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The Stable Song by Gregory Alan Isakov - Guitar Chords
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Version 2 Version 3
Gregory Alan Isakov - The Stable Song
Capo 2
Consider the tab for the first two lines of verse:
C Fmaj7
e|-------------------------------------0----|
B|-------------------------------------1----|
G|---0---0-0--0---0-0--0---0-0-0----0--2----|
D|---2---2-0--2---2-0--2---2-2-2-2-----3----|
A|---3---3-3--3---3-3--3---3-3-3-------3----|
E|------------------------------------------|
C G Am
e|----------------------------0---|
B|----------------------------1---|
G|---0---0-0--0---0-0-0-------2---|
D|---2---2-0--2---2-2-2-------2---|
A|---3---3-3--3---3-3-3----2------|
E|----------------------3---------|
This flourish-then-walkup pattern repeats itself:
* in the chorus: Flourish on F, walkup with C
* a little differently in the Bridge: walkup on E maj "...(E) clear-and (Fmaj7) cold..."
Once you get a feel for it, the flourish-walkup pattern should 'feel' obvious
[Verse 1]
C Fmaj7
Remember when our songs were just like prayers.
C G/B Am Fmaj7
Like gospel hymns that you called in the air.
C Fmaj7
Come down come down sweet reverence,
C G/B Am Fmaj7 C
unto my simple house and ring...and ring.
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Ring like silver, ring like gold
C G/B Am Fmaj7
Ring out those ghosts on the Ohio
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Ring like clear day wedding bells
C G/B Am Fmaj7 C
Were we the belly of the beast or the sword that fell...we'll never tell.
[Bridge]
Em Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C
Come to me clear and cold on some sea
Em Fmaj7 C G
Watch the world spinning waves...like machines
[Verse 2]
C Fmaj7
Now I,ve been crazy couldn't you tell?
C G/B Am Fmaj7
I threw stones at the stars, but the whole sky fell.
C Fmaj7
Now I'm covered up in straw, belly up on the table
C G/B Am Fmaj7 C
Well and drank and sang, and passed in the stable.
[Bridge Instrumental]
Em Fmaj7 C Fmaj7/C
Em Fmaj7 C Fmaj7/C
Em Fmaj7 C Fmaj7/C
Em Fmaj7 C G
[Verse 3]
C Fmaj7
That tall grass grows high and brown,
C G/B Am Fmaj7
Well I dragged you straight in the muddy ground
C Fmaj7
and you sent me back to where I roam.
C G/B Am Fmaj7 C
Well I cursed and I cried, but now I know...now I know
[Verse 4]
Am Fmaj7
And I ran back to that hollow again
C G/B Am Fmaj7
the moon was just a sliver back then.
Am Fmaj7
And I ached for my heart like some tin man
C G/B Am Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C
when it came oh it beat and it boiled and it rang... oh, it's ringing
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Ring like crazy, ring like hell
C G/B Am Fmaj7
Turn me back into that wild haired gale
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Ring like silver, ring like gold
C G/B Am Fmaj7
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal
C G/B Am Fmaj7
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal
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