--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Silverfishes - Frontier Ruckus --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: 3lacksabbath81 Email: sskinner@wit.edu Deadmalls & Nightfalls: Track 5 Matthew Milia: songs, voice, guitar, harmonica, pedal steel David W. Jones: banjo, voice, dobro Zachary Nichols: brass, singing-saw, melodica, keyboards Ryan Etzcorn: drums, percussion Tuning: Standard Intro: OTHERCHORDS Am C C# D(no5) Fmaj7 Em Riff A (A) A/C# e||--0--|--0--|-----|-----|--0--|-----|--------|| |--0----0----0----| B||--1--|--1--|--2--|--3--|--1--|--0--|-----0--|| |--2----5----8----| G||--2--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--0--|----(0)-|x2 |--2----6----9----| D||--2--|--2--|--3--|--4--|--3--|--2--|--------|| |--2----7----11---| A||--0--|--3--|--4--|--5--|-----|--2--|-2h3----|| |--0--------------| E||-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--0--|--------|| |-----------------| Verse I:

^AmA bright-night-kitchen moth and the washcloth that I ^Cuse C# D(no5) For the refuse That is ^Fmaj7littering all of your ^Emclues Am C C# D(no5) Orion is dead and gone but something in it still be-longs to me The ^Fmaj7bright night I ^Emsee ^AmHigh hot-time all the braggarts drag Their ^Cboats down to the water^C# D(no5) She dragged down to drown each and every ^Fmaj7Brown rag I bought ^Emher ^AmThe silverfish they ditch their skins as The ^CSaturday air raid beg-^C#ins D(no5) Pitching exoskeletons ^Fmaj7Revolting in their ^Emmolting ^AmDont you know Im just like that? ^CYou can tell where Ive been at^C# D(no5) On every doormat I have sat A ^Fmaj7relic so an-^Emgelic ^DmOh the once hard-biting night Now ^Druthlessly a toothless sight to ^Fmaj7see ^Em

Verse II:

^AmA shot down Telegraph with a hot laugh as we ^Ccruise C# D(no5) Through the sinews ^Fmaj7Connecting all of your ^Emclues ^AmThe blinds they clap for the The napping ^Coverheated tangles ^DDaytime may climb high until the dusk sucks out

All that it mangles

^AmMelting with the blacktop moms On a ^Cbed of palms and psalms^C# ^DImmersed in the universe Of ^Fmaj7off-ramp proms and ^Emsitcoms ^DmSylvan Lake and in between ^DPerpetually like Halloween ^Fmaj7 I saw ^Emyou ^AmIn the dormitory with the warming ^Cglory Of the harvest^C# ^DThe pilings of the night are whiling out Where their ^Fmaj7forms are the ^Emlargest

Bridge: Am C D(no5) Fmaj7 Em e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|------0---------| A|---3-----3--2~--| E|----------------|

^FFeeling about half as vicious ^EmAs all the silverfishes ^Acrawl ^FIf I truly am a coward ^EmMemory-fueled and fear-powered A (A) A/C# Ill be damned

But ^Fif I ^Emwere That ^Cgorgeous ^Dblur ^DmId ^Embe ^AmSure

Horn & Banjo Solo Section: Play verse Chords four times through. 2 bars for horn and 2 bars for banjo. Verse III:

^AmA bright-night-kitchen moth and the washcloth that I ^Cuse C# D(no5) For the refuse That is ^Fmaj7littering all of your ^Emclues

^AmTripped up on the alley-weed ^CThrough which I elbowed and ^C#kneed The ^Dbottle of my beer emptied And ^Fmaj7I was warm and ^Emfluid ^AmThe body is a bottle, I guess ^CThat I would like to throttle, ^C#yes ^DMottled skin and spilling sin And a ^Fmaj7holiness so ^Emstupid The ^Dmheaven that I long to see The ^Dundone linearity Ive ^Fmaj7pro- ^Emven ^DmIs all the love Ive tried to show ^DBuried where those buildings glow Fmaj7 Em (Riff) And ruined?

Frontier Ruckus - Silverfishes