Tabbed by: Wiktor R. Kolowiecki Tune down from E-A-D-G-B-E to Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb and capo 1st fret (you'll understand why later :) ------------------------------------------------ Intro riff: Bm variations 1 | ------------------ | 2 | ----0---0---0---0- | 3 | ---4---4---4---4-- | 4 | --4---4---4---4--- | 5 | -2---0------------ | 6 | ---------3---2---- | Bm I never know what kind of day it is G A Bm on my battlefield of ideals Bm But the way she touches and the way it feels G A Bm must be just how it heals A Bm But it's got a little better since I let her sundance Intro I never know what time of year it is living on top of the fire But the robin outside has to hunt and hide in the cold frosty shire A Bm Ah but he knows just what goes in between his cold toes and his warm ears A Bm And he's got no disguise in his eyes for his love as she nears Em D/F# D Am (5th fret) C/C4 (3rd fret) G Am Em ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now comes instrumental part and YOU TAKE OFF THE CAPO ! it ends with D/D4 with NO CAPO. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D\D4 Em He spreads her a shelter She takes the tall skies As they helter skelter Along the same sighs Am Em G G/f# Em She wakes my days with a glad face She fakes and says I'm a hard case She makes and plays like a bad ace Carrying my days into scarred space Am Em And she knows me well Am Ah but what the hell Em Am Em G G/f# Em Only time can tell, where we're going to D/D4 Em Me and my woman Me and my little woman Am Em G G/f# Em And the Lord speaks out and the pigpens fawn The sword slides out and the nations mourn The hoard strides out and the chposen spawn The devil rides out and the heavens yawn Am Em And he knows me well Am Ah but what the hell Em Am Em G G/f# Em Only time can tell, where we're going to D/D4 Em Me and my woman Me and my little woman A9 A What a lovely day D A What a day to play at living What a mess we make D What a trust we break A D Not giving our wings to our children A O how we fail them E O how we nail them Am (5th fret) Sunset my colour Em D A And king is my name Am Darkness my lover Em D A And we live in shame D/D4 A Too far away From the light of the day E D E And so near, and so here Am Em D Em Can i break through the silence that has taken my place On the plains of the morning that i just could not face Em Asking you these questions telling you these lies Enveloping directions Developing disguise Open to suggestions D/D4 Em But I'm closed to all my eyes G G/f# Em G G/F# Em Dead on arrival, right where I stand Dead on arrival, right where I stand Dead on arrival, right where I stand Em Space is just an ashtray Flesh is my best wheel The atmosphere's my highway And the landscape's my next meal I need my own Good Friday D/D4 Em And I'm trying my best to fix the deal G G/f# Em G G/F# Em Dead on arrival, right where I stand Dead on arrival, right where I stand Dead on arrival, right where I stand Dead on arrival, right where I stand Em I am the new crowned landlord Of all beneath my star Queueing up for doomsday In my homesick motor car Born before my mother D/D4 Em Died before my Pa G G/f# Em G G/F# Em Dead on arrival, right where I stand Dead on arrival, right where I stand Dead on arrival, right where I stand Dead on arrival, right where I stand Am Em G G/f# Em And the cuckoo she moves through the dawn fanfare The dew leaves the rooves in the magic air I feel a finger running through my nightmares lair I feel most together with my nowhere stare Am Em and you know me well Am Ah but what the hell Em Am Em G G/f# Em Only time can tell, where I'm going to D/D4 Em Me and my woman Me and my little woman Me and my woman Me and my little woman