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