Frank Black - St francis dam disaster
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Frank Black & the Catholics
Song: St. Francis Dam Disaster
Album: Dog in the Sand
Tabbed by: Derek (proverbialcereal@msn.com)
CAPO 1st Fret
chords (play chords as if capo was "zero" fret or open strings)
e--0------2------0----3----1-----3------2----0---------13--|
b--0------0------1----0----1-----0------3----3---------13--|
g--0------0------0----0----2-----0------2----2---------13--|
d--2------2------2----0----3-----2------0----0-------------|
a--2------2------3----2----3-----2------0------------------|
e--0------0-----------3----1-----0-------------------------|
Em Em(+F#) C G F Em(+G) D D2 Em harmonics
[VERSE]
Em Em(+F#)
C G Em Em (+F#)
There was a well known water master man
C He was the GkinFg
Em Em(+G) Em D G Em Em(+F#)
He could do anything
C G Em Em (+F#)
The St. Francis Dam Disaster man
C Thought she was alGrigFht,
Em Em(+G) D G
Until around midnight
Em Because that Fwater seeks her Cown
She Dhad a desire to Emflow
She waEms looking for somewhere to go D D D D2 Em
[VERSE 2]
Em Em(+F#)
C G Em Em (+F#)
She was a slave to the great metropolis
C She was feeling GchokFed
Em Em(+G) Em D G Em Em(+F#)
She pushed the wall 'till it broke
C G Em Em(+F#)
when they heard the great apocalypse
At Cpower house number GtwoF
Em Em(+G) Em D G
Well there was nothing they could do
Em Because that Fwater seeks her Cown
DFive and one half hours she would Emflow
She hadEm fifty-three miles to go D Em
Em Em(+F#) Em C G
Em Em(+F#) Em C G F
Em Em(+G) Em D G
[VERSE 3]
Em Em(+F#) Em
C G Em Em(+F#) Em
A cascade down to Santa Clara way
C Near sixty feet GhigFh
Em Em(+G) Em D G Em Em(+F#) Em
Now she's a mile wide
C G Em Em(+F#) Em
It was clear she was going far away
C and whole towns were GtoFo
Em Em(+G) Em D G
A few got lucky in Piru
Em Because that Fwater seeks her Cown
D But four more hours she would Emflow
She hadEm twenty-nine miles more to go D Em
Em Em(+F#) Em C G
Em Em(+F#) Em C G F
Em Em(+G) Em D G
[VERSE 4]
Em Em(+F#) Em
C G Em Em(+F#) Em
She carried in her every kind of thing
House, Ctree, telegraph GpolFe
Em Em(+G) Em D G Em Em(+F#) Em
Some say a thousand souls
C G Em Em(+F#) Em
At three A.M. she gave Santa Paula a ring
She was Cstill twenty-five feet GhigFh
Em Em(+G) Em D G
Under a peaceful sky
Em Because that Fwater seeks her Cown
D But two more hours she would Emflow
Em (harmonics)
She had nineteen more miles to go
[VERSE 5] - same chords
It was a real bad night in little saticoy
El Rio then Montalvo
How many know one really knows
Ventura beach was very scary, boy
Humanity a pile
She went her final mile
Because that water seeks her own
Into the sea the water flowed
And now for forever she would go
[ENDING]
D Em Em(+F#) Em C G
Em Em(+F#) Em C G F
Em Em(+G) Em D G
Em Em(+F#) Em C G
Em Em(+F#) Em C G F
Em Em(+G) Em D G
Em Em(+F#) Em C
G F Em