your trust that I (C)didn't even earn
And I (Am)won't be happy with this bridge (B7)'til I can sit and watch it (Em)burn
(Em)You are the fisherman
I am the storm
(C)You become a baby when I (B7)hold you in my arms
(Em)You are a vessel floating upon my sea
And my (C)waves are crashing
And I (B7)cannot hear you scream
To a (Am)brain that willed, but a (B7)heart that never ever would
For it is (Em)lost, unsure, a(C)fraid and it is blind
And (Am)it will claim you were never (B7)on its (Em)side
(B7)I am a salt mine and you are a deep cut
(Em)I am a flood wave and you are a nutshell
(B7)You are an ice patch and I am the sun
(Em)I am a sharp nail and you are a bare foot
(B7)I am a thumb tack and you are a tire
(Em)I am a fire, I am a tall cliff
(B7)I am a tall cliff and every man falls