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The Handsome Family - Far From Any Road
Picking pattern:
Am
d d u d u d u |
e|---0-0----0-------0--|
B|---1-1----1-------1--|
G|---2-2----2-------2--| x4
D|--------------2------|
A|0--------------------|
E|--------0------------|
Am E
d d u d u d u d d u d u d u |
e|---0-0----0-------0--|---0-0----0-------0--|
B|---1-1----1-------1--|---0-0----0-------1--|
G|---2-2----2-------2--|---1-1----1-------1--|
D|--------------2------|--------------2------|
A|0--------------------|2--------------------|
E|--------0------------|--------0------------|
Dm Am
d d u d u d u d d u d u d u |
e|---1-1----1-----1----|---0-0----0-------0--|
B|---3-3----3-----3----|---1-1----1-------1--|
G|---2-2----2-----2----|---2-2----2-------2--|
D|0-------------0------|--------------2------|
A|--------0------------|0--------------------|
E|---------------------|--------0------------|
[Intro]
Am Am Am Am
Am Am
[Verse 1]
Am E
From the dusty mesa
Dm Am
Her looming shadow grows
Am E
Hidden in the branches
Dm Am
of the poison creosote
Am
[Verse 2]
C
She twines her spines up slowly
G
Towards the boiling sun
Dm
And when I touched her skin
F
My fingers ran with blood
[Interlude]
Am Am Am Am Am Am
[Verse 3]
Am E
In the hushing dusk
Dm Am
Under a swollen silver moon
Am E
I came walking with the wind
Dm Am
To watch the cactus bloom
Am
[Verse 4]
C
A strange hunger haunted me,
G
The looming shadows danced
Dm
I fell down to the thorny brush
F
And felt a trembling hand
[Interlude]
Am Am Am Am Am Am
[Verse 5]
Am E
When the last light warms the rocks
Dm Am
And the rattlesnakes unfold
Am E
Mountain cats will come
Dm Am
to drag away your bones
Am
[Verse 6]
C
And rise with me forever
G
Across the silent sand
Dm
And the stars will be your eyes
F
And the winds will be my hands
[Outro]
Am Am Am Am
Am Am Am Am
Am Am