Dry the River - History book
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Capo: 2
I'm not good at fingering. So I wanted a chord version.
This is combination of joecoonz & GreenGoodbyes TABs
for acoustic album tuning
Capo on 2
for LP version
Capo on 3
take note:
G (high) = take your C chord and slide up 7 frets.
(fill) = those are the bass notes.
I just take my C chord and slide up to D & back to C & walk down to G.
Verse 1:
C G (high)
Like faithful oxen through the chalk,
With Gdragging tails ofEm history walk.
C G (high) G C sus2 G
Soon confuse the compass and the cross. (fill)
C G (high) G Em C C-D-C-B-G D
Carefully and cursively we fill our traveling diaries with loss.
Verse 2:
C G (high)
Beneath an angry Bible flood,
Did Gyou and I first Emlearn to love.
C G (high) G C sus2 G
In my father's car we came to know. (fill)
C G (high) G Em C C-D-C-B-G D
And shivered in our painted clothes and paired like every animal below.
Chorus:
As heavy as a Emhistory book can be,
I will caGrry it with me, ohC Lord. G D
And maybe when the Embitterness has gone,
There'll be swGeetness on our tongues oncCe more. G D
Verse 3:
C G (high)
Barefoot in a rowing boat
You Gloose your shoes andEm freeze your toes
C G (high) G C sus2 G
And say I wear my sorrow like a crown (fill)
C G (high) G Em C C-D-C-B-G D
And throw your arms around my head, and see it there in gold and red and brown
Chorus:
As heavy as a Emhistory book can be,
I will caGrry it with me, ohC Lord. G D
And maybe when the Embitterness has gone,
There'll be swGeetness on our tongues oncCe more. G D
Bridge:
We'll Fsoon forget our parents' nCames, G
LikFe dogs will drive the wolves Caway. G
And Fweep with fingertips Copposed,
Like a cGhurch where nobody Fcongregates. G F
Last Part Outro:
Am But Csweetness Gsings in the Fpasture,
Am We tChrow oursGelves on the Fmercy of the earth.
Am If sCand and sGalt have the Fanswer,
Am Then the Cact itGself will be Flouder than the Amword.
And I'll be on your side..
And I'll be on your side..
Etc. - Am C G F hold F then end on C