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AND IF MY HEART SHOULD SOMEHOW STOP – James Vincent McMorrow

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Tabbed by: Will Jones
Email: moss_grows_on_tiles@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Chords:

e|-2----3----0----0---------0---------1--|
B|-3----3----2----3----3----0----0----1--|
G|-2----0----2----0----4----6----4----2--|
D|-0----x----2----2----4----7----5----3--|
A|-0----2----0----2----2----7----5----3--|
E|-x----3---------0---------5----3----1--|

VERSE:

The wind changed, the first day that you came through

Cut the corn, washed it clean

Now everything that’s ever gone before, is like a blur

And it’s all because of you

And now I find, this city’s like a stranger to me

I once was fooled by cadillacs and honey

But no one feels like you

Not like you

Not like you

Not like you

Cause even though the flower fades something takes it’s place

A marching band on a sunny day, two pretty eyes or a a pretty face

CHORUS
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/james_vincent_mcmorrow/and_if_my_heart_should_somehow_stop_crd_ver_2.html )
Then in the forest I made my home

Lay down on hard and ancient stone

Then if my heart should somehow stop

I’ll hang on, to the hope

That you’re not too late

That you’re not too late

VERSE:

And there are times I know when I will have to chase you,

The further from my side you go, the longing grows

And though I hate this, I’ll still want you,

I will hate this, but I’ll still want you

Even though the flower dies somethings by it’s side

A helping hand or a kiss goodbye, to ease it on it’s way

BRIDGE:

CHORUS

Then in the forest i made my home

Lay down on hard and ancient stone

Then if my heart should somehow stop

I’ll hang on, to the hope

That you’re not too late

That you’re not too late

When the hills let go
Slowly fade into the water like some ancient lover
On a ship filled with ghosts
It’s something to behold

When the paper thin girls
With twisting little braids in their hair,
They take off their coats and throw
Pebbles and stones from the side of the boat,
Crying out
The stones they float, the stones they float
Oh my God, the stones they float, the stones they float

Down the burning ropes
Past the places where the steal beams meet concrete skies
You make your bed under the moonlight
I think it’s time we said goodbye

Cause nothing moves in the warm air
And words that once would cut like a knife,
They just hang in the cloud and you’re
Pushed by the lord,
But you’re pulled by the crowds and
You’re overboard, you’re overboard
Oh my God, she’s overboard, she’s overboard

Am G F (last two strumming)
My love she’s overboard
Am G F (strumming)
She’s overboard
My love she’s over board

Some uuuhs and aaaaahs with Am G F

Not a shell unbroken
In the valley where my heartache and the timbers lay
It’s not the time to be hanging around here
You know what some might say

That people get too reckless
That even with the simplest of crimes
They leave, blood behind,
As I clean the knife for the very last time
I think she knows, I think she knows
Oh my God, I think she knows, I think she knows

I think she know

Uuuuhs and aAaahhs with Am G F

Enjoy

James Vincent Mcmorrow – Breaking Hearts
Early In the Morning

Quality album, this guy is fantastic
First tab – go easy please!
Intro: F#m

Verse:

You can stop your crying, I’m never coming back
You can stop your crying, just walk down the tracks again
I just can’t take the pressure, it’s all too much for me
I just can’t take the pressure, please just let me be

Chorus:
See I’ve been, breaking hearts, for far too long
Been loving you, for far too long,
Making plans now, for far too long

Yes I’ve been breaking hearts, for far too long
Loving you, for far too long,
It’s time I went, it’s time I’m moving on

Verse:

I’m gonna find a city, call the streets my home
I’m gonna find a city, drink until it’s gone
The girls there, look so pretty, treat me oh so well
The girl there look so pretty, they’re all just empty shells to me
Chorus:

See I’ve been, breaking hearts, for far too long
Been loving you, for far too long,
Making plans now, for far too long

Yes I’ve been breaking hearts, for far too long
Loving you, for far too long,
It’s time I went, it’s time I’m moving on

Verse:

When I need the shelter, I’ll know just who to call
When I need the shelter, I’ll be knocking on your door
But when it comes to dying, I’ll do it on my own
I’ve never been too clever, I’ve always just hung on

Chorus:

See I’ve been, breaking hearts, for far too long
Been loving you, for far too long,
Making plans now, for far too long

Yes I’ve been breaking hearts, for far too long
Loving you, for far too long,
It’s time I went, it’s time I’m moving on

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Constant threat of violence, it works
It can get you so far
End up feeling worse, it’s cold
Then you’re left with no one

[Chorus 1]
I love the way your heart had no rules
Loving what your heart becomes
Even when you smile, you’re still cruel
Loving what your heart becomes
Remember when my hands, they turned blue
Loving what your heart becomes
I love the way you hang with no fools
Loving what your heart becomes

[Post-Chorus 1]
What your heart becomes
What your heart becomes

[Verse 2]
How’d we get invited? (Get low)
Out here in L.A. (Get low)
Trying to be the man you need (Get low)
Every day (I could never show, I could never show)
Thought I’d write a novel (Get low)
Didn’t like the weight (Get low)
It’s hard to stay inspired (Get low)
And stay awake (I could never show, I could never show)

[Pre-Chorus 2]
And struggling in darkness, it works
It can get you so far
But digging in the dirt, it gets old
Then you’re left with no one

[Chorus 2]
I love the way your heart had no rules
Loving what your heart becomes
Even when you smile, you’re still cruel
Loving what your heart becomes
Remember when my hands, they turned blue
Loving what your heart becomes
I love the way you hang with no fools
Loving what your heart becomes

[Post-Chorus 2]
What your heart becomes
What your heart becomes

Gather in a circle
Dropping to our knees
Praying for forgiveness from you
Begging please
Clapping like we mean it
And nothing’s ever changing
Everything about it
Always stays the same

[Chorus 3]
I love the way your heart had no rules
Loving what your heart becomes
Even when you smile, you’re still cruel
Loving what your heart becomes
Remember when my hands, they turned blue
Loving what your heart becomes
I love the way you hang with no fools
Loving what your heart becomes

[Post-Chorus 3]
What your heart becomes
What your heart becomes

James Vincent McMorrow – If I Had a Boat

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Key of G
Ear-transcribed on ukulele by Neil Killer.

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INTRO:
Golden, golden, golden river run
To the East then drop beneath the sun
And as the moon lies low and overhead
We’re [(D)]lost

Em7 [-]- G [-]- Em[-]7...

VERSE 1:
Burn slow, burning up the back wall
Long roads, where the city meets the sky
Most days, most days stay the sole same
Please stay, for this fear it will not die

CHORUS:
If I had a boat, I would sail to you
Hold you in my arms, ask you to be true
Once I had a dream, it died long before
Now I’m pointed north, hoping for the shor[(Em)]e

VERSE 2:
Down low, down amongst the thorn rows
Weeds grow, through the lilies and the vine
Birds play, try to find their own way
Soft clay, on your feet and under mine

CHORUS:
If I had a boat, I would sail to you
Hold you in my arms, ask you to be true
Once I had a dream, it died long before
Now I’m pointed north, hoping for the shor[(Em7)]e

BRIDGE:
Splitting at the seams
Heaving at the brace
Sheets all billowing
The breaking of the day
Sea is not my friend
And everyone conspires
Still I choose to swim
Slip beneath the tide

Once I had a dream
Once I had a hope
That was yesterday
Not so long ago
This is not the end
This is just the world
Such a foolish thing
Such an honest girl

CHORUS:
If I had a boat, I would sail to you
Hold you in my arms, ask you to be true
Once I had a dream, it died long before
Now I’m pointed north, hoping for the shore

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The chords are pretty straightforward, what’s more difficult is capturing
the beat and piano bass.

Personally, I like to play the first verse through the second chorus (i.e.
until the bridge) in a pretty straight 4/4 strum, with a small crescendo
throughout. I play the first part of the bridge pretty sparsely (one strum
per chord), but the second part (G – F – Am – G) I pick up the beat again,
go 8/8 with crescendo, and then culminate in the release on the chorus.

Again, this is a personal choice. In other words, play it as you like.

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INTRO
[—–]

VERSE 1

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If this is redemption, why do I bother at all?
There’s nothing to mention, and nothing has changed
Still I’d rather be working at something, than praying for the rain
So I wander on, till someone else is saved

VERSE 2 (same chords as Verse 1)

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I moved to the coast, under a mountain
Swam in the ocean, slept on my own
At dawn i would watch the sun, cut ribbons through the bay
I’d remember all, the things my mother wrote

CHORUS

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That we don’t eat until your father’s at the table
And we don’t drink until the devil’s turned to dust
And never once has any man I’ve met been [D/F#]able to love
So if I were you, I’d have a little trust

VERSE 3

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Two thousand years, I’ve been in that water
Two thousand years, sunk like a stone
Desperately reaching for nets that the fishermen have thrown
Trying to find a little bit of hope

VERSE 4

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Me, I was holding, all of my secrets soft and hid
Pages were folded; then there was nothing at all
So if in the future I might, need myself a savior
I’ll remember what was written on that wall

CHORUS

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That we don’t eat until your father’s at the table
And we don’t drink until the devil’s turned to dust
And never once has any man I’ve met been able to love
So if I were you, I’d have a little trust

BRIDGE

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Am I an honest man and true?
Have I been good to you at all?
Oh I’m so tired of playing these games

We’d just be running down
The same old lines, the same old stories of
Breathless trains and, worn down glories
Houses burning, worlds that turn
On their own

CHORUS

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That we don’t eat until your father’s at the table
And we don’t drink until the devil’s turned to dust
And never once has any man I’ve met been [D/F#]able to love
So if I were you my friend
Learn to have just a little bit of trust.

Glacier by James Vincent Mcmorrow
This is an amazing song. Chords and lyrics are not perfect, but they are a start, hopefully.

Standard Tuning — no capo

Someone hears a lie, somewhere underneath,
caught between the reeling, mirroring the beat.
I no longer fit and the years asleep.
Show no sense of holding, staring aimlessly.

I wanna go south of the river, glacier slow in the heart of the winter.
I wanna go south of the river, face it alone in the heart of the winter.

And this we’ll celebrate, this we’ll celebrate
There and on the stage, this is a mistake.
Damn me off the long. Down the earth and moon,
damp and clawing kneeling, rustling into change.
In a moment I was caught, in a calling by a steam.
In the moment of a hot.

I wanna go south of the river, glacier slow in the heart of the winter.
I wanna go south of the river, face it alone in the heart of the winter.
I am knotted at the love called house.

Few became, few became as glory as long locked as the forest
state and starting living near.
Harrow since, ever since the farthest reaching under we inside
a cheat, his banks again, so dear.
Someone hears a lie, somewhere underneath. Caught between
the reeling, mirroring the beat. I no longer fit, and in years we fall.
Silence is so cold, and there’s no sense at all.
And I was someone else, I was something good.
Barrelling at the old. There along the door.

I wanna go south of the river, face it alone in the heart of the winter.
I wanna go south of the river, face it alone in the heart of the winter.