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Delta Spirit - "St. Francis" 
This version was transcribed from In-studio on TheAlternateSide.org
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Tuning is down 1/2 step from standard tuning

Intro: Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F C (x32010@1)name="chord_020130@1">E7 Am (x02210@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_320003@1">G C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_020130@1">E7 Am (x02210@1)(Verse I)
        Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1) 
They're all throwing stones at the back of my home
C (x32010@1)         E7 (020130@1)        Amkicking (x02210@1)the dirt in the air
     Dm (xx0231@1)      G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)   
Well I left to think while they're thinking I'm stoned
Bb (x1333x@1)           E7 (020130@1)       AmWell (x02210@1)I had no cause to be there

    Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)
And out of this town while I had something left
C (x32010@1)      E7 (020130@1)       Am (x02210@1)
bury the fear in my head
          Dm (xx0231@1)         G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1) 
Well it's all just the same cause the city's just as bare
     Bb (x1333x@1)      E7 (020130@1)      AmIt's (x02210@1)full of people like me


(Chorus)
       G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)We've all run away
G (320003@1)      G7 (320001@1)       C (x32010@1)        
Everyone wants but nobody needs
G (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)     C (x32010@1)
Silver and gold
     F (133211@1)      E7 (020130@1)       F (133211@1)     GWell (320003@1)everyone wants, but nobody needs


[Interlude (Shorter)] 
Am G C F C E7 Am


(Verse II)
       Am (x02210@1)       G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)  
Well I ran to the woods and I preached to the birds
C (x32010@1)         E7 (020130@1)       AmSt. (x02210@1)Francis talking to me
          Dm (xx0231@1)          G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)   
Well they said I'd find love in a pain I'd endure
Bb (x1333x@1)            E7 (020130@1)      AmIf (x02210@1)I would just listen to him

        Am (x02210@1)       G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1) 
With my ear to the ground and my heart full of lead
       C (x32010@1)     E7 (020130@1)            AmWell (x02210@1)I quietly listened to him teach
         Dm (xx0231@1)         G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)                    F (133211@1)But with tears in his eyes, he just looked straight through me
Bb (x1333x@1)         E7 (020130@1)      AmI (x02210@1)awkwardly waited for speech


(Chorus)
      G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)
We've all run away
G (320003@1)      G7 (320001@1)      C (x32010@1)        
Everyone wants but nobody needs
G (320003@1)E7 (020130@1)    Am (x02210@1)  
Silver and gold
F (133211@1)      E7 (020130@1)       F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)  
Everyone wants, but nobody needs


[Interlude w/ changed piano part]
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F C (x32010@1)name="chord_020130@1">E7 Am (x02210@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_320003@1">G C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_020130@1">E7 Am (x02210@1)
Am (x02210@1)       G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)    
Once I was sure that this love was the truth
     C (x32010@1)       E7 (020130@1)        Am (x02210@1)
Well I quickly spit in his face
     Dm (xx0231@1)        G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)   
I returned to my home, friends and I, we threw stones
Bb (x1333x@1)          E7 (020130@1)        Am (x02210@1)Bragging that we knew the way


[hummed chorus 1x until the end]
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F C (x32010@1)name="chord_020130@1">E7 Am (x02210@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_320003@1">G C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_020130@1">E7 Am
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