Frank Black & the Catholics
Song: St. Francis Dam Disaster 
Album: Dog in the Sand
Tabbed by: Derek (proverbialcereal@msn.com)

CAPO 1st Fret

chords (play chords as if capo was "zero" fret or open strings)
e--0------2------0----3----1-----3------2----0---------13--|
b--0------0------1----0----1-----0------3----3---------13--|
g--0------0------0----0----2-----0------2----2---------13--|
d--2------2------2----0----3-----2------0----0-------------|
a--2------2------3----2----3-----2------0------------------|
e--0------0-----------3----1-----0-------------------------|
   Em (022000@1) Em(+F#)  C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)  F (133211@1) Em(+G)   D (xx0232@1)  D2 (x43141@2)  Emharmonics (022000@1) 
[VERSE]

Em  Em(+F#)

C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)Em(+F#) (022000@1) There was a well known water master man
C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)F (133211@1)He was the king 
Em (022000@1)Em(+G) Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)Em(+F#)
 He could  do anything
C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)Em(+F#) (022000@1) The St. Francis Dam Disaster man
C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Thought she was alright, 
EmEm(+G) (022000@1) D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)Until  around midnight 
Em (022000@1)          F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)Because that water seeks her own
     D (xx0232@1)             Em (022000@1)She had a desire to flow 
      Em (022000@1)                          D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D D (xx0232@1)D2 (x43141@2)EmShe (022000@1)was looking for somewhere to go

[VERSE 2]

Em  Em(+F#)

C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)              Em (022000@1)Em(+F#) (022000@1)
 She was a slave to the great metropolis
C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1) F (133211@1)She was feeling choked
Em (022000@1) Em(+G) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)   Em (022000@1)Em(+F#)
 She pushed the wall 'till it broke
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)Em(+F#)
 when they heard the great apocalypse
    C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)F (133211@1)At power house number two
Em (022000@1) Em(+G) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)Well there was nothing they could do
Em (022000@1)          F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)Because that water seeks her own
 D (xx0232@1)                               Em (022000@1)Five and one half hours she would flow
        Em (022000@1)                      D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)She had fifty-three miles to go

Em (022000@1)Em(+F#) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em  Em(+F#) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em  Em(+G)  Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)[VERSE 3]

Em  Em(+F#) Em

C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)            Em (022000@1)Em(+F#)  Em (022000@1)A cascade down to Santa Clara way
C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Near sixty feet high
Em (022000@1)Em(+G) Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)Em(+F#)  Em (022000@1)Now she's a  mile wide 
C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)Em(+F#)  Em (022000@1)It was clear she was going far away
C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
 and whole towns were too
EmEm(+G) (022000@1)Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)A  few  got lucky in Piru
Em (022000@1)          F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)Because that water seeks her own
D (xx0232@1)                            Em (022000@1)But four more hours she would flow
        Em (022000@1)                          D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)She had twenty-nine miles more to go

Em (022000@1)Em(+F#) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em  Em(+F#) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em  Em(+G)  Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)[VERSE 4]

Em  Em(+F#) Em

C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)                Em (022000@1)Em(+F#) Em (022000@1)            
 She carried in her every kind of thing
        C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)F (133211@1)House, tree, telegraph pole
Em (022000@1)Em(+G) Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)  Em (022000@1)Em(+F#) Em (022000@1)Some say  a thousand souls
    C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)          Em (022000@1)Em(+F#)  Em (022000@1)At three A.M. she gave Santa Paula a ring
         C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)F (133211@1)She was still twenty-five feet high
EmEm(+G) (022000@1)Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)Under  a  peaceful sky
Em (022000@1)          F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)Because that water seeks her own
D (xx0232@1)                           Em (022000@1)But two more hours she would flow
       Em (022000@1)                     (harmonics)
 She had nineteen more miles to go

[VERSE 5] - same chords
It was a real bad night in little saticoy
El Rio then Montalvo
How many know one really knows
Ventura beach was very scary, boy
Humanity a pile
She went her final mile
Because that water seeks her own
Into the sea the water flowed
And now for forever she would go

[ENDING]
D  Em  Em(+F#) Em  C  G

Em  Em(+F#) Em   C  G F

Em (022000@1)Em(+G)  Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)Em  Em(+F#) Em  C  G

Em  Em(+F#) Em   C  G F

Em (022000@1)Em(+G)  Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)Em  Em(+F#) Em  C

G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Em (022000@1)                                       
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
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