Capo at 4th fret (all chords relative to capo) For the G* chord, play it with the "e" string open. INTRO: (something like this) e--9^----------------- | B--9^--9^--7^--9^----- | G------8^--6^--8^----- | x2 D--------------------- | A--------------------- | E--------------------- | e--(b9)----------------(b9)---------- | B--(b9)--(b9)--7------(b9)-(b9)--(b9)(b9)7--- | G------8---6------8-----8-8--6--- | D-------------------------------- | A-------------------------------- | E-------------------------------- | IN AN OPEN FIELD AT DUSK TO FOOTFALLS I AWOKE MARCHING ANTS ACROSS MY TEMPLES, OH G5 THEIR FEET HAD NO INTENTION THEY FOLLOWED SOME MAGNETIC DRUM E5 A5 E5 PRISONERS OF THEIR DESTINATION VERSE 1: G5 FROM THE SLATS OF THE FACTORY COME WHERE ONCE THEY DID MAKE RAILS OLD DEATH'S PECULIAR SONGS C5 A5 HE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS LISTENING VERSE 2: G5 SO HE CROWED OUT NICE AND LONG A5 G5 * TO THE SPIDERS AND THE LUMBER AND THE DUST A5 D5 E5 OF HIS CONQUESTS AND HIS HUNGER, HIS LUST VERSE 3: G5 I HEARD HIS FEET REJOICE I HEARD HIM TAP HIS CANE A5 AS IF HE HAD HIS OWN REVIEW D5 ON STAGE AT THE ATHENAEUM VERSE 4: E5 G5 * I CAUGHT HIS WORDS WITH MY OPEN MOUTH E5 G5 * I GAGGED AND CHOKED AND SPIT THEM OUT E5 G5 * I HEARD HIM TURN AS HE DID HEAR C5 A5 MY TINY HEARTBEAT IN HIS EAR E5 I WAS ALREADY RUNNING I HEARD HIM COMING VERSE 5: E5 G5 * SHRAPNEL SPITTING FROM HIS WHEELS E5 G5 * HIS SCYTHING ARMS RAKE FOR MY HEELS E5 G5 * I DOVE AND ROLLED AND HID MY FACE A5 E5 AND I SAID THESE MAGIC WORDS: CHORUS: A5 C5 E5 "MY DOVE IS HOME, HER BREAST IS WARM, MY DOVE IS HOME" G5 I SAID THESE MAGIC WORDS AND A5 FELL DOWN, DOWN, THE ANTHILL E5 FOR DAYS A5 C5 E5 "MY DOVE IS HOME, HER BREAST IS WARM, MY DOVE IS HOME" A5 C5 E5 "MY DOVE IS HOME, HER BREAST IS WARM, MY DOVE IS HOME"
