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The Blood - Frontier Ruckus
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Tabbed by: 3lacksabbath81
Email: sskinner@wit.edu

The Orion Songbook: Track 6

Matthew Milia: songs, voice, guitar, harmonica, pedal steel
David W. Jones: banjo, voice, dobro
Zachary Nichols: brass, singing-saw, melodica, keyboards
Ryan Etzcorn: drums, percussion

Tuning: Standard

Intro

Am (x02210@1)                    C (x32010@1)                    Fmaj7e|---0--0-0--0--0---0---0---------------------------0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--| (1x3210@1)B|---1--1-1--1--1---1---1-0--1--1-1-1--1---1--1-0---1--1-1--1-1--1--1-0--|
G|---2--2-2--2--2---2---2-0--0--0-0-0--0---0--0-0---2--2-2--2-2--2--2-0--|
D|---2--2-2--2--0h2-0h2-0-0--2--2-2-2--0h2-0--0-0---3--3-3--3-3--3--3----|
A|---0--0-0--0--0---0---0----3--3-3-3--3---3--3--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
     Dm (xx0231@1)         (riff)         
e|---1--1-1--1-1-----------|   e|-------------|
B|---3--3-3--3-3--3/5--3\1-|   B|-------------|
G|---2--2-2--2-2-----------|X5 G|-------------|He sometimes plays this
D|---0--0-0--0-0-----------|   D|-------------|into an Am.
A|-------------------------|   A|---0--3b--0--|
E|-------------------------|   E|-------------|

Verse I

Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)        Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                    Dm(riff) (xx0231@1)The black figure of my body above your window as youre dreaming
Am (x02210@1)      C (x32010@1)                      F (133211@1)  AmG 
I came to wake you and take you up north
Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)              Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                   Dm(riff) (xx0231@1) 
The yard was wet, the heavens forget the way things are seeming
Am (x02210@1)            C (x32010@1)                      F (133211@1)    
For us who must stumble in yards dark as horses

Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)  Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)Am (x02210@1)            C (x32010@1)                     Famj7                Dm(riff) (xx0231@1)Your dream went like this, John the Bap-tist came back vapor veiled
Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)                     F (133211@1)     Am (x02210@1)GWith (320003@1)grand expec-tations for what he had started
Am (x02210@1)                C (x32010@1)                   Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)               Dm(riff) (xx0231@1)And you couldnt res-ist, you gave him the gist about how things failed
Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)                FAnd (133211@1)how all but one fire-heart had departed

Chorus

Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)      Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1) G7And (320001@1)that you were her, and you were sure
                 Am (x02210@1)                    CThat (x32010@1)you had the Blood, that you had the Blood
            G (320003@1)  FThat (133211@1)all is made of
            Dm (xx0231@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)that is alright, that is alright
               Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)  G7 (320001@1)                     
I cannot think of a better dove
             AmTo (x02210@1)carry the Blood

C   Fmaj7   Dm(riff)  Am  C  Fmaj7  Dm (riff)

Verse II

Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)                 Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                    Dm(riff) (xx0231@1)The canal was bright, its innards ignite when moon stretches tight
Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1)      Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)
To show the cargo the floating is gliding
Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)                    Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)              Dm(riff) (xx0231@1)The edges are dark, its channeled by bark, it carries the mark
Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)                    F (133211@1)   
Of every speckle of guilt I was hiding

Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)  Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)Verse III

Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)                 
The bathroom does taste of menstruation 
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                    Dm(riff) (xx0231@1)chasing night-musk through window screen
Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)      Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)
Like wounded doves all pretty things bleed
Am (x02210@1)            C (x32010@1)             Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                    Dm (xx0231@1)Like my highway dream, Judas re-deemed for the one kiss he rode on
Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)                 FOur (133211@1)spirits ride canals and never in deeds

Verse IV

Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)      Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1) G7Deeds (320001@1)do go, and deeds do not
          Am (x02210@1)             CCarry (x32010@1)the Blood, carry the Blood
            G (320003@1)  FThat (133211@1)all is made of
         Dm (xx0231@1)                   CCarry (x32010@1)it right, all through the night
             Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)  G7 (320001@1)Till you see what we are of a dove  
                 Amthat (x02210@1)carries the Blood

C   Fmaj7   Dm(riff)  Am  C  Fmaj7  Dm  Am

Sources:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qtsZ-nCGRs
  http://www.frontierruckus.com/songbook/

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| /   slide up
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| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off

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