Song: The Man Who Would Speak True
Artist: Blitzen Trapper
Album: "Destroyer of the Void" [2010]
Tab by Devin Miller
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
**CAPO 7th FRET**
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Chord reference (note the chord names are written as if there was
no capo, for simplicity):
Am (x02210@1)D7sus4 (xx0213@1)D7 (xx0212@1)Em7 A9 (x02423@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
e|-------------------0----0----0----3----2---|
B|--1----1------1----3----0----1----0----3---|
G|--2----2------2----4----2----0----0----2---|
D|--2----0------0----0----x----2----0----0---|
A|--0----x------x----5----4----3----2--------|
E|-------3------2----0----0---------3--------|
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4I (xx0213@1)had a lover, name was Grace
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4She (xx0213@1)found me down in a lonely place
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4She (xx0213@1)dug me out with an old jar bow
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4She (xx0213@1)dressed me up for to take me home
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4She (xx0213@1)fed me words that I could not taste
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4For (xx0213@1)I had no tongue, it had been replaced
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4By (xx0213@1)a green and a-growin' flower which grew
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)I knew if I ever spoke I would speak true
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D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1)---
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4We (xx0213@1)lived together in an old hotel
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1)
Broke-down palace with a wishing well
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4The (xx0213@1)neighbour girl taught me how to spell
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4And (xx0213@1)how to steal what I could not sell
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4But (xx0213@1)I fed my tongue on the devil's rum
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4And (xx0213@1)a roadhouse run by a godless bum
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4On (xx0213@1)a drunken night with a stolen gun
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4I (xx0213@1)shot my lover as she made to run
Em7 A9The (x02423@1)judge said "Son, what have you done?"
Em7 A9But (x02423@1)I didn't speak a word, no I didn't speak one
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)the judge sent me away
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)they buried my Grace, yeah, the very next day
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D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1)---
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4They (xx0213@1)sent me out on a midnight train
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4In (xx0213@1)the rain rollin' down through the dusty plain
Am (x02210@1) D7sus44 (xx0213@1)men sittin' with an old shotgun
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4silver (xx0213@1)stars pinned on everyone
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4They (xx0213@1)busted my mouth for to get at my tongue
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4To (xx0213@1)see just how this had all begun
Em7 A9So (x02423@1)I opened my mouth like a dragon's breath
Em7 A9I (x02423@1)only spoke truth, but it only brought death
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I laid those boys to rest
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) AmFor (x02210@1)the truth in truth is a terrible jest
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D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1)---
Em7 A9For (x02423@1)there ain't no road but the road to home
Em7 A9There (x02423@1)ain't no crops but the one's you've sown
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)if you learn one thing from me
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
You better guard your tongue like your enemy
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D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1)---
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4I (xx0213@1)came to ground in a one horse town
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4On (xx0213@1)the western rim where the sun go down
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4Where (xx0213@1)a branded man might start again
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4For (xx0213@1)to ride his rung, for to lose his sin
Am (x02210@1) D7sus4But (xx0213@1)my tongue kept growing, it would not cease
D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4I (xx0213@1)grew quite weary, couldn't get no release
Em7 A9So (x02423@1)I went to the magistrate and turned myself in
Em7 A9Picked (x02423@1)up a shovel and he made the grin
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)they planted me by the sea
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) AmNow (x02210@1)the birds of the air make nests on me
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D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1)Am (x02210@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1)============================================================================
