Artist: Yves Klein Blue
Song: Gin Sling
Album: Ragged & Ecstatic (2009)

Tabbed by: Cambell Doyle
E-mail: cambelldoyle@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard



ACloser (x02220@1)to death

BmBeen (x24432@1)many miles since we last met

E (022100@1)                          F#m (244222@1)    D (xx0232@1)          AStill, (x02220@1)it seems like I stood still as time passed by

AThat (x02220@1)year my pride did sting

Bm'Cause (x24432@1)for a young man, it's a terrible thing

E (022100@1)                  F#m (244222@1)        D (xx0232@1)          ATo (x02220@1)realise for the first time that his mother was right



Bm (x24432@1)         F#m (244222@1)             D (xx0232@1)  AOh (x02220@1)this old gin sling will keep me satisfied

Bm (x24432@1)           F#m (244222@1)           D (xx0232@1)        AAh (x02220@1)yeah, the cold air won't blow and I can close my eyes



AAh (x02220@1)she came to me

BmHer (x24432@1)eyes full of sorrow and empty of sleep

E (022100@1)                 F#m (244222@1)      D (xx0232@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)asked how it seemed I'd been doing alright (and I laughed)

AIt (x02220@1)was a trick that she taught me

BmI (x24432@1)drink so that I sleep without having dreams

E (022100@1)                  F#m (244222@1)     D (xx0232@1)               AAnd (x02220@1)when I wake up in the morning, oh it is all I can do to survive



Bm (x24432@1)          F#m (244222@1)         D (xx0232@1)   AOh (x02220@1)this old gin sling keeps me satisfied

Bm (x24432@1)           F#m (244222@1)           D (xx0232@1)     AThough (x02220@1)it hurts me more than I know and takes away my mind

F#m (244222@1)                      D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)           EOh (022100@1)but the closer I get to home, fills me with dread just to know

F#m (244222@1)        D (xx0232@1)            AI'll (x02220@1)be alone with a bottle on the shelf



All right...

A (x02220@1)           Bm (x24432@1)            E (022100@1)          F#m (244222@1)      D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)           Bm (x24432@1)            E (022100@1)          F#m (244222@1)      D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)                       But I put it down,   just as soon as I realised



D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)         F#mOh (244222@1)that the hard times, they don't get better

D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)       F#mWhen (244222@1)life goes in the shadows of memories

F#m (244222@1)                  EThe (022100@1)dark times make it hard to remember

D (xx0232@1)         AAll (x02220@1)the reasons the good times ended

D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)    F#mWe (244222@1)remain where others cannot dwell

D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)            F#mIt's (244222@1)not our place to fall where they fell

F#m (244222@1)                           E (022100@1)                   ADo (x02220@1)you really think that makes anyone happy but yourself?





Bm (x24432@1)         F#m (244222@1)          D (xx0232@1)      AOh (x02220@1)this old gin sling left me high and dry

Bm (x24432@1)         F#m (244222@1)       D (xx0232@1)     ASo (x02220@1)I put it back on the shelf for a little while

F#m (244222@1)         D (xx0232@1)                 AAh (x02220@1)but I still pull it down every now and again

E (022100@1)               F#m (244222@1)          D (xx0232@1)      ANot (x02220@1)to toast what's gone before, but to all that remains, yeah

F#m (244222@1)          D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)             
Oh always lost in memory, never to forget

E (022100@1)            F#m (244222@1)        D (xx0232@1)      ALaying (x02220@1)low with those ghosts is my only regret



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