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From rec.music.rem Thu Mar 31 23:02:15 1994 Path: news.tcd.ie!ieunet!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.oberlin.edu!ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu!SSP5688 From: ssp5688@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu (BANANAFISH <><) Newsgroups: rec.music.rem Subject: TAB: guitar TAB for _Fables_of_the_Reconstruction_ Date: 30 Mar 1994 20:20:56 GMT Organization: Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio Lines: 475 Message-ID: <2ncmv8$gsr@news.cc.oberlin.edu> Reply-To: ssp5688@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu Status: O ------ FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION Contains: Feeling Gravity's Pull, Maps and Legends, Driver 8, Life and How to Live It, Can't Get There From Here, Wendell Gee Missing: Old Man Kensey, Kohoutek, Auctioneer (Another Engine), FEELING GRAVITYS PULL

opening riff

 #har denotes harmonics on that fret (E) --------------------0--------------------------5har-- (B) -12-------12------0---0----------7har----------5har-- (G)----11-10----11-10----------------7har----------5har-- (D)----------------------------------7har----------5har-- (A)----------------------------------7har---------------- (E)-------------------------7-7777-7------7-7777-7-------

play the riff but start with the stuff on the 7th fret of the low E string

I fell asleep at just about every paragraph Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Peel back the mountains peel back the sky Stomp gravity into the floor It's a Man Ray kind of sky I'll show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here

The riff is like this: (B) ------0------0------0------0---- (G) ----0------0------0------0------ (D) -------------------------------- (A) -----------------------0-------- (E) -0------2-------3---------------

Step up, step up, step up the sky is opening {of course, start the riff again

With the lightest mind I felt gravity pull Somewhere near the end it's sad You can't do this I said I can To shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky I'll show you what I can do with it Step up, step up, step up. The sky is opening.
With the ligChtest mind, I felt gravity pull... ...onto Dmy eyeliCds. HoldingD my head straight- TChis is the easiest task I've evBer had to do...
I fell asleep at just about every paragraph Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Shift the swaying river's shift Oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky I'll show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here ________________ This is the easiest task I've ever had to do...

The end follows these chords: B C B C B C B C D B

Gravity pulls me down
MAPS AND LEGENDS

intro:

 Em D2 Em (A) --0-h-2----- (E) --------3--3-0
Is he to be reached, he's not to be reached Is he to be reached, he's not to be reached
CD2all the fEmool in cD2ompany Em OD2n his oEmwn whereF#m he'd rather bAe WD2here he oEmught to bD2e he seEmes what yD2ou can't sEmee, caF#mn't you see tA/Asus4hat

same as intro

Maybe he's caught in the legend maybe he's caught in the mood Maybe these maps and legends Have been misunderstood
Down the way the roads divided Name me the places you have seen Those who know what I don't know Have heard of the yellow red and green

the break follows these chords

 D Dm F C D Dm F F D Dm F C
The map that she's made him doesn't seem real He just sees whatever he sees Point to the legend point to the east Point to the yellow red and green DRIVER 8 riff: (G) -------------------4---0---0---0---0---0--- (D) ---------------s-5----5---5--4---2---0----- (A) --------2-0-2-3---------------------------- (E) 0-0-2-3------------------------------------ repeat....
TEmhe walls are bAmuilt up sGtone by sG/F#tone TEmhe fields diviAmded one by oGne G/F# AEmnd the train conductor sAmays TaGke a break drG/F#iver 8, drEmiver 8 taAmke a break We've Gbeen on this shiftG/F# too long
ADnd the traCin conductor saysD TakCe a break driDver 8, drCiver 8 take Da break We Ccan reach our dEmestinatEm/F#ion, but wEm/Ge're stiEm/F#ll a ways EmawaEm/F#y Em/G Em/F#

on that part, you can play the Em Em/F# Em/G Em chords, or you can play this riff:

(D)------0-------0------0--------0-- (A) ---2-------2------2-------2----- (E) -0-------2------3------2-------- Saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm Power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged Bells are ringing through the town again Children look up all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing
WAmay to seal the hated hCeat WGay to put myself to slDeep WAmay to seal the hated hCeat WGay to put myself my chD/Dsus4ildren to sleep
Pilot did this song in a plane like that one She is selling faith on a hotel crusade Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent hear the bells ring again This field of wheat is looking thin And the train conductor says Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break We've been on this shift too long LIFE AND HOW TO LIVE IT intro: "C" "D" (B) ----5-------7--------5------5------5------------7----8---10----10----10-s-12 (G) ------5--------5--------5------5--------5---------7----7----7-----7-------- (D) -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (A) -3------3---------3-------3-------3--------3-s-5----5-----5---5-----5------ {of course repeat, end on "C" chord

riff

 (B) -7--7--7--5--5--x--x--5--x--x--5--5--s--7--7--x--x-- (G) -5--5--5--5--5--7--7--5--7--7--5--5--s--7--7--9--7--9--7.... (D) -5--5--5--x--x--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--s--7--7--7--7--9--7.....

hang on those last 2 notes

repeat riff as necessary or play chords over verse

 CBurn bright through the night, two Dpockets lead the way CTo yours to go between the Dwall was razed today CTo yours the names before your others and your oDwn CKeep these books well stocked away and tDake your happy home
My G5carpenter's out and Gsus4running about tGalking to the Gsus4street D

same as before

My pockets are out and running about Walking in the street to tell what I have hidden there
Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way To yours to go between the wall was razed today Raze the walls the childish flaws the carpenters should wrestle So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best

somewhere around her, there's that little break "Listen to the holler..." chords are: F Fsus4 C D

The hills ringing hear the words in time Listen to the holler listen to my walls within my tongue When my ears go tin the air quicken tension build ________ inference suddenly Life and how to live it Raze the walls the childish flaws the carpenters should wrestle So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best Read about the wisdom lost a knock a knock a knock A secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost Listen listen to the holler I will write a book it will be called Life and How to Live It CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE
Bm7When Bmthe C#mworld is a Bmonster Bm7Bad Bmto swC#mallow you wBhole E B G# (open B and E strings) Kick the clay that holds those teeth in G6 F# (open B and E strings) Throw your troubles out the door
Bm7If yBmou'reC#m needing insBpiration Bm7PhilomC#math is where I gBo B7 ELawyer Jeff he knows the BlowdG#own G6He's mighty glad to visit F#home
EI've been Athere I kF#now the Bway Can't get there from here .......F#
{same as other verse

When your hands are feeling empty Stick heads jumpin off the ground, 'round Tris is sure to shirr the deers out Run away sing my song
BHands down CDalechee bound A B BLandlocked kDiss the ground A B Dirt of seven continents going round and round Go on ahead Mr. Citywide hypnotized, suit and tied Gentlemen, testify .....F#

same as before

If your world is a monster Bad to swallow you whole Philomath they know the lowdown Throw your troubles out the door

ending

 E E E7 E7 E7
GREEN GROW THE RUSHES The song opens with this, the chorus (3 times): E---0----------------0-----0------- B-----2-3-SL-5-5-0-----3-----3---3- SL - slide up G------------------4-----4-----4--- sl - slide down D---------------------------------- H - hammer on A-0-------------------------------- h - hammer off E---------------------------------- Then, after the third time through: E---2-----2-----2-2-2-2-2----------- B-----3-----3---3-3-3-3-3-0--------- G-4-----4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-0--------- D----------------------------------- A----------------------------------- E----------------------------------- The chords are D Dsus D G Bm E with some picking thrown in (2 times): E-2-2-3-2-2-3-3-3-----------2-----------0-0---------0------------------ B-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------3-----------0---0---------0---------------- G-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-----------4-----------1-----1-H-2-----0-------------- D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-4-----------2------------------------------ A-----------2-2-2---0-H-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------ E-----------3-3-3-3---------------------0------------------------------ Then, in a 7ChineseBros kind of way, hit the D string in a steady rhythym and add the G-string notes appropriately (listen to the disk): E---------------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------------- G-14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-11-9-9-9-11-11-11-9-7-7-7-H-9-h-7-4-7-7 D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0 A---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- Go through this twice, then back to the chords, and then the chorus again. All the verses have this structure until the last one. In the last verse, after the chords, it goes like: E---------------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------------- G-14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-12-11-11-11---- D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---- A---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- B---------7---7-------------------------------------------------------- G-12-11-7---7---14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-11-9-9-9-12-11-9-11-9-7-- D--0--0-0---0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-- A---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------------- G-9-9-9-11-9-7-14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14--- D-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--- A---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------7---7-------------------------------------------- G-12-11-11-11-12-11-7---7---14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-11-9-9-9-12-- D--0--0--0--0--0--0-0---0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-- A---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------------- G-11-9-11-9-7-9-9-9-11-9-7-12-11-9-11-9-7-9-9-9-11-9-7-12-11-9-11-9-7-- D--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-- A---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------------- G-9-9-9-11-9-7-11-11-11-11-11-12-11-11--------------------------------- D-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- GOOD ADVICES The basic chords for this song are E, D and A, although not the normal open E, D and A. There's also an Em and some picking as well. Here are the chords as I hear them, but due to the numerous guitar tracks on the studio version, your guess is as good as mine: E D A Em D-lick E-0------0-----0----0-----2-----0-------------------------------------- B-0------0-----0----0-----3-3-----3---3-------------------------------- G-9------7-----6----0-----2---2-----2---------------------------------- D-9------7-----7----2-----0-------------------------------------------- A-7------5-----0----2-------------------------------------------------- E-0------X-----X----0-------------------------------------------------- The song fades in on the E chord and the verses go:
EWhen you greet a stranger, | Verse II: D | When you greet a stranger, Look at his shoes. | Look at her hands, A E | Keep your money in your hands, Keep your money in your shoes, | Put your travel behind. D-lick | Put your trouble behind. |
CHORUS: Who are you going to E-0-0---0--------0-0--------------0---------0-------5-----5------------ B-0---0-0--------0---0--------------5---------5-------5-----5---5------ G-2-----2-slide>-4-----4-slide>-6-----6-h-7-----6-6-----6-----6-------- D-2-----2-slide>-4--------------------------------7-----7-----7-------- A-0-----0--------0----------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- call for? E---0-----0----------0-----0------- Chords: B-----0-----0---0------0-----0---0- E A E G---------------------------------- What do you have to say? D-7-----7-----7----7-----7-----7--- A-0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0--- E---------------------------------- Keep you hat on your head E-0-0---0--------0-0--------------0---------0-------5-----5------------ B-0---0-0--------0---0--------------5---------5-------5-----5---5------ G-2-----2-slide>-4-----4-slide>-6-----6-h-7-----6-6-----6-----6-------- D-2-----2-slide>-4--------------------------------7-----7-----7-------- A-0-----0--------0----------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------
Home is Ea long way away E---0-----0----------0-----0---------0-----0--------------------------- B-----0-----0---0------0-----0---0-----0-----0------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------------------- D-7-----7-----7----7-----7-----7---7-----7----------------------------- A-0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0----------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse III: | Verse IV: At the end of the day, | When you greet a stranger, I'll forget your name. | Look at his shoes. I'd like it here if I couldn't | Keep your memories in your shoes, Even see you from a long way away. | Put your travel behind. CHORUS (as above): Break:
EmAt the end of the day, When there are no friends.
Verse V: (wierd but it works) Verse VI: And there are no lovers. | Familiar face, a boring place, Who are you going to call for? | I'll forget your name. What do you have to change. | I'd like it here if I couldn't (Mike Mills in the background) | Even see you from a long way away. CHORUS (as above) END WENDELL GEE
CThat's when Wendell GDmee takes a tug UpGon the strG7ing that heEmld the line of trGees CBehind the house he lDmived in He wGas reared to gG7ive respect But soEmmewhere down the liGne he choFse To whistCleEm asF the wind blows WFhistle as the wCind bGlows through the lCeaves
H

same as before

e had a dream one night That the tree had lost its middle So he built a trunk of chicken wire To try to hold it up but the wire the wire turned to lizard skin And when he climbed it sagged TFhere wasn't even tiCme to sayEm F GFoodbye to Wendell GCee G F So whistCle as thEme wind bFlows C G C (second time through, play F) Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves
If theC wind wEmere coloFrs And iCf the Gair Fcould speak Then whistCle as tEmhe wFind blows WhisCtle asG the wCind blows