• Song:

    Dagger Woods

  • Artist:

    The Stanfields

  • Album:

    Vanguard of the Young a...

Dagger Woods - The Stanfields

This is my first submission to UG.com, so any suggestions welcome.  I couldn't get
the intro and solos, so I'm hoping someone else can chime in here.

Capo 3

Intro
Sorry, I haven't figured this out yet, maybe someone can be kind 
enough to tab it out.

Verse 1

EmOh, (022000@1)Out in the woods not long ago, outside a town ten miles or so
Bm (x24432@1)                               D (xx0232@1)          AMan (x02220@1)and wife and two small babies, camping in a glade
EmOn (022000@1)an Indian Summer getaway, a weekend full of rest and play
Bm (x24432@1)                                  D (xx0232@1)              ATuckered (x02220@1)out from their full day, now sitting 'round a fire

Am (x02210@1)                                                          EmBut (022000@1)lurking in the shadows was a demon, with a big 'ol set of eyes
       Am (x02210@1)                                          EmAnd (022000@1)an appetite for souls, like these, feeding time tonight  
     Bm (x24432@1)                        F#mThey (244222@1)never heard it coming, they never saw it coming
                                   AThey (x02220@1)were never seen or heard from again

Chorus 1

Em (022000@1)                         DThe (xx0232@1)Hidey-Hinder, through the gates of Hades
         F#m (244222@1)                        AOvercame (x02220@1)Daddy, and took the mama and babies
          Em (022000@1)                 DThe (xx0232@1)Hidey-Hinder done took 'em good
            F#m (244222@1)                EmBack (022000@1)to its lair, deep in Dagger Woods

Em  D

Verse 2

EmWell, (022000@1)The tale begins hundred years, through the countless days and hours
         Bm (x24432@1)                              D (xx0232@1)              AWhen (x02220@1)the golden plow first broke the land, folks started disappearing
    Em (022000@1)		
The locals swear beyond a doubt, it came over on the first rowboat
    Bm (x24432@1)                       D (xx0232@1)            AThe (x02220@1)bloodthirsty monster, they call the Hidey-Hinder

Am (x02210@1)                                                        EmAn (022000@1)old world apparition hitched a ride, to the new world in disguise
Am (x02210@1)                                                      EmSupernatural (022000@1)baggage in the hold, from a hard life left behind
Bm (x24432@1)                                   F#mIf (244222@1)they knew what they was bringin', I sure would not be singin'
                                  A'Bout (x02220@1)people never seen or heard again

Chorus 2

Em (022000@1)                       DThe (xx0232@1)Hidey-Hinder, from the old world nations
                  F#m (244222@1)                   AYou've (x02220@1)reigned in terror, for seven generations
         Em (022000@1)             DOh (xx0232@1)Hidey-Hinder, I wish I could
          F#m (244222@1)                 EmProve (022000@1)you exist, deep in Dagger Woods

(solo)
Em D F#m A
Em D F#m Em
Em D
Em (several times)

Verse 3

EmNow (022000@1)let's go back to the present day, to a prison far the other way
     Bm (x24432@1)                    D (xx0232@1)           ATo (x02220@1)a broken lonely man, that lonely man is me
  EmI (022000@1)told the judge what I'm telling you, said "such a thing cannot be true"
   Bm (x24432@1)                         D (xx0232@1)            AHe (x02220@1)locked me up for murder, and threw away the key

Am (x02210@1)                                                           EmHe (022000@1)said the only monster that he's seen, sits right before his eyes
    AmHe (x02210@1)stared me down, Shook his head, and condemned me 
                       EmAs (022000@1)a sick  man telling lies
   Bm (x24432@1)                           F#mI (244222@1)shoulda seen it comin', shoulda known that it was comin'
                                     ANow (x02220@1)I'll never see the light of day again

Chorus 3

Em (022000@1)                   DOh (xx0232@1)Hidey-Hinder, of the million maybes
             F#m (244222@1)                  AI (x02220@1)know to be true, my Jilly and my babies
         Em (022000@1)                    DOh (xx0232@1)Hidey-Hinder ya done took 'em good
          F#m (244222@1)               EmAway (022000@1)from me, deep in Dagger Woods

D (xx0232@1)                                 EmNo, (022000@1)That's where I should be, in Dagger Woods
D (xx0232@1)                            EmHanging (022000@1)from a tree, in Dagger Woods
    D (xx0232@1)                             EmFor (022000@1)all the world to see, in Dagger Woods
D (xx0232@1)                            EmBack (022000@1)with my family, in Dagger Woods

(solo)
Em D F#m A
Em D F#m Em
Em D
Em (hold to fade)
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