CARRION - British Sea Power Tabbed by: Jonathan Migliori Email: stratman13@gmail.com A beautiful song, with some close, but not quite there tabs. I hope you enjoy it. Tuning: Standard Guitar I: Lead (Noble) Guitar II: Rhythm (Yan) Chords (I prefer the open chords, but barre chords can be used as well) G D Bm C Cmaj7 Em e|------3-------2-------2-------0--------0-----------0-----------------------| B|------0-------3-------3-------1--------0-----------0-----------------------| G|------0-------2-------4-------0--------0-----------0-----------------------| D|------0-------0-------4-------2--------2-----------2-----------------------| A|------2---------------2-------3--------3-----------2-----------------------| E|------3--------------------------------------------0-----------------------| Main Riff: C G Em e|------------------------------ ------------------7-5-----------------------| B|------------------------------ --------------5-8-----8---------------------| G|---4^5~4^5~4^5~4^5~4^5~-2--0-- x6 --/7-4-7-4-7----------------------------| D|------------------------------ --------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------ --------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------ --------------------------------------------| The first phrase is played over a different chord after every repeat. First over C, then then G, then Em, then C, then D Verse 1: G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 (hyphen means quick change) Carrion, inside of your heart G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 Under the brine, you won't notice the dark G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 Can stone and steel, and horses' heels ever explain the way you feel G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 From Scapa Flow to Rotherhithe, I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide Bridge: G D Bm C e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------4^5------4^5------4^5-2-0-----------------------------------| D|--0h2------0h2------0h2-------------0-4^5----0-4^5-----0-4^5-4/5/7| A|----------------------------------2-------2---------2---------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7 (Notes and chords change together) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-5-4--5-4--5-4-----------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus:

^COh the he^Davy water, how it enfolds ^GThe song, t^Emhe spray, the gorgeous undertow ^CAlways, always,^D always the sea ^GBrillia^Emntine mortality

Main Riff (Repeat first phrase only twice) Verse 2: G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 So irrigate your heart until you know you're complete G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 And your draped in kelp, below by 8,000 feet G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 "My soul," she cried, "I thought you'd died amid fumes of formaldehyde" G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 You have been gone for so long. I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide Bridge 2 (with lyrics):

^G My^D love, I ^Bmfelt the lap^Cping of an ebbing tide! e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------4^5------4^5------4^5-2-0-----------------------------------| D|--0h2------0h2------0h2-------------0-4^5----0-4^5-----0-4^5-4/5/7| A|----------------------------------2-------2---------2---------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 (Notes and chords change together) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-5-4--5-4--5-4------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus Main Riff Solo: e|-----7/12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5| B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------| B|-----5h8-5h8-5h8/10^11^11^11^11^11^11^11| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| Interlude:

^CWhen this corpus^D christic isl^Ge became a la^Emnded ocean blue ^CAgain she cried,^D "You turned my eye" ^GAt mention^Ems of "no matter why" (First phrase of Main Riff repeated for the rest of Interlude and First Chorus) ^CAnd in ^Dthe end an August sun ^GOf one ^Emby one it blew ^CUntil the d^Devil screamed in the evermore ^GIn envy of^Em the grace we saw ^GThe sound (Chorus starts here making the rest of the Interlude lyrics unintelligible)

Chorus:

^COh the he^Davy water, how it enfolds ^GThe song, t^Emhe spray, the gorgeous undertow ^CAlways, always,^D always the sea ^GBrillia^Emntine mortality ^COh the he^Davy water, how it enfolds ^GThe song, t^Emhe spray, the gorgeous undertow ^CAlways, always,^D always the sea G (Guitar stops) Brilliantine mortality

In summation: Main Riff Verse Bridge Chorus Main Riff (Shortened) Verse Bridge 2 Chorus Main Riff Solo Interlude Chorus (x2) Note: There is a quick chord from Guitar I after the first and third lines of the I don't know what it is. Also, The lyrics of the interlude are hard to distinguish, so those my approximations. Enjoy. | ^ bend | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================

British Sea Power - Carrion