**NB: this was tabbed by JozoManiac, I have simply changed it to a 'chords' format so that I can transcribe it to suit my voice. Thanks for the awesome tab Blood Middle-East (CAPO ON 4TH FRET) 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 Home to me, ^G But your beard,^C Someday might be. ^G Bridge: 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:

^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:

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

Bridge 2:

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

The Middle East - Blood