• Song:

    She Stayed As Steam

  • Artist:

    Kevin Devine

  • Album:

    She Stayed As Steam

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This song is in standard tuning in the demo, and tuned a half step down when 
played live. (pretty accurate, definitely not perfect)

(All the chords in this section are palm muted power chords)

         F (133211@1)           Call (x32010@1)that music in your mouth
       G (320003@1)             Amrivers (x02210@1)rushing at your teeth
         Bb (x1333x@1)                 Fcresting (133211@1)waves through wading valleys
        Bb (x1333x@1)          Fflooded (133211@1)language tributaries
            Bb (x1333x@1)  F (133211@1)  C/Gconnect (3x555x@1)and cover over me
        F (133211@1)              Ctensing (x32010@1)jaw & cork screw eyelids
          G (320003@1)              Amas (x02210@1)if you couldn't bare to see
         Bb (x1333x@1)          Fall (133211@1)that water pouring from you
           Bb (x1333x@1)              Fcollecting (133211@1)clouds inside the ballroom
     Bb (x1333x@1)   F (133211@1)       C/G (3x555x@1)     Bbover (x1333x@1)people who don't know you
                
but darling i do

On 'do', begin this riff:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----2-0-2---2---2------0-2---2---2-----0-2---2---2--------3-3333333--|
|----3----------------3-------3---3---3---------------3--3-3-3333333--|
|--11-1-1-111-111-1/55-5-5-555-533-011-1-1-111-111-155-5555--1111111--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

(Return to palm-muted power chords)
               F (133211@1)                   Cyou (x32010@1)trance yourself back towards the city
          G (320003@1)            Amblood (x02210@1)not moving to your feet
                Bb (x1333x@1)          Fyour (133211@1)foot falls tentative and muffled
    Bb (x1333x@1)           Fautomatic (133211@1)listless shuffle
              Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1)        C/G (3x555x@1)   
your sidewalk scatter brain, cry uncle
              F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1) 
you paint yourself back in your corner
             G (320003@1)          Amand (x02210@1)look for her on your t.v.
            Bb (x1333x@1)           F (133211@1) 
it's friday night and i am hungry
      Bb (x1333x@1)             Ffor (133211@1)a hand, a mouth, a body
         Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)     C/G (3x555x@1) Bba (x1333x@1)love i wouldn't have to carry


(For the next section, either play the riff or the chords below)

 ..Mouth         ..now           ..canal         ..town
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----2-0-2---2---2------0-2---2---2-----0-2---2---2--------3-3333333--|
|----3----------------3-------3---3---3---------------3--3-3-3333333--|
|--11-1-1-111-111-1/55-5-5-555-533-011-1-1-111-111-155-5555--1111111--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

               F/Bba (113211@1)stitch in my mouth
                Dmand (xx0231@1)i'm untying now
           F/Bba (113211@1)concrete canal
                 Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
in a bomb border town


(return to palm muted power chords again)

   Bb (x1333x@1)        Aman (x02210@1)echo in the rafters
          Dm (xx0231@1)            Greminding (320003@1)you there was a sound
    (D)|-7-----5---3-| Dm
but you killed her in  waves
             C (x32010@1)                  F (133211@1) Cshe (x32010@1)stayed a steam to hiss at you now


(Stop palm muting here)
  G (320003@1)name="chord_135211@3">Gadd9 Am (x02210@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)  Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb      F (133211@1)  Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb  F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1)name="chord_x32310@1">C7
|-33335555555555556666-----111110001111----111110001111111100000000-|
|-33333333555555556666-----111111113333----111111113333111111111111-|
|-44444444555555557777-----222222223333----222222223333222200003333-|
|-555533337777777788888----333332223333----333332223333333322222222-|
|-5555555577777777888883---33333000111110--333330001111333333333333-|
|-333333335555555566666--3-11111---------3111111-------11113333-----|

                 Bb (x1333x@1) Fhe (133211@1)killed her in waves
               Am (x02210@1)   Dmbut (xx0231@1)that's not today


(back to palm muting again)

                            Dmso (xx0231@1)you breathe through your mouth
                     Bbtry (x1333x@1)to calm yourself down
                  Fand (133211@1)keep what you found
                 Aand (x02220@1)shout it out loud


(And stop palm muting again)

                  Dmshe (xx0231@1)can hover and hurt
               Bbor (x1333x@1)dissolve to dirt
                   F (133211@1) Asome (x02220@1)prayer in you mouth
                     Gand (320003@1)she might stay a steam
              Cso (x32010@1)get to the beams
                   F (133211@1)  Alet (x02220@1)you figure her out

G, Dm, Bb, F, Bb, F, Bb, C/G, C7, F
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