Bright Eyes - Ladder Song, off of The People's Key

It's a great song on the piano, but goes well on an acoustic guitar

Make sure you play the G chord 
and the B - Bb/Bm transition as follows;

G:    320003

Bm:    x24432
Bb/Bm: x14432

Dmaj7: xx0222
D7:    xx0212

A/D:   x00323



Bm (x24432@1)                   Bb/Bm
No one knows where the ladder goes
Bm (x24432@1)                         Bb/Bm
You're going to lose what you love the most
Em (022000@1)                GYou're (320003@1)not alone in anything
Em (022000@1)                 GYou're (320003@1)not unique in dying
Bm (x24432@1)                   Bb/Bm
I feel estranged every now and then
Bm (x24432@1)               Bb/Bm
Fall asleep reading science fiction
Em (022000@1)                  GI (320003@1)want to fly in your silver ship
Em (022000@1)               G (320003@1)    ALet (x02220@1)Jesus hang and Buddha sit

DIt's (xx0232@1)on now
             AThe (x02220@1)days are long now
                GThe (320003@1)ups and the sundowns
               AIn (x02220@1)a twisting mind
               DIf (xx0232@1)I've got to go first
              AI'll (x02220@1)do it on my terms
             G (320003@1)                      AI'm (x02220@1)tired of traitors always changing sides
          B (x2444x@1)     A (x02220@1)GThey (320003@1)were friends of mine

Bm (x24432@1)                       Bb/Bm
Don't hang around once the promise breaks
Bm (x24432@1)                     Bb/Bm
Or you'll be there when the next one's made
Em (022000@1)               GKiss (320003@1)the feet of a charlatan
Em (022000@1)           GSome (320003@1)imagined freedom
Bm (x24432@1)            Bb/Bm
All the rest is predictable
Bm (x24432@1)                   Bb/Bm
You can say you're the first to know
Em (022000@1)               GBought (320003@1)a mantra to concentrate
Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)     ACar (x02220@1)alarm or hissing snake

DI (xx0232@1)know now
                  AHow (x02220@1)it's going to turn now
           GYou (320003@1)got to calm down
                AOr (x02220@1)I'll lose my place
                  DGot (xx0232@1)to get to the center
                  AGot (x02220@1)to get to the concert
               GRun (320003@1)off with a dancer
             EGoing (022100@1)to celebrate

Em (022000@1)             AWe'll (x02220@1)welcome to new age
D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)G/f# EmCovered (022000@1)in warrior paint
                A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1) Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)D7Lights (xx0212@1)from the jungle to the sky
Em (022000@1)            AI've (x02220@1)seen how a star's born
D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)  G/f# Em (022000@1)Looks just like a blood orange
              A (x02220@1)              DDon't (xx0232@1)it just make you want to cry
          B (x2444x@1)   A (x02220@1)GPrecious (320003@1)friend of mine?

Bm (x24432@1)                   Bb/Bm
Will I know when it's finally done
Bm (x24432@1)                   Bb/Bm
This whole life's a hallucination
Em (022000@1)                GYou're (320003@1)not alone in anything
Em (022000@1)                GYou're (320003@1)not alone in trying 
A/DTo (x00220@1)be