Tabbed by: 3lacksabbath81 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 C F7M e|---0--0-0--0--0---0---0---------------------------0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--| 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 (riff) e|---1--1-1--1-1-----------| e|-------------| B|---3--3-3--3-3--3/5--3-| 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 C F7M Dm (riff) The black figure of my body above your window as youre dreaming Am C F Am G I came to wake you and take you up north Am C F7M Dm (riff) The yard was wet, the heavens forget the way things are seeming Am C F For us who must stumble in yards dark as horses Am F Am G G7 Am C Famj7 Dm (riff) Your dream went like this, John the Bap-tist came back vapor veiled Am C F Am G With grand expec-tations for what he had started Am C F7M Dm (riff) And you couldnt res-ist, you gave him the gist about how things failed Am G F And how all but one fire-heart had departed Chorus Em F Am G G7 And that you were her, and you were sure Am C That you had the Blood, that you had the Blood G F That all is made of Dm C And that is alright, that is alright Em F G G7 I cannot think of a better dove Am To carry the Blood C F7M Dm(riff) Am C F7M Dm (riff) Verse II Am C F7M Dm (riff) The canal was bright, its innards ignite when moon stretches tight Am C F Am G To show the cargo the floating is gliding Am C F7M Dm (riff) The edges are dark, its channeled by bark, it carries the mark Am G F Of every speckle of guilt I was hiding Am F Am G G7 Verse III Am C The bathroom does taste of menstruation F7M Dm (riff) chasing night-musk through window screen Am C F Am G Like wounded doves all pretty things bleed Am C F7M Dm Like my highway dream, Judas re-deemed for the one kiss he rode on Am G F Our spirits ride canals and never in deeds Verse IV Em F Am G G7 Deeds do go, and deeds do not Am C Carry the Blood, carry the Blood G F That all is made of Dm C Carry it right, all through the night Em F G G7 Till you see what we are of a dove Am that carries the Blood C F7M Dm(riff) Am C F7M Dm Am