Tabbed by Tim Byron ([email protected])
This song is from the album "Strange Bird", but mostly tabbed from
a live version played in early 2002. It's in 12 8, standard guitar
tuning, with only two chords.
INTRO:
(orchestral bit. then:)
|Em Em F# Em G Em F# | x16
4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
e--------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------
g--------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------
a-4-----------------------4------------------------
e---3-2-0-------------------3-2-0------------------
(in that bit, adam mostly plays this guitar line, glenn
mostly just plays an Em chord, Kiernan does stuff over the top)
|Em |Em Am |Em Am | Em |
Em
they married, a dandy and a back alley tough
Am
on the foreshore while kids in the needling rough
Am
stayed low, in, and laid til they'd had enough
Em
in the somersaulting hot roll of revolting september
Em
but thickets beneath the hot halo above
Am
The plague bodies bathed in their talentless love
Am
it's hot in the town with his back to the sea
Em
O darling don't put your veil over me.
|Em |Em Am |Em Am | Em |
Em
From thinking your life was about them, when long
Am
they were the thorns in his side
Am
the hard men got plucked and by measures were gone
Em
at pride it plucked and out, out it pried.
Em Am
where's the shame in a gentle man? Stand him next to me?
Am
it's hot in the town with its back to the sea
Em
O darling don't put your veil over me.
|Em |Em Am |Em Am | Em |
Em Am
honey we'll go without, honey grow old and thin
Em Am Em
i love you like i love my own skin
|Em | x8
Em
from thinking a life was about them but stranger
Am
the soft women lowed, came in and were in,
Am
to swoon, 'O welcome hot united sailor'
Em
welcome from unsteady decks and from danger
Em
did you see a new sun in the sky?
Am
the sun is blood and blood is a lie
Am
it's hot in the town with its back to the sea
Em
O darling don't put your veil over me...
Em
did you see a new sun in the sky?
Am
the sun is blood and blood is a lie
Am
it's hot in the town with it's back to the sea
Em
darling don't put your veil over me
Em Am
honey we'll go without, honey grow old and thin
Em Am Em
i love you like i love my own skin
Em Am
my bonnie lies over the ocean, my bonnie grows old and thin
Em Am Em
i love her like i love my own skin
Em Am Em
i love her like i love my own skin.
Em Emadd2 F# Em G Emadd2 F# | x8