#har denotes harmonics on that fret (E) --------------------0--------------------------5har-- (B) -12-------12------0---0----------7har----------5har-- (G)----11-10----11-10----------------7har----------5har-- (D)----------------------------------7har----------5har-- (A)----------------------------------7har---------------- (E)-------------------------7-7777-7------7-7777-7------- {play the riff but start with the stuff on the 7th fret of the low E string} I fell asleep at just about every paragraph Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Peel back the mountains peel back the sky Stomp gravity into the floor It's a Man Ray kind of sky I'll show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here {this next part reminds me a lot of Driver 8 or a slow These Days} {The riff is like this: (B) ------0------0------0------0---- (G) ----0------0------0------0------ (D) -------------------------------- (A) -----------------------0-------- (E) -0------2-------3--------------- Step up, step up, step up the sky is opening {of course, start the riff again} With the lightest mind I felt gravity pull Somewhere near the end it's sad You can't do this I said I can To shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky I'll show you what I can do with it Step up, step up, step up. The sky is opening. C5 With the lightest mind, I felt gravity pull... D5 C5 D5 ...onto my eyelids. Holding my head straight- C5 B5 This is the easiest task I've ever had to do... I fell asleep at just about every paragraph Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Shift the swaying river's shift Oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky I'll show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here This is the easiest task I've ever had to do... {The end follows these chords: B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 D5 B} Gravity pulls me down Maps And Legends ================ {Intro} Em D2 Em (A) --0-h-2----- (E) --------3--3-0 Is he to be reached, he's not to be reached Is he to be reached, he's not to be reached D5 E5 D5 E5 Call the fool in company D5 E5 F#5 A5 On his own where he'd rather be D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 F#5 A5 Where he ought to be he sees what you can't see, can't you see that {Same as intro} Maybe he's caught in the legend maybe he's caught in the mood Maybe these maps and legends Have been misunderstood Down the way the roads divided Name me the places you have seen Those who know what I don't know Have heard of the yellow red and green {The break follows these chords} D5 D5 F5 C5 D5 D5 F5 F5 D5 D5 F5 C5 The map that she's made him doesn't seem real He just sees whatever he sees Point to the legend point to the east Point to the yellow red and green Driver 8 ======== The opening riff is : 1 | | | 2 | | 0 | 3 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4 | | 5 5 5 4 2 0 | 5 | 2 0 2 3 | | 6 | 0 0 2 3 | | Finger: 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 I find a slide up to the 5th fret with the second finger, and a fast slide back down from the 4th to the 2nd with the first finger, makes the second part more fluid, so I gave my fingering here as well. This riff is repeated for the intro, and the second half of it replaces the D/F# on the second and/or fourth line of some of the the verses. The chorus riff is : 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | 4 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 | 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 | 6 | 0 2 3 2 0 2 3 3 | (repeat as needed) One set of verses that seems to work (I got several) is : (Intro Riff) E5 A5 G5 D5 The walls are built up, stone by stone The fields divided, one by one And the train conductor says, take a break, driver 8 Driver 8 take a break you've been on this shift too long D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 And the train conductor says, take a break, driver 8 Driver 8 take a break, we can reach our destination (Chorus Riff) Still a ways away; but it's still a ways away... I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of a farm The power lines have floaters so the airplanes don't get snagged Bells are ringing in the town again The children look up, all they hear are sky blue bells ringing (chorus) A5 C5 Way to shield away the heat, G5 D5 Way to put myself to sleep Way to shield away the heat A way to put myself, my children to sleep (Intro riff) Pilots did this song, in a plane like that one She is selling faith on the hotel crusade Locomotive 8, southern crescent hear those bells ring again This field of wheat is looking thin. And the train conductor says Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break We've been on this shift too long And the train conductor says, take a break, driver 8 Driver 8 take a break, we can reach our destination (Chorus Riff) Still a ways away; but it's still a ways away... Driver 8 ======== Riff: (G) -------------------4---0---0---0---0---0--- (D) ---------------s-5----5---5--4---2---0----- (A) --------2-0-2-3---------------------------- (E) 0-0-2-3------------------------------------ repeat.... E5 A5 G5 G/f# The walls are built up stone by stone E5 A5 G5 G/f# The fields divided one by one E5 A5 And the train conductor says G5 G/f# E5 A5 Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break G5 G/f# We've been on this shift too long D5 C5 D5 And the train conductor says C5 D5 C5 D5 Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break C5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away {on that part, you can play the Em Em/F# Em/G Em chords, or you can play this riff: (D)------0-------0------0--------0-- (A) ---2-------2------2-------2----- (E) -0-------2------3------2-------- Saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm Power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged Bells are ringing through the town again Children look up all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing A5 C5 Way to seal the hated heat G5 D5 Way to put myself to sleep A5 C5 Way to seal the hated heat G5 D5 Way to put myself my children to sleep Pilot did this song in a plane like that one She is selling faith on a hotel crusade Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent hear the bells ring again This field of wheat is looking thin And the train conductor says Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break We've been on this shift too long Life And How To Live It ======================= Intro: "C" "D" (B) ----5-------7--------5------5------5------------7----8---10----10----10-s-12 (G) ------5--------5--------5------5--------5---------7----7----7-----7-------- ( D5 ) -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (A) -3------3---------3-------3-------3--------3-s-5----5-----5---5-----5------ {of course repeat, end on "C" chord} {riff} (B) -7--7--7--5--5--x--x--5--x--x--5--5--s--7--7--x--x-- (G) -5--5--5--5--5--7--7--5--7--7--5--5--s--7--7--(b9)-7--(b9)-7.... (D) -5--5--5--x--x--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--s--7--7--7--7--(b9)-7..... {hang on those last 2 notes} {repeat riff as necessary or play chords over verse} C5 D5 Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way C5 D5 To yours to go between the wall was razed today C5 D5 To yours the names before your others and your own C5 D5 Keep these books well stocked away and take your happy home G5 G5 G5 G5 D5 My carpenter's out and running about talking to the street {same as before} My pockets are out and running about Walking in the street to tell what I have hidden there Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way To yours to go between the wall was razed today Raze the walls the childish flaws the carpenters should wrestle So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best {somewhere around her, there's that little break "Listen to the holler..." chords are: F5 F5 C5 D5 The hills ringing hear the words in time Listen to the holler listen to my walls within my tongue When my ears go tin the air quicken tension build ________ inference suddenly Life and how to live it Raze the walls the childish flaws the carpenters should wrestle So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best Read about the wisdom lost a knock a knock a knock A secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost Listen listen to the holler I will write a book it will be called Life and How to Live It Life And How To Live It ======================= The intro slides between 2 chord positions, and you mainly pick on the B,G, and D strings : ( C5 )********* ( D5 )********** E-----3-------- ! -----5-------! B-----3-(5)-----! -----5-(7)---! G-----5---------! -----7-------! D-----5---------! -----7-------! A---------------! -------------! E---------------! -------------! Through the rest of the song, it's almost all more C and D chords, played in various ways, (mostly) on the top 4 strings. (There's one F chord in there somewhere too.) (C)-------->(D) (C)---------->(D) E-----8-------- ! -----10------! !--8---------!------10-----! B-----5---------! -----7-------! !--8---------!------10-----! G-----5---------! -----7-------! !--(b9)--------!------12-----! D-----5---------! -----7-------! !------------!-------------! A---------------! -------------! !------------!-------------! E---------------! -------------! !------------! ------------! (C)-------->(D) (C)---------->(D) E-----3-------- ! -----5-------! !---0--------!------0------! B-----5---------! -----7-------! !---5--------!------7------! G-----5---------! -----7-------! !---5--------!------7------! D-----5---------! -----7-------! !---5--------!------7------! A---------------! -------------! !------------!-------------! E---------------! -------------! !------------! ------------! Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way To yours to go between the wall was razed today To yours the names to call your others and your own Keep these books well stocked away and take your happy home My carpenter's out and running about talking to the street My pockets are out and running about Walking in the street to tell what I have hidden there Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way To yours to go between the wall was razed today Raze the walls the tiniest flaws the carpenter should rest So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best The hills ringing hear the words in time Listen to the holler listen to my walls within my tongue When my ears go tin the air quicken tension build ________ inference suddenly Life and how to live it Raze the walls the tiniest flaws the carpenter should rest So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best Read about the wisdom ______________________________ A secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost Listen listen to the holler I will write a book it will be called Life and How to Live It Can'T Get There From Here ========================= B5 B5 C#5 B5 When the world is a monster B5 B5 C#5 B5 Bad to swallow you whole E5 B5 Ab5 (open B5 and E5 strings) Kick the clay that holds those teeth in G5 F#5 (open B5 and E5 strings) Throw your troubles out the door B5 B5 C#5 B5 If you're needing inspiration B5 C#5 B5 B5 Philomath is where I go E5 B5 Ab5 Lawyer Jeff he knows the lowdown G5 F#5 He's mighty glad to visit home E5 A5 F#5 B5 I've been there I know the way Can't get there from here .......F#5 {same as other verse} When your hands are feeling empty Stick heads jumpin off the ground, 'round Tris is sure to shirr the deers out Run away sing my song B5 D5 A5 B5 Hands down Calechee bound B5 D5 A5 B5 Landlocked kiss the ground Dirt of seven continents going round and round Go on ahead Mr. Citywide hypnotized, suit and tied Gentlemen, testify .....F#5 {same as before} If your world is a monster Bad to swallow you whole Philomath they know the lowdown Throw your troubles out the door {ending} E E E7 E7 E7------ Can't Get There From Here ========================= B5 B5 C#5 B5 When the world is a monster B5 B5 C#5 B5 Bad to swallow you whole E5 B5 Ab5 (open B5 and E5 strings) Kick the clay that holds those teeth in G5 F#5 (open B5 and E5 strings) Throw your troubles out the door B5 B5 C#5 B5 If you're needing inspiration B5 C#5 B5 B5 Philomath is where I go E5 B5 Ab5 Lawyer Jeff he knows the lowdown G5 F#5 He's mighty glad to visit home E5 A5 F#5 B5 I've been there I know the way Can't get there from here .......F#5 {same as other verse} When your hands are feeling empty Stick heads jumpin off the ground, 'round Tris is sure to shirr the deers out Run away sing my song B5 D5 A5 B5 Hands down Calechee bound B5 D5 A5 B5 Landlocked kiss the ground Dirt of seven continents going round and round Go on ahead Mr. Citywide hypnotized, suit and tied Gentlemen, testify .....F#5 {same as before} If your world is a monster Bad to swallow you whole Philomath they know the lowdown Throw your troubles out the door {ending} E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 Wendell Gee =========== C5 D5 That's when Wendell Gee G5 D5 G5 C5 (Bass in lower case) Takes a tug upon the string that held a line of trees C5 D5 Behind the house he lived in G5 D5 He was reared to give respect G5 C5 F5 But somehwere down the line he chose C5 E5 F5 To whistle as the wind blows C5 G5 C5 To whistle as the wind blows through the trees D5 He had a dream one night... ...and so on until it ends on a very sad C. Noe I sure hope the lower case letters don't confuse you; The guitar stays on G while mike is doing this country kind of thing. That's when Wendell Gee takes a tug Upon the string that held the line of trees Behind the house he lived in He was reared to give respect But somewhere down the line he chose To whistle as the wind blows Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves He had a dream one night That the tree had lost its middle So he built a trunk of chicken wire To try to hold it up but the wire the wire turned to lizard skin And when he climbed it sagged There wasn't even time to say Goodbye to Wendell Gee So whistle as the wind blows Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves If the wind were colors And if the air could speak Then whistle as the wind blows Whistle as the wind blows Wendell Gee =========== C5 D5 That's when Wendell Gee takes a tug G5 G5 E5 G5 Upon the string that held the line of trees C5 D5 Behind the house he lived in G5 G5 He was reared to give respect E5 G5 F5 But somewhere down the line he chose C5 E5 F5 To whistle as the wind blows F5 C5 G5 C5 Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves {same as before} He had a dream one night That the tree had lost its middle So he built a trunk of chicken wire To try to hold it up but the wire the wire turned to lizard skin And when he climbed it sagged F5 C5 E5 F5 There wasn't even time to say F5 C5 G5 F5 Goodbye to Wendell Gee C5 E5 F5 So whistle as the wind blows C5 G5 C5 (2nd time, play F5 ) Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves C5 E5 F5 If the wind were colors C5 G5 F5 And if the air could speak C5 E5 F5 Then whistle as the wind blows C5 G5 C5 Whistle as the wind blows