Intro Part 1:
e|3-3/5\3/7-7-7/10\7\3-3-3/7/10\5-5-5/7\5-3---|
B|3-3/7\3/8-8-8/12\8\3-3-3/8/12\7-7-7/8\7-3---|
G|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
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A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Play this two times. In the Gut the Van version, the
harmonica was played basically
part 1 of the intro, but the one off Silent Steeples
isn't.
Intro Part 2: The guitar becomes softer here, as the
harmonica takes over. Play these
softly behind the harmonica.
GDEm, CGDGDEm, CGD
And thus begins the 1st Verse. Make sure to the play
the chords on the exact words that
was put on:
G D Em Em
(With picking)
The River of Doubt gave birth to a, beautiful stone
GDEm
And in my hand I held it, and I knew I was on my own,
Em (Picking)
So I picked it up,
G D Em (Three silent beats
pass...)
And held it to the sky...
GDEm
And in my reflection, I knew I was all alone,
EmGD
Yeah, Yeah...then I saw this girl with the most
Em
beautiful hair, she had it
GDEm
Wrapped around her, for clothes she did not wear.
G D Em (Three silent
beats pass...)
I asked her for a lock, and she complied,
after leaving
G D Em
(Let silence begin here)
Georgous footsteps in the sand, as if she didn't care.
Now here's the Chorus. Let the silence continue from
the 1st verse right up to beginning
"prettiest", where G begins. In the chorus, the C chord
is seen, like it was seen in
introduction:
GD
Well... She was the prettiest girl I ever saw and
EmC
stone lay still without a flaw, and the feelings I
GD
had to fight the law as I came to, and I went to
GD
And I took a look, a look down the road, to see a
EmC
badger, and a one eyed toad. They didn't say a word,
GD
They just looked at me with that,
GDEmCGDD
Wise old look of the old... Yeah... Wise old look of
the
GDEmCGD
old... Yeah...
Basically do the same thing that I pointed out in the
first verse, the same rhythm, just
the chords at the different words. It's easy to figure
out. This is the second verse:
And then I went down to town
To my favorite, merry-go-Round, to the place
where magic horses fly
And you seldom see a frown
And here's my favorite part of the song, the Bridge:
GD
But then I stole the ring, from the flying horses,
Em
and I can't begin to explain now. (Move quickly into
the next line)
GD
I stole the ring from the flying horses,
EmCCC
And its all rusty now,
GD
I stole the ring from the flying horses,
Em
And I can't begin to explain now
GD
I stole the ring from the flying horses,
EmCCC
And its all rusty now,
D
Its all rusty...
Here is the third verse. Just do, once again, what I
said entering the second verse. Do
same thing as the first verse.:
Ya see, cause that stone fell through my pocket
And that loch of hair blew away with the wind
If you Chance to see a pawn either, Well...
You know where they've been.
Here the chorus again. As I've said for the second and
third verse, follow what the
chorus says:
But don't pick them up or try to find me
We're much happier to be on our own
Beauty like that knows, no
And if you take a look, a look down the road
You'll see a badger and a one eyed toad
They won't say a word they'll just look at you with
that, wise old look of the old... Yeah...
Wise old look of the old... Yeah....
Here's the solo. Mainly it's a sweet harmonica solo,
but the guitar plays under it
It's the exact same chords from the intro, part 2.
GDEm, CGDGDEm, CGD
Now, finally to end the song, play the bridge and fade
away.