tabbed by: smcclure09

Standard Tuning

Play all chords as power chords:
  F#5  A5   B5   C#5  D5
e--------------------- | 
B--------------------- | 
G-----2---4---6---7--- | 
D-4---2---4---6---7--- | 
A-4---0---2---4---5--- | 
E-2------------------- | 

F#5                         B5
   Close your eyes and you draw one more day to a close
    A5
You choose to be alone
    B5                            F#5
You float through your life as a ghost
    F#5
And everything heals given time
    B5
And everything dies given time
        A5                   B5                          F#5
And the scars run together, mixing the nerves with the blood
        B5                                               F#5
And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down
     B5                                            F#5
And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground
          A5
When your heart's deep and dark as a well
    B5                            C#5            F#5
And everything that's golden and green goes to hell

  F#5      A5       D5        B5  A5  B5  F#5
e--------------------------------------------------------------- | 
B--------------------------------------------------------------- | 
G---------2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7--4--2--4------------------------------ | 
D-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7--4--2--4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-- |  (x2)
A-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5--2--0--2--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-- | 
E-2-2-2-2---------------------------0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2-- | 

          F#5
And I was born to wind in the cradle
      B5
And I ride on the hot southern breeze
      A5                          B5
and I twist in the green and the gold
                         A5           B5          F#5
and you see and there is blood on my elbows and knees
    F#5
And people want to grow old in the cradle
             B5
When there's snakes all around in the reeds
        A5                    B5
And you ask me to fear of no evil
          A5          B5       F#5
When your fire's all over my feet
        B5                                               F#5
And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down
    B5                                             F#5
And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground
          A5
When your heart's deep and dark as a well
    B5                            C#5
And everything that's golden and green goes to hell

(bass plays: E--0-2---0-2-

       F#5
I said bring out your Vivian girls
B5
Bring out your cloud-covered girls
    A5                      B5
and bring me a cup of your tears
    A5           B5            F#5
and give me the rest of your years
        F#5
Because everything dies, given time
      B5
And I know that this world could be mine
     A5                         B5
So I closed both my eyes and I count my heartbeats
      A5            B5            F#5
and I know that my wings are on fire
        B5                                               F#5
And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down
    B5                                             F#5
And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground
          A5
When your heart's deep and dark as a well
    B5                            C#5
And everything that's golden and green goes to hell

*When going to the F# throughout the song ad lib hammer-ons from the E to F# bass note 
your power chords --- just listen to the song

The higher pitched instrument throughout the song is a mandolin ... just hang around F# 
your upper register to duplicate ... on the break in between vocal lines it's generally 
to F# like the bass and rhythm guitar
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