Band: The Zombies
Song: Butcher's tale
Tabbed by:DJ

Tuning:Standard

From the classic 1968 album 'Odessey & oracle'

        Dm   G                Dm   G
e|-------1---3---------|-------1---3----------|
B|-------3---3---------|-------3---3----------|
G|-------2---0---------|-------2---0----------|
D|---0---0---0---3--2--|---0---0---0---3--2---| (repeat this riff)
A|-----------2---------|-----------2----------|
E|-----------3---------|-----------3----------|


    Dm      G       Dm       G              F      Bb         F      A
A butcher, yes that was my trade, but the King's shilling is now my fee,
    Dm       G      Dm         G                F       G      A   Asus2 A
A butcher I may as well have stayed, for the slaughter that I see,
          Dm      G       Dm    G           F     Bb        F        A
And the preacher, in his pulpit,  sermoned,"Go & fight! Do what is right!"
   Dm         G       Dm         G            F       G        A    Asus2 A
But he don't have to hear these guns, & I'll bet he sleeps at night!


   Am             Dm              Dm/C       G/B               Bb
And I--------, and I can't stop shaking, my hands won't stop shaking,
    Dm              Dm/C        G/B              Bb
My arms won't stop shaking, my mind won't stop shaking,
   Am         G(type2)  G4  G(type2)       
I want to go home,            
         F        Cm7/Eb  Cm6/Eb  Cm/Eb      D/A
Please, let me go home------------------, go home!


        Dm   G                Dm   G
e|-------1---3---------|-------1---3----------|
B|-------3---3---------|-------3---3----------|
G|-------2---0---------|-------2---0----------|
D|---0---0---0---3--2--|---0---0---0---3--2---| (Repeat this riff)
A|-----------2---------|-----------2----------|
E|-----------3---------|-----------3----------|


   Dm        G      Dm       G        F       Bb         F        A
And I have seen a friend of mine hang on the wire, like some rag toy,
      Dm      G         Dm          G        F    G       A     A Asus2 A
Then, in the heat, the flies come down, and cover up the boy,
         Dm         G        Dm          
And the flies come down in Gommecourt, 
    G       F     Bb        F         A
Thiepval, Mametz Wood and French Ver-dun,
         Dm     G        Dm          G               
If the preacher he could see those flies, 
            F             G        A     A Asus2 A
Wouldn't preach for the sound of guns!


   Am             Dm              Dm/C       G/B               Bb
And I--------, and I can't stop shaking, my hands won't stop shaking,
    Dm              Dm/C        G/B              Bb
My arms won't stop shaking, my mind won't stop shaking,
   Am         G(type2)  G4  G(type2)       
I want to go home,            
         F        Cm7/Eb  Cm6/Eb  Cm/Eb      D/A
Please, let me go home------------------, go home!


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Dm      =  xx0231
G       =  230033
F       =  133211
Bb      =  x13331
A       =  x02220
Asus2   =  x02200
Dm/C    =  x30231
G/B     =  x20033
G(type2)=  32003x
G4      =  32001x
Cm7/Eb  =  xx1313 (barre 1st fret)
Cm6/Eb  =  xx1213 (barre 1st fret)
Cm/Eb   =  xx1013 
D/A     =  x00232