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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

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