• Song:

    Spirit Of Giving

  • Artist:

    New Pornographers

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I made some notes at the end regarding the instrumental interlude.
Suggestions welcome.  I don't know what anyone is singing at the end.

         D                        C
You went looking for shelter...in all the wrong spaces
         G                            A
You grew gluttonous and famous...with faces
G                   F#m
Nameless and blank, superstitiously you name them
    Em                           F#m
St. Christopher and Johanna, St. Christopher and Johanna
    G                         A
St. Christopher and Johanna

    D
Overcome with the holiday spirit
C
Marx says the herald angels won't hear it
      G
And remember, the wolves that you run with are wolves
      A
Don't forget
     G                                                       F#m
They exist to give you something to regret, I'll give them too 
          Em 
something sadder than that brass portrait 
                          F#m
which shines through your morning, dim
          Em 
Something sadder than that brass portrait 
                          F#m
which shines through your morning, dim

              D
I'll give you something to be sad about
         C
Hey, the picture really capture your mouth
          F#m
Poised to say: It's your turn to go down now,
     G
it's your turn to go down now
A                                  
     It's your turn to go down now. 
     G
It's your turn to go down now...in the spirit of giving
D     Dmaj7   D7   A7* x3   (*see below)
in

G                   D     A
Comprend Mary, come ah----on

Repeat G D A  (I have no idea what the lyrics are)


Notes:
*there?s no chord at the A7, just a bunch of chromatic stuff.
But you can play A7 and get away with it, I think.

I think this is what the guitar plays.  The parenthesis note just
meant to be a glimpse of where the repeat it going.

D                 Dmaj7           D7           A7*
----5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5----------------- repeat
--7---5---7---5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-------------------  
7-------7-------6-------6-------5-------5------4-3-4-5-6-2-4-6-(7)
--------------------------------------------------------------
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The last time the guitar does something like this at the A7 spot
leading into the G D A part.

A7*             G
----------------------
8-7-6-5-6-5-6-7-8-----
----------------------
----------------------
----------------------
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Horns and whatnot do something like this at various times                        
D                Dmaj7           D7             A7*
--------------------------------------------------------------repeat
3-------5---7---2-0--0-2--------1-0---0-1------0--------2-----(3) 
--------------------2---------------2----------------------2--  
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