Blood – Middle-East (CAPO ON 4TH FRET) MAIN RIFF: C G/C Am Em C E|-------------------------/---7-------------------------| B|---5---5---5---5---1---1-/---8---8-----5---5----5---5--| G|---0---0---0---0---2---2-/-------9-----0---0----0---0--| D|-----0-------0-------2---/-----9---------0--------0----| A|--3--------------0-------/-7--------3---------3--------| E|---------3---------------------------------------------| Intro: (Main Riff x2) Verse 1:

^COlder bro^G/Cther, rest^Amless soul, ^Emlie dow^Cn. ^CLie for a ^G/Cwhile with yo^Amur ear ^Emagainst ^Cthe earth. ^CYou can ^G/Chear your ^Amsister ^Emsleep ^Ctalking, Say ‘you’re hair is ^G/Clong but n^Amot long ^Emenough to r^Ceach

Chorus: C G E|-----------------------------------| B|---5---5---5---5---3---3----3---3--| G|---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0--| D|-----0-------0---------------------| x2 A|-3-------3-----------0--------0----| E|-----------------3--------3--------|

^C Home to me, ^G But your beard,^C Someday might be. ^G Bridge: Em7 Cadd9 G E|----------------------------------------------------| B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----| G|---0---0---0---0—--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----| D|-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------------| x4 A|-2-------2-------3-------3-----------2-------2------| E|---------------------------------3-------3----------| And she’ll wake up ^Em7in a cold swe^Cadd9at on the floo^Gr Next to a ^Em7family portrait ^Cadd9drawn when you were ^Gfour And ^Em7beside a jar of ^Cadd9two cent coins that are ^Gno good no more ^Em7 ^Cadd9She’ll lay it ^Gaside

(Main Riff x2) Verse 2: (Same picking as riff)

^C Older ^G/Cfather, w^Ameary sou^Eml, you’l^Cl drive Back to the h^G/Come you m^Amade on th^Eme mou^Cntainside With that^G/C ugly,^Am terri^Emble th^Cing Those papers ^G/Cfor di^Amvorce And a ^Emlonely r^Cing,

Chorus 2: (Same picking as chorus)

A lonely ring ^G Sit on your porch ^C And pluck your strings ^G

Bridge 2: (Can pick bridge riff or strum chords)

Oh, and you’ll ^Em7find som^Cadd9ebody you can ^Gblame And you’ll ^Em7follow the creek that^Cadd9 runs out into the^G sea ^Em7 And you’ll ^Cadd9find the peace of the^G Lord.

(Main Riff x2) Verse 3: (Main riff)

^C Grandf^G/Cather, w^Ameary so^Emul, you’^Cll fly Over yo^G/Cur life on^Amce mor^Eme before ^Cyou die Since our ^G/Cgrandma ^Ampassed away^Em Y^Cou’ve ^G/Cwaited for ^Amforever ^Emand a da^Cy

Chorus 3: (Strum)

Just to die, ^G And someday soon ^C You will die ^G

Bridge3: (Strum bass note then rest of chord)

^Em7It was the only ^Cadd9woman you ever ^Gloved That got ^Em7burnt by the sun t^Cadd9oo often when she was^G young And the ^Em7cancer spread and it ran into^Cadd9 her body and her ^Gblood Em7 Cadd9 G------- And there’s nothing you can do about it now

Outro: (Same as verse - strumming) C G/C Am Em C x4 G C G x2 (same as chorus) Outro: G C G x3 (One strum) Chords Used: C: X30050 G/C: 3X0050 Am: 002210 Em: 0799870 Em7: 022033 Cadd9: X32033 G: 320033 note: I got the chord structure for the verse, chorus, bridge, and the picking structure the verse from reservoirdog. Thank you so much for the help resevoirdog! The Middle East are such an awesome band, i recommend having a look at some of their songs. They are not very well known but they do have a myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/visitthemiddleeast

The Middle East - Blood