• Song:

    Handkerchiefs

  • Artist:

    Winterpills

  • Album:

    The Light Divides

Song: Handkerchiefs
Artist: Winterpills
Album: The Light Divides

This is a very pretty song, fun to play as well. As any folk song,
you need to have a good fingerpicking method to make this sound nice,
a pick wont do it here. It's not too tough to sing along to, and even
better if you have someone else to sing harmony.

Guitar 1 - Clean Acoustic (EADGBe) Capo 2
Guitar 2 - Clean Electric (EADGBe) Capo 2
                Slight Delay

Guitar 1
Main Riff
   Em7           G6           Cadd9          G6
e|-------0-------------0-------------0------------------------|
B|---------3---3---------3---3---------3---3-------3----------|
G|---0-------0-----0-------0-----0-------0-----0-------0---0--|
D|-----2-------------0-------------2-------------3------------|
A|-----------------------------3------------------------------|
E|-0-------------3---------------------------3-------3---2----|
   p i p r m i m ...

finger picking instructions
p = thumb
i = index
m = middle
r = ring

Guitar 1
Bridge
e|-------0-------------0-------------0--------|
B|---------3---3---------3---3---------3---3--|
G|---0-------0-----0-------0-----0-------0----|
D|-----2-------------0-------------2----------|
A|-----------------------------3--------------|
E|-0-------------3----------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|
|-------3-------3--------3-------3--|
|---0-------0--------0-------0------|
|-----0-------0--------2-------2----| x?
|------------------3-------3--------|
|-3-------3-------------------------|

|----------|    |-----------|
|-------3--|    |-----------|
|---0------|    |---0----0--|
|-----0----| x? |-----------|
|----------|    |-----------|
|-3--------|    |-3---2-----|

Guitar 2
Lead Riff
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|---5-5-----5-3-----5-----3-----1-----0---------3-----|
G|-0-------0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-2/4-------|
D|---------------------0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Chorus: (strum chords)
Walk, Walk, Further than you'll ever know
Asus2 Cadd9 Asus2               Cadd9
Walk, Walk, into the snow...
Asus2 Cadd9          Em7 (return to main riff)

Outro:
e|-------0-------------0------------|
B|---------3---3---------3---3-3----|
G|---0-------0-----0-------0--------|
D|-----2-------------0--------------|
A|-----------------------------3----|
E|-0-------------3------------------|

Chord Construction:
Em7   = 022030
G6    = 320030
Cadd9 = 032030
Asus2 = 002200

Lyrics:
I cross the line
and see a face that can't be mine
through a long long night
to find a place where we all thrive
where every frail thing can survive
where we can live this dream of life

in a dim blue light
she saw his eyes give up the fight
a hand finds mine
traces answers on my spine
from malignant to benign
in the midnight smell of pine

walk, walk, further than you'll ever know
walk, walk, into the snow

a great divide
I didn't know her best friend died
drawn in black-light chalk
her ankles tied in flower stalks
we need a place where we can talk
just need a place where we can talk

into our handkerchiefs
into both our handkerchiefs
handkerchiefs
into both our handkerchiefs
walk, walk into the snow...


Simple enough, good luck, keep rockin'!
-tk1
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