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The Lighthouse's Tale - Nickel Creek
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Tabbed by:Willis
Tuning:Standard(EADGBe)
Chords used:
A (x02220@1)Bb (x1333x@1)Bm (x24432@1)C (x32010@1)D(add9) (x43141@2)Em (022000@1)F#m (244222@1)G (320003@1)G(used in chorus)
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Intro:
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Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)I (x43141@2)am a Lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)I (x43141@2)keep my lamp lit, to warn the sailors on their way.
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)I'll (x43141@2)tell a story; paint you a picture from my past.
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)I (x43141@2)was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts.
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This part is done with a bit of bass played with it--Like this
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Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)I (x43141@2)had a keeper. He helped me warn the ships at sea.
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)We (x43141@2)had grown closer, 'til his joy meant everything to me.
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)He (x43141@2)was to marry a girl who shown with beauty and light.
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)They (x43141@2)loved each other, and with me watched the sunsets into nights.
Chorus:
(There's a bit of picking in the chorus. Listen to the song to get it)
C (x32010@1) Bm (x24432@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) D(add9)And (x43141@2)the waves crashing around me, The sand slips out to sea,
C (x32010@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1) F#m (244222@1) GAnd (320003@1)the winds that blow remind me of what has been,
A (x02220@1) D(add9)and (x43141@2)what can never be.
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Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)She'd (x43141@2)had to leave us. My keeper, he prayed for a safe return,
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9) (x43141@2) CBut (x32010@1)when the night came, the weather to a raging storm had turned.
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)He (x43141@2)watched her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wind,
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)In (x43141@2)me so helpless, was dashed against the rocks she met her end.
Chorus:
C (x32010@1) Bm (x24432@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)And the waves crashing around me, The sand slips out to sea,
C (x32010@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1) F#m (244222@1) GAnd (320003@1)the winds that blow remind me of what has been,
A (x02220@1) (This chorus you play this riff)
and what can never be.
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Then on the next day, my keeper found her washed up on
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the shore He kissed her
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cold face that they'd be together soon
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he swore
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Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)I (x43141@2)saw him crying, watched as he buried her in the sand,
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D(add9)Then (x43141@2)he climbed my tower, and off the edge of me he ran.
C (x32010@1) Bm (x24432@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) D(add9)And (x43141@2)the waves crashing around me, The sand slips out to sea,
C (x32010@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1) F#m (244222@1) GAnd (320003@1)the winds that blow remind me of what has been,
A (x02220@1) (Same as last chorus)
and what can never be.
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I am a (x02210@1) lighthouse, worn by the weather and
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the waves. And though
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I'm empty, I still warn the sailors on
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their way.
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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