Tabbed By: Isaiah Barker
Please check out my music, it is similar to Dallas Green's music.
Isaiah Barker (Facebook)
The Pilgrimage (Facebook)
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City and Colour
Bring Me Your Love (2008)
Tracks:
Forgive Me
Confessions
The Death Of Me
Body In A Box
The Sleeping Sickness
What Makes A Man?
Waiting...
Constant Knot
Against The Grain
The Girl
Sensible Heart
As Much As I Ever Could
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Forgive Me
Capo 1
Intro:
E---------------------------------------------------------|
B-0h1-----1h3--0---------0h1---1h3--0--------3-3p1p0------|
G-0-----0------0------0--0-----------0--------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A-3---3--------2----2----0----0--------2---2--------------|
E---------------------------------------0h3---------------|
E-0--------0-------------0---0-3--------------|
B-0--------0---------1-----1----3---3p1p0-----|
G-0-----0--0---------0------------------------|
D-3--3-----0--0-------------------------------|
A-3--------5---5---0---0---------0h2----------|
E-1-1--1---3-3--------------------------------|
I'll cross my heart and hope to die
before I have the chance to lie
to you my dear I wish no harm
but I know in the end this will turn out wrong
see I've been known to fall in love
but sometimes love just is not enough
and my heart will stray before too long
so please forgive me when I sing
this song
oooooo ooo
oooooo ooo
oooooo ooo
oooooo ooo
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Confessions
Tuning:
Capo 2
~=slide
/=pulloff
h=hammer on
e|----------------------------------|
b|---0-------------------3-0--------|
f#|--0-------------0-0-0-3-0--------|
d|---2~4~2---------0-0-0-0-0--------|
B|---0-------------0-0-0-0-0--------|
E|--------0h2h3----3-3-3-3-3--------|4 times.
intro part#2
e|----------------------------------|
b|---0-------------------0-0-0------|
f#|--0-------------0-0-0-0-0-0------|
d|---2~4~2---------0-0-0-0-0-0------|
B|---0-------------0-0-0-0-0-0------|4 times, then reverts back to the first
E|--------0h2h3----3-3-3-3-3-3------|part.
chorus
e|----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
b|----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
f#|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-5-5-5-5-|
d|----9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-|
B|----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|I use up and down strokes.
E|--7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
the solo
e|------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-----|
b|----------0-3-2-0-------5—3-2-0---2-0-----0-3-3/0-----|
f#|------------------3-0-----------3--------0-3-3-3-----|
d|------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-----|
B|------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-----|
E|---------3-------------5------------------3-3-3-3-----|
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The Death of Me
Chords used:
Em:022000
G: 320033
C/G:332010
Gm:554030
Intro: Em, G, C/G, Gm (x2)
Do I have nothing good left to say
Do I need whiskey to start fueling my complaints
People love to drink their troubles away
Sometimes I feel that I’d be better off that way
Cause maybe then I could sleep at night
I wouldn’t lie awake until the morning light
This is something that I’ll never control
My nerves will be the death of me I know
I know
I know
So here’s to living life miserable
And here’s to all the lonely stories that I’ve told
Maybe drinking wine would validate my sorrow
Every man needs a muse and mine could be the bottle
Maybe then I could sleep at night
I wouldn’t lie awake until the morning light
This is something that I’ll never control
My nerves will be the death of me I know
Finally I could hope for a better day
No longer holding on to all the things that cloud my mind
Maybe then the weight of the world wouldn’t seem so heavy
C/G (stop) Gm (stop) Em
But then again I’ll probably always feel this way
At least I know I’ll never sleep at night
I’ll always lie awake until the morning light
This is something that I’ll never control
My nerves will be the death of me
My nerves will be the death of me
Gm (stop)
My nerves will be the death of me
C/G Gm Em (slow Strum)
I know
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Body In A Box
Tuning: Standard
Capo 2
e|---3----2----3----3----0----0----3----0----|
B|---3----3----3----3----0----1----3----3----|
G|---0----2----0----0----0----0----2----2----|
D|---0----0----2----2----2----2----0----0----|
A|---2----0----3----2----2----3----0----0----|
E|---3----0----0----0----0----0----2----0----|
Verse:
There's a funeral procession on the highway,
Traffic screeches to a halt.
There's people searching for a better way,
To live their lives.
Johnny lived a good life, you'll hear them say
As tears of sadness soak the ground.
The reaper crept in, took his breath away,
In the middle of the night.
[Chorus:]
We celebrate the lives of the dead,
It's like a man's best party, only happens when he dies.
We gather 'round to pay our respects,
While their souls are still searching for the light,
TO
Searching for the light.
Verse:
So please don't come to me on my dying day,
Just let me go in peace.
With all the things that I forgot to say,
Still racing through my mind.
And don't you bury me six feet under ground,
Just burn my body in a box.
And let my ashes blow with the wind,
Out into the night.... sky.
Chorus:
We celebrate the lives of the dead,
It's like a man's best party, only happens when he dies.
We gather 'round to pay our respects,
While their souls are still searching for the light,
TO
Searching for the light.
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Sleeping Sickness
Capo 4
I awoke
Only to find my lungs empty
And through the night
So it seems I'm not breathing
And now my dreams are nothing like they were meant to be
And I'm breaking down, I think I'm breaking down
And I'm afraid
To sleep because of what haunts me
Such as living with the uncertainty
That I'll never find the words to say
Which would completely explain
Just how I'm breaking down
[Chorus]
Someone come and, someone come and save my life
Maybe I'll sleep when I am dead
But now it's like the night is taking sides
With all the worries that occupy the back of my mind
Could it be this misery will suffice?
I've become
A simple souvenir of someone's kill
And like the sea
I'm constantly changing from calm to ill
Madness fills my heart and soul as if the great divide could swallow me whole
oh, how I'm breaking down
[Chorus]
oooohhh my life
Someone come and, someone come and save my life (save my life)
Someone come and, someone come and save my life (save my life)
Someone come and, someone come and save my life
Could it be this misery will suffice?
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What Makes A Man
Intro:
(F7,G7,Am)
Verse 1:
I can hear my train a comin'
Its a lonesome and distant cry
I can hear my train a comin'
Now I'm running for my life
What makes a man walk away from his mind?
I think I know
I think I might know
Verse 2:
I can feel the wind blowing
Sending shivers down my spine
I can feel the wind blowing
Shakes the trees and the power lines
What makes a man spend his whole life in disguise?
I think I know
I think I might know
Chorus:
What makes a man? (I think I know)
What makes a man? (I think I know)
What makes a man?
Oh oh oh
Repeat chords
Verse 3:
I can see the sun setting
Its casting shadows on the sea
I can see the sun setting
Its getting colder starting to freeze
What makes a man want to break a heart with ease
I think I know
I think I might know
Chorus:
What makes a man? (I think I know)
What makes a man? (I think I know)
What makes a man?
Verse 4:
I can hear my train a comin'
Looks like time is on my side
I can hear my train a comin'
I'm still running for my life
What makes a man pray when he's about to die?
I think I know
I think I might know
Chorus: (x2)
What makes a man? (I think I might know)
What makes a man? (I think I might know)
What makes a man?
Oh oh oh
(End on Am)
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Waiting
Chords:
Cmaj7 [3,3,2,0,0,0]
Am9 [3,3,2,2,0,0]
G6 [3,3,0,0,0,0]
F#11b9 [3,2,4,0,0,0]
Em [0,2,2,0,0,0]
Em11 [5,5,4,0,0,0]
A coma might feel better than this,
attempting to discover where to begin.
You're weighed down, you're full of something.
Of sickness, and desertion.
You're weighed down, you're full of something,
you're underneath it all.
So say goodbye to love,
and hold your head up high.
There's no need to rush
we're all just waiting, waiting to die.
(Slide the Em11 down to Cmaj7, listen to the track to get the timing)
Hoping a better place is all I need,
with moments of innocence and mystery.
Oh, it's the little things you miss.
Like waking up all alone.
Oh, it's the little things you miss,
when you're underneath it all.
So say goodbye to love,
and hold your head up high.
There's no need to rush
we're all just waiting, waiting to die.
All your friends seem like enemies
when you're broken down and empty. Oooh.
All your friends seem like enemies
when you're broken down and empty. Oooh.
Em(let ring) G6(let ring)
So say goodbye to love,
Em11(let ring) Cmaj7(let ring
and hold your head up high.
There's no need to rush
we're all just waiting, waiting to die.
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Constant Knot
Chords:
Asus4: 33220X
Em: 022030
G: 320033
Gm: 200033
Bm: 024030
Intro:
E:-----------------------------0-----|
B:------------0-------------3---3----|
G:----2-2---2---2----0--0-0----------|
D:-2--2-2---2--------2--2-2----------|
A:-3--3-3---3--------2--2-2----------|
E:-3--3-3---3--------0--0-0----------|
Verse 1:
How much would you bet?
That if i tried hard enough.
I would spontane-ously combust.
I wish I could disappear,
and run away from all of my fears,
I think I'm coming undone...
Ba ba da da, ba ba, ba da da dah.
Chorus:
So stay the night,
I promise, that I won't bite.
'Cause without you there
I don't think that I, could close my eyes.
Verse 2:
How do I end up this way?
A constant knot in my gut.
Aus Em Asus4 Em
Tied with uncertain-ty, and with lust.
A classic case I suppose.
A haunted man who can't outrun his ghosts.
They're in my skin and my bones.
Chorus:
So stay the night,
I promise, that I won't bite.
'Cause without you there
I don't think that I, could close my eyes.
Outro: (same as verse)
Now I sing.
Ba ba da da, ba ba, ba da, da dah, ba ba da da, dah etc
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Against the Grain
Capo: 4th fret
(332010) - (x02210) - (320003) - (133210)
you need not to climb mountaintops
G Fmaj7 etc.
you need not to cross the sea
you need not to find a cure
for everything that makes you weak
you need not to reach for the stars
when life becomes so dark
and when the wind does blow against the grain
you must follow your heart
G C/G etc.
you must follow your heart
and all your friends
have come and gone
and the sun no longer shines
and the happiness for which you long
is washed away like an ocean's tide
when all the hard times outweigh the good
and all your words are misunderstood
when the day seems lost from the start
you must follow your heart
you must follow your heart
if you feel you've paid the price
and your wounds should cease to heal
and everything you love in life
spins like a winding wheel
if you should wake to find you're abandoned
and the road you travel leads to a dead end
when death creeps in to play its part
you must follow your heart
you must follow your heart
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The Girl
Standard Tuning, Capo 3rd Fret.
G/f#
e|-3-----3-----0-----------2-|
b|-3-----3-----0-----1-----3-|
g|-0-----0-----0-----0-----2-|
d|-0-----0-----2-----2-----0-|
a|-2-----2-----2-----3-------|
e|-3-----2-----0-------------|
G/f#
I wish I could do better by you 'cause that's what you deserve,
G/f#
You sacrifice so much of your life in order for this to work.
G G/f#
While I'm out chasin' my own dreams,
Sailin' around the world,
Please know that I'm yours to keep, my beautiful girl.
G/f#
When you cry, a piece of my heart dies, knowing I may have been the cause
G/f#
If you were to leave, fulfill someone else's dreams, I think I might totally
be lost.
G G/f#
You don't ask for no diamond rings,
No delicate string of pearls,
That's why I wrote this song to sing, my beautiful girl.
G/f#
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Sensible Heart
CAPO 2
E|-0-|-0-|-0-|
B|-0-|-3-|-0-|
G|-0-|-2-|-0-|
D|-2-|-0-|-2-|
A|-2-|-0-|-3-|
E|-0-|-2-|-3-|
I get so distracted
By some peoples reactions
That I don't see my own faults
For what they are
For what they are
At times so self destructive
With no intent or motive
But behind this emotion,
There lies a sensible heart
A sensible heart
See I'm no king
I wear no crown
But desperate times
Seem over now
But still I weaken somehow
It tears me apart
It tears me apart
I hope to learn as time goes by
That I should trust what's deep inside
Burning bright, oh burning bright
My sensible heart
My sensible heart
My sensible heart
My sensible heart
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As Much as I Ever Could
ooooooooooooooo
Intro:
Verse 1:
Love of mine,
Won't you lay by my side
And rest your weary eyes
Before we're out of time
Give me one last kiss
For soon, such distance
Will stretch between our lips
Now the day's losing light
oooooooooooooooo
Chorus:
Bring me your love, tonight
Bring me your love, tonight
Verse 2:
Lost at sea
My heart beat is growing weak
Hoping you'd hear my plea
And come save my life
As the storm grew fierce
An angel was certainly near
I knew there was nothing to fear
Chorus:
Bring me your love, tonight
Bring me your love, tonight
No I am not where I belong
Bring me your love, tonight
No I am not where I belong
So shine a light and guide me home
No I am not where I belong
So shine a light, guide me back home
ooooooooooooooooo