Artist: The Nightwatchman
Song: The Fabled City
Album: The Fabled City
With most of the song I find that it sounds better to just mute the high e string,
but use your own judgment.
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C X2
Am (x02210@1) CMe (x32010@1)and Harvey shouted slogans in Spanish
G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)Like it was our world to win
CThen (x32010@1)they move a plant down a hater
G (320003@1) AmTime (x02210@1)to bite your tongue again
F (133211@1) AmI've (x02210@1)seen the fabled city
G (320003@1) AmIt's (x02210@1)streets are paved with gold
F (133211@1) AmBut (x02210@1)an iron fence runs round it
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmIt's (x02210@1)iron gate is closed
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C X2
Am (x02210@1) CWhat (x32010@1)ain't right ain't right he told me
G (320003@1) AmBut (x02210@1)something else passed behind his eyes
Am (x02210@1) CNo (x32010@1)he's downtown on his knees washing floors for somebody
G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)quietly biding his time
F (133211@1) AmI've (x02210@1)seen the fabled city
G (320003@1) AmIt's (x02210@1)streets are paved with gold
F (133211@1) AmBut (x02210@1)an iron fence runs round it
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)F (133211@1)EIt's (022100@1)iron gate is closed
Am G Am C
Am G Am C
C G C G (Same rhythm as main riff)
Am G Am C
Am (x02210@1) CThe (x32010@1)gas station on Sunset and Crescent
G (320003@1) AmI (x02210@1)met an angel sad and old
CShe (x32010@1)lived in the alley behind the market
G (320003@1) AmIn (x02210@1)the shadows may be hidden from the lord
Am (x02210@1) CAnd (x32010@1)for a dollar she sang a song
G (320003@1) AmSounded (x02210@1)more like a prayer
Am (x02210@1) CA (x32010@1)wish that her dead mother and father
G (320003@1) AmCouldn't (x02210@1)look down and see her there
F (133211@1) AmI've (x02210@1)seen the fabled city
G (320003@1) AmIt's (x02210@1)streets are paved with gold
F (133211@1) AmBut (x02210@1)an iron fence runs round it
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmIt's (x02210@1)iron gate is closed
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C X2
F (133211@1) AmOn (x02210@1)a wire outside my window
G (320003@1) AmThere (x02210@1)sit one hundred swallows
F (133211@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)I suspect that if one flew
G (320003@1) AmThen (x02210@1)ninety-nine would follow
Chords are:
(Am) 0 (G) 3 (C) 0 (F) 1
1 0 1 1
2 0 0 2
2 0 2 3
0 2 3 3
0 3 0 1
The Am G F E that ends the second chorus is
(A) 5 (G) 3 (F) 1 (E) 0
5 3 1 0
5 4 2 1
7 5 3 2
7 5 3 2
5 3 1 0