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The fingerpicking is based on the asymmetric figure with the
pronounced tones on the upper strings distributed like this:
: . . . : . . .
x x x x
There are numerous variations to the picking pattern, that
have not been noted in the tab below. I have not named the
chords, but written out the fingering over the first verse.
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Intro:
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||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
||------------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
||--------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2---------|-------2---------|
||*-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
||--2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------------|
|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2---------|-------2-------2-|
|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------------|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
Verse, first half: (x2)
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|-2---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------2-----|---------2-------|-----------2-----|---------2-------|
|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
||------------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5----------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*||
||--5---------5-----|---------5-------|-----------7-----|---------7--------||
||--------5---------|-------5-------5-|-8p7---7-------7-|-------5-------5--||
||*-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---*||
||--5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5--------||
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------2-----|---------2-------|-----------0-----|---------0-------| (repeat)
|-3p2---2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-5p3---2---------|-------2-------2-|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
Verse, second half:
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||------------------|-0----------------||------------------|-0----------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------*||*-----------------|-----------------*||
||--4---------4-----|---------4--------||------------2-----|---------2--------||
||--------5-------5-|-------5-------5--||--------2-------2-|-------2-------2--||
||*-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---*||*-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---*||
||--5-------5-------|-5-------5--------||--0-------0-------|-0-------0--------||
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------4-----|---------4-------|-6---------6-----|---------6-------|
|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-|-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------0-----|---------0-------|-6---------6-----|---------6-------|
|-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|
|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------5-----|---------5-------|-----------7-----|---------7-------|
|-------5---------|-------5-------5-|-8p7---7-------7-|-------5-------5-|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
||------------------|-0----------------||------------------|-0----------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------*||*-----------------|-----------------*||
||------------2-----|---------2--------||--6---------6-----|---------6--------||
||--------2-------2-|-------2-------2--||--------7-------7-|-------7-------7--||
||*-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---*||*-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---*||
||--0-------0-------|-0-------0--------||--7-------7-------|-7-------7--------||
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-4---------4-----|-----------4-----|-----------4-----|-----------4-----||
|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-||
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---||
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------||
Intro
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002222
I'm traveling in some vehicle
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I'm sitting in some cafe
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A defector from the petty wars
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That shell shock love away
There's comfort in melancholy
When there's no need to explain
It's just as natural as the weather
In this moody sky today
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In our possessive coupling
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So much could not be expressed
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So now I am returning to myself
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These things that you and I suppressed
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I see something of myself in everyone
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Just at this moment of the world
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As snow gathers like bolts of lace
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Waltzing on a ballroom girl
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You know it never has been easy
Whether you do or you do not resign
Whether you travel the breadth of extremities
Or stick to some straighter line
Now here's a man and a woman sitting on a rock
They're either going to thaw out or freeze
Listen... Strains of Benny Goodman
Coming thru' the snow and the pinewood trees
I'm porous with travel fever
But you know I'm so glad to be on my own
Still somehow the slightest touch of a stranger
Can set up trembling in my bones
I know - no one's going to show me everything
We all come and go unknown
Each so deep and superficial
Between the forceps and the stone
Well I looked at the granite markers
Those tribute to finality - to eternity
And then I looked at myself here
Chicken scratching for my immortality
In the church they light the candles
And the wax rolls down like tears
There's the hope and the hopelessness
I've witnessed thirty years
We're only particles of change I know, I know
Orbiting around the sun
But how can I have that point of view
When I'm always bound and tied to someone
White flags of winter chimneys
Waving truce against the moon
In the mirrors of a modern bank
From the window of a hotel room
I'm traveling in some vehicle
I'm sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
Until love sucks me back that way
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