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Tuning: E A D G B E
As similarly tabbed (to be read, nearly copied exactly) by bigmadhabib who really did do some great work, and really all the leg work and deserves all the credit. The only differences are the placement of the chords with the lyrics. In this song, Waits places the vowels of his words on the chord changes. The chord changes also drop between the lines sometimes when he is not singing so I threw those over hanging at the ends of the lines rather than at the beginning of the lyric where Waits would otherwise already be singing. It feels as though it is easier to sight read if you will. bigmadhabib says, "The chords are generally played with a bass line playing the tonic note and the note a fourth down on 1 and 3. The Fm chord is started by sliding up to the 8th fret on the A string. Enjoy." Upon doing so you really get that feel that Waits, Ribot and Taylor create. Good to note, well done bigmadhabib. One may find this song easier to play if tuned down a half step, and then playing everything up a half step to get an Abmaj7 in the common position of A, and also to get the fourth down from the Abmaj7's tonic, your Eb. Waits does from, time to time, tune down a half step. Great song, great fun and again, big shout-out to bigmadhabib. I hope you don't mind my touch ups to your tab. You really deserve the credit. Corrector's suggestion: play Abmaj7 instead of Ab. Just take the standart Cm shape and put your index finger on the fourth fret of the low E-string. Also, the Abmaj7 is played for two bars. This is important to note, since the timing of the lyrics is a little weird. [Intro] Cm Cm [Verse 1]
Lay your head where mFmy heart used to be G Hold the earth Cmabove me Abmaj7
Lay down in the green grass G Remember when you lCmoved me
Come closer dFmon't be shy G Stand beneath a rainy sky Cm
The moon is Abmaj7over the Grise Think of me as a trCmain goes by
Clear the thFmistles and brambles G Whistle 'Didn't He RCmamble' Abmaj7
Now there's a bubble of me G And it's flCmoating in thee Fm
[Middle Section]
Stand in thBbe shade of me Ebmaj7 Things are now made of me Abmaj7
The weather vane will say...
It smGells like rain today
[Verse 2]
God took the stars and he tFmossed 'em G Can't tell the birds from the blCmossoms Abmaj7
You'll never be free of me G He'll make a trCmee from me
Don't say good bFmye to me G Describe the skCmy to me Abmaj7
And if the sky falls, mGark my words We'll catch mCmocking birds
[Interlude] (With Whistling) Fm G Cm Abmaj7 Abmaj7 G Cm [Verse/Outro]
Lay your head where my heart Fmused to be G Hold the earth abCmove me Abmaj7 Lay down in the green grass G Remember when you lCmoved me Cm