WISEBLOOD
COUNTING CROWS

Tabbed by Nicolas Levy Renaud

STANDARD TUNING - NO CAPO

Chords in brackets do not last a full bar.

A - D - F#m - D
A - D - F#m - (E) - D
A - D - A - D
A - D - D - E

(E)    A            D         F#m     D
I'm an outcast that no one can save anymore
        A           D              F#m   (E)   D
and the days of my youth, have all long gone by
           A               D                  A           D
I was the kind of boy the devil would offer a smoke or a drink to
      A       D            F#m     D      A - D - A - D
or a ride downtown to some God forsaken land

    A                 D                F#m    (E)   D
One Sunday morning at dawn you know they baptized my soul
         A               D               F#m         (E) D
but they held me down so long Christ I almost drowned
               A                D
Yeah I was the kind of boy who never learned to smile
     A             D
so I kicked and I screamed
        A            D                 F#m    (E)  D
'till I tore myself loose from all these great big hands Oh Yeah

    A               D          A            D   
e|---------------------------9p7----------7-----------|
B|-------10-10-10-----10-12------10-7-10----9---9\----|
G|--9/11-----------11---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

E                 G        D        A
Wiseblood knows I walk the way the wind blows

    A           D       A                    D   
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------9b11-----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|------7-7-7---7--9---9b11r9b11-------11r9-9p7-------|
A|--7h9-------9---------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

E                      G        D      A
Wiseblood hears grace whisper right behind

   Chords are A - D repeated.

      ///Keep B string bent///
e|--------12----12----12------------------------------|
B|-12b14-----14----14-----14r12-10h12--10--10---------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12b14-12b14-12b14------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------14--12--14^^^--14-12----12--------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------14-----13p12-10-12-10----10-12-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------12-------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------10--12b14r12-10-12-12-10----10--10b12-----------7--9b------------|
A|-10/12--------------------------12------------12--7/9-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|--10-----------10-----------10------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-----11-9-9b11----11-9-9b11----11-9\7-----------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------17---------------------------|
B|-/14---14--15--17--15--17--15--17-17b19----19--17b19r17--------------|
G|-----14--14--14--14--14--14--14------------------------19-18-16-14---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


A   D    F#m                    D
My mommma, she turned around and said
        A              D         F#m(hold)          D
"Little boy you better wake up....cause your a walking dead"
               A                D             A          D 
Oh she was the kind a girl who never touched a smoke or a drink
    A                 D              F#m      D         A
she smoldered like an empty church left to burn in the wind

A - D - A - D

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-12b14-14-14-14-14p12----------12--------|
G|----------------------14-11-14----14-14--|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

E                 G        D        A
Wiseblood knows I walk the way the wind blows

A - D - A - D

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-15b17-17-17-17-17-17r15\14\10--12-10----|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

E                      G        D      A
Wiseblood hears grace whisper right behind

(I cant hear this fill clearly enough, sorry)

A - D
I said Wiseblood,no    x8


E                 G        D        A
Wiseblood knows I walk the way the wind blows

e|--------12----12----12-------------------|
B|-12b14-----14----14----14r12-10----------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

E                      G        D      A
Wiseblood hears grace whisper right behind

A - D - E - A (End on A)