Nathaniel Rateliff Oil and Lavender The less you play of this song, the better. e|-----4---------2----------7---------4-------------| B|-----5---------2----------7---------4-------------| G|-----6---------3----------8---------4-------------| D|-----6---------4----------9---------6-------------| A|-----4---------4----------9---------6-------------| E|-----4---------2----------7---------4-------------| Extra bits In chorus he slides these notes: e|--2------x----x----| B|--2------x----x----| G|--3>-----4>---6>---| D|--4------x----x----| A|--4------x----x----| E|--2------x----x----| And adds: e|----7---------7-------------| B|----7---------7-------------| G|----8---------8-------------| D|----9---------8-------------| A|----9---------9-------------| E|----7>--------8-------------| "That's pointing at us" and at "I think you'd be warmer closer to me" And being outside your wisdom And stretching the truth I was the oil and lavender But never for you You had to toil and sit in The sun browned your skin It burned all the alabaster Till the ash choked the wind They say it's the longest light To ever have shown They say it's the longest lie And that nobody knows They say it's the longest life And I still taste the smoke Now only ungrateful remember To sleep in the stone With all of your grace and thunder The roll and the boom I was the cloak and dagger That snuck into you And we have but one life finger That's pointing at us And that would be the longest night That chilled bane to bone That would be the longest night To sleep here alone That would be the longest night I think you'd be warmer closer to me Owen Hagan. owenhagan@hotmail.com