• Song:

    Nine Stories

  • Artist:

    Mewithoutyou

Nine Stories by mewithoutYou
Tabbed by John Eccleston
Standard Tuning
Peace and Love!

C#m A C#m B

C#m (x13321@4)                                 AHalf-mast (x02220@1)land grants homesteading laws
                                     C#mPast (x13321@4)Dodge Summit toward Athabasca Falls
                                       BPracticing (x2444x@1)our Avocets and Gnatcatcher calls
C#m (x13321@4)                                      AI (x02220@1)laid down my guns where the soldierfish swam
                                                 C#mAnd (x13321@4)slept inside the shoe of the world's tallest man
                                BI (x2444x@1)saw Charlotte Corday with the knife in her hand. It was nothing new
C#m (x13321@4)                                     AI've (x02220@1)perched on Steele Dakota's sandhill crane
                                           C#mI (x13321@4)flew among the Paiute before the Mormon rain
                                                         BI (x2444x@1)was in Virginia City for the stringing up of Clubfoot Lane

But I've never seen anything like you

E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)         BAll (x2444x@1)untied, by and by!
BBut (x2444x@1)I'd pour the matrimony wine
E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)         BAll (x2444x@1)untied, by and by!
B (x2444x@1)                           ESo (022100@1)if you're ever so inclined
EOh (022100@1)you're ever so inclined
EOh (022100@1)you're ever so inclined

C#m (x13321@4)                               AWhile (x02220@1)low in a lodgepole branch nearby
                                   C#mA (x13321@4)lovesick Barnyard, an amorous eye
                                               BWhat (x2444x@1)unprecedented gift does this afternoon provide?
C#m (x13321@4)                                       AWhat (x02220@1)from the air now calls to water on the land?
                                             C#mWhat (x13321@4)from my seclusion does this charlatan demand?
                                          BWhat (x2444x@1)to do now with my best-laid eremetic plans?
C#m (x13321@4)                                         AI've (x02220@1)been to the Arfaks where the Sicklebills fly
                                       C#mSeen (x13321@4)Tangier's acrobatics nine stories high
                                                       BI (x2444x@1)was there at Appomattox back in '65 when the General arrived, but I've never been in 
this room before!

E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)         BAll (x2444x@1)untied, by and by!
BThat (x2444x@1)same old dream's trapped in my mind
E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)         BAll (x2444x@1)untied, by and by!
BI'm (x2444x@1)bound in ropes and on the firing line
E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)         BAll (x2444x@1)untied, by and by!
B (x2444x@1)                                      EWell (022100@1)I wake up disappointed every time
       B (x2444x@1)                        EWell (022100@1)I wake up disappointed every time
       B (x2444x@1)                        EWell (022100@1)I wake up disappointed every time
               B (x2444x@1)                    EWell (022100@1)I wake up disappointed every time!
      B (x2444x@1)                          BmAnd (x24432@1)I wake up disappointed every time!

Bm (x24432@1)                                F#mIf (244222@1)the weather ever withers up your vine
                             BmJacob (x24432@1)knows a ladder you can climb
                                          F#mIf (244222@1)that old thorn is still buried in your side
                              BmJacob (x24432@1)knows a ladder you can climb

F#mWell (244222@1)if your pacific rivers all run dry
                                         BmTheir (x24432@1)clouds will fill my loud corrupted sky
                                          F#mAnd (244222@1)if the pleasures of your heavens ever end
                                  BmThat (x24432@1)very ladder just as well descends

Bm F#m repeat.
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