Mewithoutyou - Elephant in the dock
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Elephant in the Dock
Ten Stories
meWithoutYou
Tabbed by Matt Giesmann
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Notes:
-Tough vocal phrasing
-For playing acoustically, I fingerpick between the recording and a full strum
-For precise picking, which doesn't exactly follow these chords, see the 'tab' for this song
-In the chorus, slide is optional. I slide 3 half steps up to Dm instead of the octave slide
Verses Choruses
F#m A E... Bm A F#m Bm
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[Intro]
F#m A E F#m
F#m A E E
[Narrator:]
F#mPillary Astocks at the Egallows tree F#mdock
the F#mcrowd grew iAmpatient as the Eclouds threatened Erain
F#mElephant aArrived at the EConstable's F#mside,
with her F#mtrunk locked in Ashackles, and her Eankles in Echains
[Bailiff:]
"All F#mrise, all Arise, his EHonor preF#msides,"
the F#mJudge took the Abench to the Evillage brass Ecavalcade,
F#mElephant reAfused to swear the Eoath, said
[Elephant:]
"I don't know F#manything about F#mtruth,
but I know Afalsehood when I Esee it,
and it Elooks like this whole F#mworld you've made" A E F#m F#m A E E
F#mGood of our Achaplain to sail EKalispell F#mBay
And now F#mdown on his Amarrows for this Eold fool to Epray,
"Lord, for F#msixty-some Ayears I've suErrendered my F#mlove,
to F#memblems of Akindness, and not the Ekindness they were Eemblems of,
F#mTrammels and Arings, with the Estrength of old F#mstrings,
and some F#mhobble skirt Aspring, by the Eold problem Ecaught,
Children, F#msometimes I Athink all our Ethoughts are just F#mthings,
and then F#msometimes think Athings are just Ethoughts,"
and the Erabble rang
[Crowd:]
Bm"Hang! the Elephant must Ahang! the Elephant must F#mhangBm!
BmHang! the Elephant must Ahang! the Elephant must F#mhangBm!"
[Elephant:]
"A F#mthirteen coil Aknot for the Esamovar F#mpot!
Scottish F#mOatcakes in Ahaversacks Eeach to its Egrave
This mock F#mtrial can Ano more deEtermine my F#mlot,
than can F#mdriftwood deAtermine the Eocean's waves,
EBrandish your F#mropes and your Aboards, and your Ebasket-hilt F#mswords,
but what F#mis there can Apunish like a Econscience igEnored?
Yes, my F#mbody did Ajust as you imEplied,
while some F#mghost we'll call F#m'I' idly Awatched through its Eeyes,"
and the Ejury sang,
Bm"Hang! the Elephant mustA hang! the Elephant mustF#m hanBmg!
BmHang! the Elephant must Ahang! the Elephant must F#mhangBm!
BmHang! the Elephant must Ahang! the Elephant must F#mhangBm!
BmHang! the Elephant must Ahang! the Elephant must F#mhangBm!"
[Elephant:]
Bm I feel it stealing now F#m
Bm I feel it stealing now F#m
Bm I feel it stealing now F#m
Bm All adrift fathoms down