Main Riff:
xA|----7---7---7---7-0-3---3-----4----------7---7----7---7--|
xE|----------3-----------0-----------3----------------------|
xC|---0--2-------2-------------4-----4--0----2----0---2-----|
xG|----0---0---0---0---2---2-----4-4-------0---0----0---0---|
ChorusRiff:
xA|----7---7---7---7---5-0-5----5-0-5---|
xE|------------------3--------3---------|
xC|--0---2---0---2----------------------|
xG|----0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0---|
BridgeRiff:
xA|--2-5---5-2-5---5---5---5---5---5---5-2-5---5-2-5-----|
xE|------0-------0-------0-------0---3-------3-----------|
xC|------------------0-------0---------------------------|
xG|----0---0---0---0?--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|
Intro: - Main Riff x2 -
Verse:
EBDbmAbmE
Older brother, restless soul, lie down.
EBDbmAbmE
Lie for a while with your ear against the earth.
EBDbmAbmE
You can hear your sister sleep talking,
BDbmAbmE
Say ‘you’re hair is long but not long enough to reach
Chorus:
- ChorusRiff - x2
CGCG
Home to me, But your beard, Someday might be.
Bridge:
- BridgeRiff - x1
EBEB
Home to me, But your beard, Someday might be.
Bridge:
Abm7EB
And she’ll wake up in a cold sweat on the floor
Abm7EB
Next to a family portrait drawn when you were four
Abm7EBAbm7
And beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more
EB
She’ll lay it aside
Interlude: - Main Riff x2 -
Verse - Main Riff -:
EBDbmAbmE
Older father, weary soul, you’ll drive
BDbmAbmE
Back to the home you made on the mountainside
BDbmAbmE
With that ugly, terrible thing
BDbm
Those papers for divorce
AbmE
And a lonely ring,
Chorus - ChorusRiff -:
B
a lonely ring
E
Sit on your porch
B
And pluck your strings
Bridge - BridgeRiff or chords -:
Abm7EB
Oh, and you’ll find somebody you can blame
Abm7EB
And you’ll follow the creek that runs out into the sea
Abm7EB
And you’ll find the peace of the Lord.
Interlude: - Main Riff x2 -
Verse - Main Riff -:
EBDbmAbmE
Grandfather, weary soul, you’ll fly
BDbmAbmE
Over your life once more before you die
BDbmAbm
Since our grandma passed away
EBDbmAbmE
You’ve waited for forever and a day
Chorus - Strum -:
B
Just to die,
E
And someday soon
B
You will die
Bridge:
Abm7EB
It was the only woman you ever loved
Abm7EB
That got burnt by the sun too often when she was young
Abm7EB
And the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood
Em7CG-------
And there’s nothing you can do about it now
Outro: - Same as Verse - strumming -
EBDbmAbmE - x4 -
BEB x2 - same as Chorus -
Outro: BEB - x3 - - One strum -
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
The Middle East were a musical collective from Townsville, Australia, which formed in 2005. Fusing various influences from post-rock to folk to ambient, various members have at different times played in other North Queensland based groups such as Joseph Liddy and the Skeleton Horse, The Forest, and We Are Buildings.
After completing several East Coast tours, they released a split EP in 2006 with local Cairns band Sleeping in Trains. Their debut album The Recordings of the Middle East was released on 24th April 2008
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