Song: An Animal In Your Care Artist: Wolf Parade Album: At Mount Zoomer, Sub-Pop, 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------- All chords are barred, unless tabbed out (well, the E/Em's are open) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ETime (022100@1)after time G#mYou (133111@4)will forgive me G (320003@1) BLike (x2444x@1)an animal in your care EBut (022100@1)give it time G#mYou (133111@4)will outlive me G (320003@1) BAnd (x2444x@1)take the bow back you put in my hair E (022100@1) G#mMade (133111@4)a parade of myself in the street outside your house G (320003@1) BFor (x2444x@1)the New York photographer there E (022100@1) G#mI (133111@4)fell for crime and I fell for beauty G (320003@1) BI (x2444x@1)fell for you because you're the only one that cared ------------------------------------------ CAnd (x32010@1)when I die GYou (320003@1)can put on costumes EmIn (022000@1)the style of the clothes I wore C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)sing the songs your lover taught you Em (022000@1) EWhen (022100@1)you were too young to know that this was what they were for. [Over top of this la la la part a guitar comes in...] e|-----------------------|-----------------------| B|-----------------------|-----------------------| G|--9--7--4--2--2-4-2----|---9--7--2-4--2-4-2----| D|--------------------0--|--9-----------------0--| A|-----------------------|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------| C (x32010@1) G#m (133111@4) EmLa (022000@1)la la la. La la la la. lalala [x2... second time transition from Em to E] ------------------------------ [For this part, a second guitar picks around the chords played by the main guitar, with a prominent picking of: e|---------| B|---------| G|--6-6-4--| D|---------| A|---------| E|---------| Right at "toasts you made"] ELike (022100@1)some dead relative G#m (133111@4) GYou (320003@1)will remember me most by my funeral B (x2444x@1) EAnd (022100@1)all the beautiful toasts you made G#mTake (133111@4)back the spade G (320003@1) BWe've (x2444x@1)both been filling up our days like we were filling in a grave ---------------------------- [PIANO INTERLUDE] Guitar 1 kinda starts scratching along near the end of this interlude Then... Guitar 1 End e|--------------------3-3-2-2--| B|--------------------3-3-3-3--| G|--4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7--0-0-2-2--| D|--------------------0-0-0-0--| x6 A|--2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--2-2------| E|--------------------3-3------| Guitar 2 End e|--------------------------------| B|--/12---10---7-10-7-------------| G|--------------------7-7/9--7----| x9 D|-----------------------------7--| A|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------| It also sounds as if Guitar 2 slides down to 2 on the G at the end of the riff sometimes, instead of playing the A note on the D Guitar 3 plays overtop on the 4th time Guitar 1 plays There is some improvisation with the riff as Dan repeats it... Guitar 3 End e|----------------------------------------------x--2---2--| B|----10h12-10---7-10-7---10h12--10--7-10-7-----x--3---3--| G|----------------------7-------------------7---x--2---2--| x4 D|--------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------| End backing riff (this is then followed by chords, which are marked with the lyrics): e|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|--4--4--4--4-4-6--7--7--7--7--| D|------------------------------| A|--2--2--2--2-2-4--5--5--5--5--| E|------------------------------| [Riff] You let me hang, hang, hang around G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) You put your ribbons in my hair [Riff] It's in this language that I found G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)am an animal in your care [Riff with Guitar 2 End] x1 G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DAnimal (xx0232@1)in your care [Riff with Guitar 2 End] x1 G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DAn (xx0232@1)animal in your care [Riff with Guitar 2 End] x1 G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DAnimal (xx0232@1)in your care G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) It's in this language that I've found BI (x2444x@1)am an animal in your care ------------------------------------------------- Feel free to e-mail me with any corrections, suggestions, etc.