Mumford & Sons

Blind Leading The Blind

Mumford & Sons


Tom: A

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                 "Let's raise... moment.                          And leave...   behind.

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                 Don't be...      moment.                            The blind... the blind."

[INTRO STRUMMED]
Mute E and G
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[Verse]Essentially you'll do pull offs and hammer-ons gently. You'll flow with the rhythm by pushing back on D
right before A, and live videos will help with that. Pay attention to how hard you push back on the fret,
as pushing too hard will produce a sound you don't want. Verse is palm-muted.
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1)                  "My generation's stuck...      mirror...          Forget about the
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      poor cause I don't  like the word__. I need to...  name of my...  neighbor.           I am not...
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    I'm not seen...       heard_______.   I am afraid... that which...  not know.           So why don't...
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    ask your...           name_________.  Justice just... buried in a.. white light.        There used...
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                         >   >
    time you'd call it shame!"

[Interlude]
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                    >  >                   >   >                 >  >

[Chorus]

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        "Put...hand in mine tonight!   I will be here!  When you're crying
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     out tonight! I will be here!" (D PEAT INTRO)

Repeat verse, chorus, intro (PM), and interlude until you reach the last chorus/outro.
[Outro]
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   "..... and I will be HED !" (Go crazy at this part with all downstrokes)