Verse::
[-] [F/C] [-] [C/G]
Chorus::
(l[-]as[F/C]t line – Am – F/C – C/G)

the last verse and Chorus have slight distortion and power chords, but works fine on
acoustic without them

To the girl among nightwatchmen
My other, my joy
With your oil-drum fire
You were my gentle unfolding
The wool and the dye
The needle and eye

These songs you sing
as you waltz her up the stairs
And the boy smiles
at the wheels of the chair
We are loved for these
things that pass us by
All we’re good for

As the sand flows into the hourglass
You hold every grain
That it might remain
Part of me wants to see you crumble
Like those toys on a plinth
Pool of alabaster limbs

Into my arms,
so that I might have my place
Although the crutch may just
serve to dull the only blade
That you brought to this fight
Let’s go another round
Let’s go another round

To the girl among nightwatchmen
The long fingers of morning
Will take you by the hand
Precious stones,
they’re all spoken for
You’ve chosen the tunes,
Everything is just so, just so

And now birdsong,
ice clinking in the sun
Dripfeed
Of gentle talk
and pleasantries
And I wait for a gap in the traffic
To tell her I’ll always hold you close
It’s all I’m good for

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Tuning:EADGBe

This is a great song by a great band but Bell X1 tabs are hard to come by so I thought

RIFF 1

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2---------------------2--------------------3------------------|
E|----0-0-2-2-3-3/5-3-2-----0-0-2-2-3-3/5-3-2----0-0-2-2-3-3/5-3-2|
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------| (REPEAT)
A|--3---------------------|
E|----0-0-2-2-3-3/8-8-7---|

(No guitar is played during the first verse but the bass plays these notes if your
on your own)

G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--0--0--10--10--8--8-8--8-|

How I know
Go bow end send mend bend pretend
Shut your face again
Bleed seed need read breath on my knees
How I choose to breath
Lie cry learn grow slow false start
How I build my wall
Hate wait bait kiss or taste the place
And make weather in my face

PLAY RIFF1 ONCE

Second Verse and Chorus

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---2-/----12---10--10--10--10--10--10-| Check song for strumming
A|---2-/----12---10--10--10--10--10--10-|
E|-0-----10------8---8---8---8---8---8--|

How I choose bruise loose win sin bin tease please
Better have her on her knees
Play pray say rock feel kneel dream
How I choose to scream
Shout wake sleep need to touch her deep
Change
Rearrange
Fate wait weight kiss or taste the place
And make weather in my face

CHORUS
I wanna be the only one that you know
Happily your placebo
I wanna be the only one that you know
Cos I adore you
I wanna be the only one that you know
Don’t believe your placebo
I wanna be the only one that you know

(The third verse has no guitar at the start and the bass just plays an open E at a weird
then this riff comes in. I think the bass plays it too.)
RIFF2

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---------5h7---------5---------|
E|-0--5h7-------0--5h7-----------|

How I know
Go bow end send mend bend pretend
Shut your face again
Bleed seed need read breath on my knees
How I choose to breath

(Play RIFF2)
Lie cry learn grow slow false start
How I build my wall
Hate wait bait kiss or taste the place
And make weather in my face

REPEAT CHORUS (X2)

(the second time the chorus is played a heavily distorted guitar plays the same chords
before quietly in the background)

Repeat RIFF1

END

| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note