Artist: Sunset Rubdown
 Album: Random Spirit Lover
  Song: The Mending of the Gown

Tabbed by: Hyden, babymammal, ARisen, Peter Matyskiela (http://wolfparade.nonstuff.com/forum/)

*this is the beginning little solo that is played throughout alot of the song

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Gaug| (x2100x@1)Abm| (133111@4)B (x2444x@1)| E (022100@1) | E (022100@1)name="chord_244322@1">F#   | B (x2444x@1) | E (022100@1)| Abm| (133111@4)Abm (133111@4)name="chord_x2100x@1">Gaug | Ab (xx1114@1)| B (x2444x@1)| E6 (04xxxx@1)| E (022100@1)name="chord_244322@1">F#   | B (x2444x@1) | F#| (244322@1)F# (244322@1)| F#| (244322@1)F# (244322@1)name="chord_x2100x@1">Gaug | Abm| (133111@4)B (x2444x@1)| E (022100@1) | E (022100@1)name="chord_244322@1">F#   | B (x2444x@1) | E (022100@1)| Abm| (133111@4)Abm (133111@4)name="chord_x2100x@1">Gaug | Ab (xx1114@1)| B (x2444x@1)| E6 (04xxxx@1)| E (022100@1)name="chord_244322@1">F#   | B (x2444x@1) | F#| (244322@1)E (022100@1) | F#| (244322@1)F# (244322@1)           Gaug (x2100x@1)Abm (133111@4)         
He made an enemy then
           B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)        Ehe (022100@1)made an enemy of all of you
     F#m (244222@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B        E (022100@1) Abm (133111@4)It's him, not you
          Gaug (x2100x@1)        AbmYou (133111@4)never heard it from me
         B (x2444x@1)           E6 (04xxxx@1)       E (022100@1) 
But there's a breech in the hull where the truth
    F# (244322@1)        B (x2444x@1)     F# (244322@1)  F#And (244322@1)the water's too deep to prove
           Gaug (x2100x@1)AbmHe (133111@4)made an enemy then
           B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)        EHe (022100@1)made an enemy of all of you
     F#m (244222@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B        E (022100@1) Abm (133111@4)It's him, not you
       Gaug (x2100x@1)     AbmIt's (133111@4)a little red sea
   B (x2444x@1)     E6 (04xxxx@1)      ELet (022100@1)the miracle worker go free
        F# (244322@1)      B (x2444x@1)        F# (244322@1)      ESee (022100@1)the paddle go up and the paddle go down
        F# (244322@1)      B (x2444x@1)        F# (244322@1)      ESee (022100@1)the paddle go up and the paddle go down
        F# (244322@1)      B (x2444x@1)        F# (244322@1)      ESee (022100@1)the paddle go up and the paddle go down
      F# (244322@1)       F#And (244322@1)a man falls in the sea

Eb (x43121@3)       Abm (133111@4)       E (022100@1) He was a man of many nations
      Eb (x43121@3)    Abm (133111@4)                     E (022100@1)EbHad (x43121@3)a hundred souls and a hundred to go
         Abm (133111@4)       EHe (022100@1)was a man of many nations
    Eb (x43121@3)        Abm (133111@4)                        E (022100@1) Eb (x43121@3) 
Two hearts, two hands, it's a slippery slope
         Abm (133111@4)         EHe (022100@1)had a fear of being naked
           Eb (x43121@3)      Abm (133111@4)                        E (022100@1)EbBut (x43121@3)you're any other man in another man's clothes
         Abm (133111@4)       EHe (022100@1)was a man of many nations
     Eb (x43121@3)       Abm (133111@4)            E (022100@1)EbWith (x43121@3)revelations, oh revelations
      Abm (133111@4)          E (022100@1)   
He wrote a book about the Bible
Eb (x43121@3)       Abm (133111@4)                     E (022100@1)EbHe (x43121@3)wrote a book about men in the sky
           Abm (133111@4)          E (022100@1)                          EbHe (x43121@3)wrote a book about the smell of the winter and then two...
  Abm (133111@4)                 E (022100@1)     
A little less simple to decipher
      Eb (x43121@3)       Abm (133111@4)        E (022100@1)       
Saying "I am the water at the foot of the palms,
   Eb (x43121@3)     Abm (133111@4)                E (022100@1)   
Or I am sand and wind, and a shitty mirage,
           Eb (x43121@3)       Abm (133111@4)      EBut (022100@1)either way, I'm a man of many nations!"


      B (x2444x@1)   
Was it the mending of the gown,
       F# (244322@1)     
Or the running it around?
           Eb (x43121@3)             
Was it the mending of the gown,
       F#Or (244322@1)the running and the running it around?


     D (xx0232@1)       GShe (320003@1)had a name, she had a spirit

          A (x02220@1)                     GShe (320003@1)had a line in the play if you waited to hear it
      D (xx0232@1)       GBut (320003@1)a master of disguises...
    A (x02220@1)            GHer (320003@1)demise was her design, they said
            D (xx0232@1)            G"Was (320003@1)it the mending of the gown
       A (x02220@1)                             Gor (320003@1)the running and the running and the running it around?"
              D (xx0232@1)                    GShe (320003@1)said: "My name and my spirit are both corrupted
       A (x02220@1)                     GIf (320003@1)you hold me close you gotta hold me up!
           D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)             AIt (x02220@1)was the tender meaning of this slender gown

           G (320003@1)        DThat (xx0232@1)brought me bending to the ground
      G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)          GNow (320003@1)you'll wear any old thing, oh you'll wear any old thing"
       D (xx0232@1)                GSo (320003@1)she wrapped herself in swaddling
    A (x02220@1)                 GThat (320003@1)the fever deviated to a broken wing
         D (xx0232@1)           G"It's (320003@1)an act, I think she's just pretending"
    A (x02220@1)        G"It's (320003@1)an act, I think she's just pretending"
      D (xx0232@1)             GAnd (320003@1)I will burn the virgin flags
      A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)I will shake (shake) as the heat waves in the sand
          G (320003@1)          AThis (x02220@1)one's for Maggie (This one's for Maggie)
          G (320003@1)       DThis (xx0232@1)one's for Sam (This one's for Sam)
          G (320003@1)          AThis (x02220@1)one's for Maggie (This one's for Maggie)
          G (320003@1)       DThis (xx0232@1)one's for Sam (This one's for Sam)
       G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)          GOr (320003@1)any other random spirit lover busted
       D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)GI (320003@1)have lusted after you
             D (xx0232@1)        GThe (320003@1)way bloodsuckers do
             A (x02220@1)        GThe (320003@1)way bloodsuckers do
        A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)F (133211@1)F# (244322@1)GThe (320003@1)way bloodsuckers do
      DWas (xx0232@1)it the mending of the gown,

       AOr (x02220@1)the running it around?
      F#mWas (244222@1)it the mending of the gown,

       AOr (x02220@1)the running it around?

Bbaug l Bm l D l G
Al (x02220@1)Dl (xx0232@1)Gl (320003@1)BmBbaug (x24432@1)l Bm l D l G
Al (x02220@1)Dl (xx0232@1)Al (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)      Bbaug (x5433x@1)Bm (x24432@1)    D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)   AIt (x02220@1)was the tender mending of this slender gown
     D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)     Bm (x24432@1)   BbaugThat (x5433x@1)brought me bending to the ground
        Bm (x24432@1)    D (xx0232@1)       GBut (320003@1)this ship was built to go down
   A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)       GSee (320003@1)the paddle go up and the paddle go down
   A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)       GSee (320003@1)the paddle go up and the paddle go down
   A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)       GSee (320003@1)the paddle go up and the paddle go down
   A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)       GSee (320003@1)the paddle go up and the paddle go down
      A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)   GOh (320003@1)oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh (x16)

F Abm Em
D Fm C#m
C Ebm Bm
A (x02220@1)
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