THROUGH THE TREES PT. 2 - Mount Eerie Tabbed by: Jeff Holland E-mail: modestjeff@hotmail.com Tuning: Standard This is one of the most beautiful songs I know, both lyrically and compositionally. Congrats to you for taking the time to learn it. A few months ago, I sent Phil Elverum a letter asking him for help learning this song. He responded giving me the chords. So I've gotten these chords directly from Phil. So these chords come directly from Phil. Here are all of the chords used throughout the song. (Note: gsome of the chord names are more complex than what I've written. What I call C#m is actually C#madd9/G#, what I call F#m7 is actually F#m7add11/C#, and what I call A is actually Asus2. I shortened them for brevity's sake.) C#m F#m7 G#m7 A B F#m E G#m e|---0----0-----4----0--2---2---0---4---------------------------------------| B|---4----0-----4----0--4---2---0---4---------------------------------------| G|---6----2-----4----2--4---2---1---4---------------------------------------| D|---6----4-----6----2--4---4---2---6---------------------------------------| A|--------4-----6----0--2---4---2---6---------------------------------------| E|--------------4-----------2---0---4---------------------------------------| And just to clarify: At the point when he says "mountains and websites," play the following little thing which I will call "part A," for lack of a better name. e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---7-----7---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---9-----6---------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Intro: (play x2, but on the last time don't play the lil E chord at the end) e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-4-0(let ring)-----------------------------------------------------------| G|-6----------------------------------------1------------------------------| D|-6----6-4--------7-------7--7--6-----1----2------------------------------| A|-----------4/7---7-------9--6--4-----2----2------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------0------------------------------| Verse: (this isn't a traditionally structured song so I'm just gonna call the whole thing a verse) A C#m F#m7 G#m7 A

^C#mMisunderstood and disil^F#m7lusioned, ^G#m7I go on describing this place^A and the way it feels to live and ^C#mdie The ânatural worldâ and^F#m7 whatever else itâs called ^G#mI drive in and out of town, ^Aseeing no edge, breathing ^C#msky And itâ?^B?s hard to describe wit^F#m7hout seeming absurd I know thereâ?^E?s no other world: (part A) Mountains and websites

^C#mDark smoke fills the ^F#m7air, Some from the ^G#m7fire in my house, some from me d^Ariving around ^C#mI could see the lights of ^F#m7town through the ^G#m7trees on the ridge On my way ^Ahome in the dark ^C#mI meant all my songs not as a ^F#m7picture of the woods But just to re^G#m7mind myself that I briefly ^C#mlive The gleaming stone, the moon in the ^F#m7sky at noon There is no ^G#m7other world and there has ^Anever been ^C#mI still walk, living, ^F#m7sleeping Life in the ^G#m7real world of clouds, clawing for ^Ameaning ^C#mStill when I see branches in the ^F#m7wind The tumultuous ^G#m7place where I live calls out, re^Avealing

âCan^C#m you see the river in^F#m7 the branches And know that it ^G#m7means you will die And that pieces are ^Achurning?â âCan^C#m you find a wildness in ^F#m7your body And walk through the ^G#m7store after work, holding it ^C#mhigh?â

Iâve held aloft ^F#m7some delusions From ^Bnow on, I will be perfectly ^Eclear: ^G#mThereâs no part of the world ^F#mmore meaningful And raw im^Epermanence echoes in the ^Bsky

C#m (x4)

^C#mThere is either ^F#m7no end or constant ^G#m7simultaneous end and be^Aginning ^C#mA pile of trash, the ^F#m7fog on the hill ^G#mStanding in the parking lot, ^C#msquinting

Mount Eerie - Through the trees part 2