Tigers Jaw - Guardian
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
Listen for the timing. The Bm and D are transition chords for the A and G and played for only one beat.
Bm A D G
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|---7--6------11--4------| (x2)
D|---0--0------0---0------|
A|---x--x------x---x------|
E|---7--5------10--3------|
[Verse 1]
Down a Bmspiral Astairway
Like a blackoDut mGemory
You prop up Bmyour Awork
Like a figure Dof Gstraw
Keeping your Bmghosts from thAe garden D G
But is it red ripe or Bmdeadened Askin? D G
Spiraling Bmfurther Ain D G
Spiraling Bmfurther Ain D G
[Chorus]
G Burn a candle to my Bmskin
Turn the Ahandle, let me Gin
I can not be your guardiBman anyAmore G
Burn a candle to my Bmskin
Turn the Ahandle, let me Gin
I can not be your mediBmcine anyAmore, anyGmore
[Play intro riff twice]
Bm A D G (x2)
[Verse 2]
I am a moBmment in Atime
When your eyes staDrt to Gwander
And your head startsBm to Aspin
From the simplDest Gtask
Deciding what you Bmwill Awear D G
Finding faults in a Bmstraight Aline D G
I have to remBmember to Astop D G
Wringing ouBmt the Asame cloth D G
[Chorus]
G Burn a candle to my Bmskin
Turn the Ahandle, let me Gin
I can not be your guardiBman anyAmore G
Burn a candle to my Bmskin
Turn the Ahandle, let me Gin
I can not be your mediBmcine anyAmore, anyGmore
[Bridge]
G Bm A F#m G Bm Bm A F#m G
e|-----|---------------|-------|---------|---------|
B|-----|o--------------|-------|---------|---------|
G|--4--|---7--6--2--4--|--7----|--7-6----|--2-4----|
D|--0--|---0--0--0--0--|--0----|--0-0----|--0-0----|
A|--x--|o--x--x--x--x--|--x----|--x-x----|--x-x----|
E|--3--|---7--5--2--3--|--7----|--7-5----|--2-3----|
Bm A F#m G Bm D D A A (x4) A
e|--------------|-------|---------|---------|-----|
B|--------------|-------|---------|--------o|-----|
G|--7--6--2--4--|--7----|--11-11--|--6-6----|--6--|
D|--0--0--0--0--|--0----|--0--0---|--0-0----|--0--|
A|--x--x--x--x--|--x----|--x--x---|--x-x---o|--x--|
E|--7--5--2--3--|--7----|--10-10--|--5-5----|--5--|
[Play bridge riff four times]
[Chorus]
G Burn a candle to my Bmskin
Turn the Ahandle, let me Gin
I can not be your guardiBman anyAmore G
Burn a candle to my Bmskin
Turn the Ahandle, let me Gin
I can not be your mediBmcine anyAmore, anyGmore
[Outro]
Bm A F#m G Bm
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|---7--6--2--4--7~---|
D|---0--0--0--0--0~---|
A|---x--x--x--x--x~---|
E|---7--5--2--3--7~---|