HEART OF THE CONTINENT - JOHN K. SAMSON
TABBED BY SHAUN LOVIBOND
E STANDARD TUNING
4/4 TIMING
CAPO, 4TH FRET
CHORDS USED (RELATIVE TO CAPO): G, C, D/F#, Cadd9, Em.
NB: John usually uses only a thumb for the bass notes and one other
finger for the treble notes with this style of alternate picking.
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"North wind sinks the fence around a
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lot full of debris, Near the
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corner of memorial and
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me. Where
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resurrected brick and dry wall
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lean back into place, there's a
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terrified reflection of my face,
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all
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alone at the gleaming knife display in the
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army surplus sales as the
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dusk descends and my inspiration
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fails.
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Ghost - filled discount
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parkas, sleeping bags
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peer at
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me from the crumpled
dark.
Inky bruises punched into the sky by bolts of light
and then leak across the body of tonight.
While rain and thunder drop and roll,
then stop short of a storm,
leaves the air stuck with this waiting to be born.
As I stand before an unresponsive automatic door,
just another door that won't open for me anymore?
The exit red gets brighter then blinks off,
presses me into
the crumpled dark.
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There's a
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billboard on the highway that says
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'Welcome to Bien-
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venue' but no
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sign to show you when you go away.
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And our
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demolitions
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punctuate all we
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mean to say but
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leave too late. So I'll
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make my shaky
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exclamation
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mark with a
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hand full
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of the crumpled dark
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E E E E E S S E E W...
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I tried to make this as accurate as possible by ear, since I couldn't
find any tabs for the damn thing. If anyone can work out John's song,
'The Last And' I would be very excited.
Enjoy,
Shaun.
KEY:
W = WHOLE NOTE
H = 1/2 NOTE
Q = 1/4 NOTE
E = 1/8 NOTE
S = 1/16 NOTE
T = 1/32 NOTE
. = ADD HALF OF ORIGINAL NOTE LENGTH
... = INDEFINITE NOTE
L = TIED NOTE
^ = ROLLED CHORD
