The dying light was nearly dead
By the time we reached the water’s edge.
We saw the river beating on the river bank
For the way that it held it in her riverbed.

It’s cold, it’s dark,
It’s not for people with uneasy hearts.
But if you’re with me on the other side,
Strike up the band; we have survived.

A E A E x3

And do they beat that drum to get you back home,

Or do they beat it to keep you away?

Don’t be surprised at your regrets.
Don’t be surprised that the water made you wet.
There’s a shallow down river
Where the water will forgive you,
Soft skin, your lukewarm beds

Follow me, oh follow me;
Allow me to play the voyager.
I’ll try to keep you as dry
As the hollowed out tree that
You would be wrapped in another man’s fur

So take a dive
Oh take a dive
Oh take it out on the stepping stones that make the water lie
So take a dive, oh take a dive

Ohohohoh-ohohoh, ohohohoh-ohohoh

Take that hair out of your damned eyes
While the waves are rain
And the sum you’ll pay.

Do they beat that drum to get you back home,

Or do they beat it to keep you away?

Will you burn your bridges down

Singing lalalalalalala
Will you burn your bridges down

Singing lalalalalalala
Will you bang your drum to the blazing sound

Singing lalalalalalala

Will you turn away?
How can you turn away?

(0:13)


I’ll be home
When hair has fallen out
We’ll be home
When it reaches the ground
We’ll be home
We’ll be home
Then

We can sing
Through cracks in the crossbeams
We can sing
Very, very quietly
We can sing
We can sing for each other

Until then don’t tear your hair out
I won’t tear it out if you don’t

When I die, I’m leaving you my feet
When you die, you can stand up for me
We can lie in a homemade canoe
You can put me in your hair
I’ll be happy there

Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh

We’ll be home
When my hair has fallen out
We’ll be home
When we’ve picked it up off the ground

We’ll be home then
We’ll be home then
We can sing and
We’ll be home then

Am C x8
Am x5

Dm Am G F x2

I- I’m a wall of sand, and stone,
and you – you’re some kind of ivy
I’m trying to hold
as best as I can
as best as I can.

But I’m a disaster!
I could not be burning faster!
I stick my arms into webs!

I take my meals with weirdos,
and play with my rocket ships.
And all the while, you –
– you – are so composed.
so composed
so composed

You are the most gracious thing I know –
touched by cooking fires, touched by snow.
Woah.

And I - I think you’re fantastic,
and I - I know that you care.
I’ll put my rockets away,
if you let fall
your house of skin and air.

Dm Am G F x4

I’ve been running off of fumes, again.
I’ve been running off my mouth.
I’ve been running in the hours

between midnight and dawn
in the direction of the moon,

with the impression
that’s the way- the way to find your house.

So hey, have you built your bastion?
And hey, how long can you put up with these questions,
when you’ve got nowhere to go

except into the terrible air?

And I - I think you’re fantastic,
and I - I know that you care.
I’ll put my rockets away,
if you let fall
your house of skin and

– Erring on the side of caution – apparently past,
come down from the rim of that crystal glass.

Cause I - I’m wall of sand, and stone,
and you – you’re some kind of ivy
I’m trying to hold
as best as I can.

FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

Standard Tuning

Main Rhythm for entire song
00:01

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—————–5-55—-5-55———-|
-7-77-5–7-77-5–3-33-5–3-33-5——–|
-5-55-3–5-55-3——-3——-3——–|

1:07

-5-8-7–5-8-7–3-5-3——————-|
-5-5-5–5-5-5–5-5-5–5–5————-|
-5-5-5–5-5-5———5–5————-|
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1:24

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———5/6———-5/6———-65———-65—-|
-9h10o9–5/7–9h10o9–5/7–9h10o9–75–9h10o9–75—-|
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2:14

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-1————3————————|
-2————4————————|
-3————5————————|
-3————5————————|
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3:40

——————–5—-5—-5—-5—|
-1————3—–5—-5—-5—-5—|
-2————4—–5—-5—-5—-5—|
-3————5————————|
-3————5————————|
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4:00 (this isn’t totally accurate, but it’s
the best I got by ear…e-mail me w/ corrections
if you have them)

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-5-5-5–5-5-5–1-1-1-11/5…———-|
-5-5-5–4-4-4–2-2-2-22/5…———-|
-5-5-5–4-4-4–3-3-3-22/5…———-| x 7
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then

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-5-5-5–5-5-5–1——-3————–|
-5-5-5–4-4-4–2——-4————–|
-5-5-5–4-4-4–3——-5————–|
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4:29

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—–14————–12—————|
-10——12–14–10——10–12–14—|
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5:01 (he plays this various ways through
the throughout, but it’s all based on this riff)

-0—-0—-0—-0—-3–5–3———-|
-5—-5—-5—-5—-5–5–5–55/3–5-|
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G F#m Em Am x2

I heard all your reasons
I heard all your plans
I have seen the seasons
Clutched up in your hands

You’re the one-eyed feather
You’re the lion’s mane
Swear you’ve heard the weather
Calling out your name

There’ll be no more winter
There’ll be no more spring and
There’ll be no more dinner bells
Left for you to ring
There’ll be no more dinner bells
Dinner bells to ring.

Maestro learns the music
Musicians learn to dance
They’ll be no more trumpets

They’re’ll be no more flutes
No more clapping hands

I heard all your reasons
I heard all your plans
I heard of your treasons

And I heard all your pleas
And I’ve made friends with the hangman

So there’ll be no more winter
There’ll be no more spring and
There’ll be no more dinner bells
Left for you to ring
There’ll be no more dinner bells
Dinner bells to ring

There’ll be no more dinner bells
Dinner bells to ring
There’ll be no more dinner bells
Dinner bells to ring

C Bm Am D x3

till the end