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Foggy Lilac Windows - Frontier Ruckus
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Tabbed by: 3lacksabbath81
Email: sskinner@wit.edu

The Orion Songbook: Track 8

Matthew Milia: songs, voice, guitar, harmonica, pedal steel
David W. Jones: banjo, voice, dobro
Zachary Nichols: brass, singing-saw, melodica, keyboards
Ryan Etzcorn: drums, percussion

The chords are directly from Matthew on FR's site. I take little to no 
credit for them. I did fix the forum formatting problems though.

Tuning: Standard [Capo 3rd Fret]

Chords: relative to capo

G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) B/CCm7 (134442@1)C7 (x32310@1)Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)Am7 (x02010@1)F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1)Dm7 F/D (153211@1)Dm (xx0231@1)A7e|---3---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----2---2---5---1----1---0---| (x02020@1)B|---0---1---1---1---1---0---1---1----2---2---6---1----3---2---|
G|---0---0---0---0---3---0---2---0----3---2---5---2----2---0---|
D|---0---2---0---2---2---2---2---2----4---4---0---0----0---2---|
A|---2---3---2---0---3---2---0---0----4---4----------------0---|
E|---3-------------------0------------2---2--------------------|

Ahh...               A7Lick (x02020@1)e|---------------|   e|--0------------------|
B|---------------|   B|--2---3p2-----3p2----|
G|---------------|   G|--0---0-------0------|
D|----------0----|   D|--2---2-------2------|
A|------0h2---0--|   A|--0---0---0---0---0--|
E|--0h3----------|   E|---------------------|

Verse I

G^      C (x32010@1)              EmAh, (022000@1)the holes of highway bones are filled
        Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)             FmBut (133111@1)the tolls of highway loans are billed
       Dm (xx0231@1)     C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)      Dm7
To the board of directors of boredom, here

C (x32010@1)               EmSo (022000@1)I slept outside the worried exit
    Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)          FmAnd (133111@1)hurried to avoid the decrepit
Dm (xx0231@1)             C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)        Dm7
Hordes of fallen Lords, I cant afford em, dear



Verse II

C (x32010@1)              C7But (x32310@1)overwhelmed is a laughing word
F (133211@1)                    GTo (320003@1)say youve taken for granted stillness
Dm (xx0231@1)  C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)   Dm7
On an ever-moving planet

C (x32010@1)              C7Was (x32310@1)the glaciers falling heard
F (133211@1)                      GWas (320003@1)the crumbling porchs utter realness
Dm (xx0231@1)    C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)    FmMade (133111@1)of ash or made of granite



Verse III

Am (x02210@1)                 EmOh, (022000@1)Im so longing for my mamas kiss
    Dm (xx0231@1)              CAnd (x32010@1)scratching my old lifetimes back
F (133211@1)               FmThat (133111@1)simpleminded tenderness
C (x32010@1)               A7Is (x02020@1)a pity that my searches lack

Am (x02210@1)               EmThe (022000@1)graveyard breathes reality
    Dm (xx0231@1)                CBut (x32010@1)realitys blurred outside my gates
F (133211@1)            FmNo (133111@1)matter if I hesitate,

Chorus

C (x32010@1)         B/CThe (134442@1)foggy lilac windows come
    Cm7             G (320003@1)  Dm7   F/DAnd (153211@1)dumb my number one ambition...
                     CAnd (x32010@1)its too much repitition



Cycle through the verse chords regularly: Some added licks he does.

G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)               Em (022000@1)        Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)Fm (133111@1)   
e|---------------------------------------------0---2--2--|
B|---------------1--1-1--1---1-1-----3/5--3\1--1---2--2--|
G|---------------0--0-0--0---0-0---0-----------2---3--2--|
D|----------0----2--2-2--0h2-2-2---2-----------2---4--4--|
A|------0h2---0--3--3-3--3---3-3---2-----------0---4--4--|
E|--0h3----------------------------0---------------2--2--|
    Dm (xx0231@1)     C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)           Dm7
e|--1-0---------------2--2-2-2-2-0--5--|
B|--3---3----1-0------2--2-2-2-2-0--6--|
G|--2-----2--0---0----3--3-3-3-3-0--5--|
D|--0--------2-----2--4--4-4-4-4-0--0--|
A|-----------3--------4--4-4-4-4-------|
E|--------------------2--2-2-2-2-------|



Verse IV

C (x32010@1)                 EmThe (022000@1)south was knee-deep in the weeds
    Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)              FmAnd (133111@1)I was in a plank-wood parlor
Dm (xx0231@1)             C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)          Dm7
Every flame from every mouth was only worth a dime

C (x32010@1)                         EmFeeling (022000@1)easier to move than shifting reeds
      Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)         FmI (133111@1)was wearing my times on my collar
Dm (xx0231@1)          C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)     Dm7
But my colors dont get bright in seasons time



Verse V



C (x32010@1)                   C7Your (x32310@1)biggest grid did shrink and sink
F (133211@1)           GIn (320003@1)one nights walk of blindness
Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C                   F (133211@1)                    Dm7
To foreign sites where bright lights find you out

C (x32010@1)            C7When (x32310@1)evolution is extinct
    F (133211@1)          GAnd (320003@1)lurking is a fossils kindness
Dm (xx0231@1)       C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1)             FmAnd (133111@1)theres no one left under our sun to sign you out

Verse VI



Am (x02210@1)              EmAnd (022000@1)the piano strings are damp and deep
        Dm (xx0231@1)          CAnd (x32010@1)the honky-tonk is breaking free
        F (133211@1)           FmAnd (133111@1)the second-grader that you keep
C (x32010@1)                  A7Beneath (x02020@1)your skin is next to me

Am (x02210@1)               EmAh, (022000@1)who likes, who plays these games
    Dm (xx0231@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)who is clutching to the reins
      F (133211@1)        FmCause (133111@1)I scurried open plains

Chorus II

C (x32010@1)             B/CAnd (134442@1)the foggy lilac windows come
    Cm7            G (320003@1)   Dm7   F/DAnd (153211@1)dumb my number one ambition...
                       CAnd (x32010@1)it's too much competition

e|---------------|   
B|---------------|  
G|---------------|   
D|----------0----|  
A|------0h2---0--|   
E|--0h3----------|

Verse VII - Listen to the song to hear how to play this verse

CAnd (x32010@1)that bleached canal was rare
    B/CAnd (134442@1)Ma was there
    Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)  Dm7
And no one dared to care   (about tomorrow)

CThe (x32010@1)road is bare
  B/C
I go nowhere
    Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)      Dm7
And all the joy that I'm aware  (is food for sorrow)
    C (x32010@1)              B/CThe (134442@1)loft upstairs is unprepared
    Am (x02210@1)                 G (320003@1)            Dm7
The billboard fields are stoned in pairs
    C (x32010@1)               B/CThe (134442@1)gravel layers and river dares
        Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)   Dm7
And the air is very weary

(end with a verse)

e|--1-0---------------2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---0~-----|
B|--3---3----1-0------2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---1~-----|
G|--2-----2--0---0----3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2---0~-----|
D|--0--------2-----2--4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---2~-----|
A|-----------3--------4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---3~-----|
E|--------------------2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2----------|

Sources:
  Chords - http://www.frontierruckus.com/connect/
  Lyrics - http://www.frontierruckus.com/songbook/
  Tabs   - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kei4l3CcYPg

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off

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