Tom: C
Tabbed by: Jake Denmark
"Why Should the Fire Die?" album. It's not exactly how they play it,
but it sounds close and it's easy to play on a single guitar.
Tuning: Standard - Capo III
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INTRO:
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G C (x3) G
e|| --------------------------------- ||-------------------
B|| -------0---------1==-------3====- ||--------0----------
G||.-2h4-------0-----------0---------.||--2h4-------0------
D||.-----0-------0==-----2-------2==-.||------0-------0==--
A|| -----------------3==-----3------- ||-------------------
E|| -3==-----3----------------------- ||--3==-----3--------
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VERSE:
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C G C G
e|-----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-1==-------3====-|-------0---------1==-------3====-|---------------------------------|
G|-------0---------|-2h4-------0-----------0---------|-2h4-------2-----2h4-------4====-|
D|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0==-----2-------2==-|-------0-------0-------0---------|
A|-3==-----3-------|-----------------3==-----3-------|-----2-------2-------2-------2==-|
E|-----------------|-3==-----3-----------------------|-3==-----3-------3==-----3-------|
If to- -day was not an endless highway
If to- -night was not a crooked trail
C D G
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-1==-------3====------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------0----------2==-------2====-|-2h4-------2-----2h4-------4-----|
D|-----2-------2==--------4---------|-------0-------0-------0---------|
A|-3==-----3--------5==-----5-------|-----2-------2-------2-------2==-|
E|----------------------5-------5==-|-3==-----3-------3==-----3-------|
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
C C D G
e|-----------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-1==-------1====-|-1==-------1====------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------0---------|-------0----------2==-------2====-|-0==-------2-----2h4-------4-----|
D|-----2-------2==-|-----2-------2==--------4---------|-------0-------0-------0---------|
A|-3==-----3-------|-3==-----3--------5==-----5-------|-----2-------2-------2-------2==-|
E|-----------------|----------------------5-------5==-|-3==-----3-------3==-----3-------|
Then lonesome would mean nothing to me at all
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CHORUS:
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C D G (x3)
e|| ----------------------------------|--------------------------------- ||
B|| -1==-------3====------------------|--------------------------------- ||
G||.-------0----------2==-------2====-|-2h4-------2-----2h4-------4-----.||
D||.-----2-------2==--------4---------|-------0-------0-------0---------.||
A|| -3==-----3--------5==-----5-------|-----2-------2-------2-------2==- ||
E|| ----------------------5-------5==-|-3==-----3-------3==-----3------- ||
Yes, only if my own true love was waiting
If I could hear his heart softly pounding
And on - ly if he was lying by me
C C D
e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-1==-------3====-1==-------3====-|----------------------------------|
G|-------0---------------0---------|-2==-------2====--2==-------2====-|
D|-----2-------2==-----2-------2==-|-------4----------------4---------|
A|-3==-----3-------3==-----3-------|-5==-----5--------5==-----5-------|
E|---------------------------------|-----5-------5==------5-------5==-|
Would I lie in my bed once
G C (x3) G
e|| --------------------------------- ||-------------------
B|| -------0---------1==-------3====- ||--------0----------
G||.-2h4-------0-----------0---------.||--2h4-------0------
D||.-----0-------0==-----2-------2==-.||------0-------0==--
A|| -----------------3==-----3------- ||-------------------
E|| -3==-----3----------------------- ||--3==-----3--------
again
(Then into the next verse.)
End on G.
INTRO:
G C (x4)
VERSE 1:
G C G C
If today was not an endless highway
G C G
If tonight was not a crooked trail
C D G C
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
C D G
Then lonesome would mean nothing me at all
CHORUS:
C D G
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin'
C D G
And if I could hear his heart softly poundin'
C D G
Yes and only if he was lyin' by me
C D G C G C G C G C
Would I lie in my bed once again.
VERSE 2:
I can't see my reflection in the water
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps
Or can't remember the sound of my own name
CHORUS
(solos)
VERSE 3:
There's beauty in that silver, singing river
There's beauty in that sunrise in the sky
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes
CHORUS
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Notation Key:
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| h hammer-on
| = let note ring
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