9

This is Damien Rice's 2006 album 9. I hope you enjoy this compliation.

The tuning for these songs is standard unless otherwise indicated on the individual tab.

is also indicated on the tab.

Track Listing:

1."9 Crimes" — 3:39

2."The Animals Were Gone" — 5:41

3."Elephant" — 5:57

4."Rootless Tree" — 4:22

5."Dogs" — 4:11

6."Coconut Skins" — 3:45

7."Me, My Yoke + I" — 5:57

8."Grey Room" — 5:43

9."Accidental Babies" — 6:34

10."Sleep Don't Weep" — 21:54

11."The Rat Within the Grain" (bonus track) — 2:54

Track 1: 9 Crimes (Rianne26)

This is the piano tablature for the song,if you want to be exact with the record.

You could just look at the shapes and play the chord un-broken and unappregiated.

So these would be Am, F, G et cetera. The usual key of C/Am chords.

Intro

Verse

Chorus

Verse

Chorus

Outro

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Track 2: The Animals Were Gone (Informal Skin)

This tablature will feature both the chords and the notes so you can play it exactly or

chords if it's easier. It will also show you when to change the chord shape.

Intro/Verse

G---0-0-—--0-0—----0-0-—---0--0--2-2----2-----0-|

D--0---0--0---0---2---2---2--0--2---2—2-----4---|

A----------------3-------3—-2—-0------0----5----|

G---0-0----0—-0---0-0----0-0----2-2----2-2----2-2---2-0--- 2-2---2-0--|

D—-0—--0—-0—-0---2---2—-2---2—-2---2—-2---2—-1---1-1---1--1---1-1---1-|

E-3------3—-2---0------0----------------------------------------------|

Second guitar intro/verse (played by Lisa with capo on 7th)

B----1-----1-----1-1---1—-1—-3—-5----------1-----1-----3-3---3-3---------------|

G---0-0---0-0---2---2-2—-0—-2--4----0—-0—-2-2---2-2---2---2—2---2---1-1---1-1--|

D—-2---2-2---2-3-----3—-2—-0—-0----2—-0—-2---2-2---2-0-----0-------0---0-0---0-|

A-3-----3-------------------------3—-2—-0-----0--------------------------------|

Chorus

D—-2---2—-2---2--0---0—-0---0--2---2—-2---2--0---0—--0---0-|

[Intro]

[Verse]

Woke up and for the first time the animals were gone

It's left this house empty now, not sure if I belong

Yesterday you asked me to write you a pleasant song

I'll do my best now, but you've been gone for so long

The window's open now and the winter settles in

We'll call it Christmas when the adverts begin

I love your depression and I love your double chin

I love 'most everything that you bring to this offering

[Chorus]

Oh I know that I left you in places of despair

Oh I know that I love you, so please throw down your hair

At night I trip without you, and hope I don't wake up

'Cause waking up without you is like drinking from an empty cup

[Chorus]

Woke up and for the first time the animals were gone

Our clocks are ticking now so before our time is gone

We could get a house and some boxes on the lawn

We could make babies and accidental songs

I know I've been a liar and I know I've been a fool

I hope we didn't break yet, but I'm glad we broke the rules

My cave is deep now, yet your light is shining through

I cover my eyes, still all I see is you

[Repeat Chorus]

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Track 3: Elephant (Informal Skin) (Originally titled Blowers Daughter Part 2.)

This is the chords for the song.

[Verse]

This has got to die, this has got to stop

This has got to lie down, with someone else on top

You can keep me pinned, it’s easier to tease

But you can't paint an elephant quite as good as she

[Chorus]

And she may cry like a baby. And she may drive me crazy

Cause I am lately… Lonely

[Verse]

So why’d you have to lie? I take it I'm your crotch

The pillow in your pillow case is easier to touch

And then you think you've sinned, as you fall upon your knees

Living in your picture, still forget the breeze

[Chorus]

And she may rise if I sing you down

And she may wisely cling to the ground

Cause I am lately horny

So why would she take me horny?

[Middle 8]

What's the point of this song? Or even singing?

You've already gone, why am I clinging?

Well I could throw it out, and I could live without

And I could do it all for you I could be strong

C#m (Staccato here) B

Tell me if you want me to lie

[Verse]

'Cause this has got to die, this has got to stop

This has got to lie down, down with someone else on top

You can both keep me pinned, ‘cause it's easier to tease

But you can't make me happy quite as good as me

Well you know that’s a lie

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Track 4: Rootless Tree (donatello1911 and joem14)

CAPO IV (4) Standard tuning

This is the intro guitar and the chords for this song.

What I want from you is empty your head.

But they say be true, don't stain your bed.

And we do what we need to be free.

And it leans on me like a rootless tree.

What I want from us you is empty your mind.

But we fake, we fuss, and fracture the times.

We go blind when we needed to see.

And this leans on me, like a rootless...

Fuck you, Fuck you, Fuck you

and all we've been through.

I said leave it, leave it, leave it,

it's nothing to you.

And if you hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me so good

that you just let me out

let me out, let me out?

Its hell when you're around.

Let me out, let me out, let me out.

Hell when you're around.

Let me out, let me out, let me out.

What I want from this

is to learn to let go.

No, not of you

of all that's been told.

Killers re-invent and believe

and this leans on me, like a rootless...

Fuck you, Fuck you, Fuck you

and all we've been through.

I said leave it, leave it, leave it,

it's nothing to you.

And if you hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me so good

that you just let me out

let me out, let me out?

Its hell when you're around.

Let me out, let me out, let me out.

Its hell when you're around.

Let me out, let me out, let me out

hell when you're around.

Let me out, let me out, let me out

hell when you're around.

Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out.

Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out. (Ad Hoc)

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Track 5: Dogs (Galraedia)

Tuning: DADADE (Low to high) or EDADAD (High to Low) depends on your way of interpreting it.

Verses

A|----0-----0---0---0------0---0-----0-----0---2/4—4/5-|

Bridge

Chorus

Middle 8

Just alternate between the chords below, it is obviously based around the bridge except

are more instrumental parts which harmonize to embellish the chords.

Again just alternate these chords three times immediately after the middle 8’s.

INSTRUMENTAL

(SECOND GUITAR played over chords slowly)

Lyrics

VERSE

She lives with an orange tree

And the girl that does yoga

She picks the dead ones from the ground

When we come over

And she gives

I get

Without giving

Anything to me

BRIDGE

Like a morning sun

Like a morning

Like a morning sun

Like a good good morning sun

CHORUS

Girl that does yoga

When we come over

Girl that does yoga

VERSE

Well he lives in a little house

On the side of a little hill

Picks the litter from the ground

Litter little brother spills

He gives

I get

Without giving

Anything to me

BRIDGE

And the dogs they run

And the dogs they

And the dogs they run

In the good good morning sun

CHORUS

Side of a little hill

Litter little brother spills

Side of a little hill

MIDDLE 8 (Technically 2 middle 8’s!)

And she's always dressed in white

She's like an angel

Man she burns our eyes

When she turns

She pulls a smile

We drive her 'round

And she drives us wild

And she moves like a little girl

I become a child

Man she moved my world

And she gets splashed in paint

And turns away

And leaves me standing

(See above for chords and second guitar tab)

VERSE

She lives with an orange tree

And a girl that does yoga

Got a wolf to keep her warm

When he comes over

And she gives

He gets

Without giving

Anything to see

BRIDGE

And the day it ends

And the day it

And the day it ends

And there's no need for me

CHORUS

With a girl that does yoga

When we come over

With a girl that does yoga

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Track 6: Coconut Skins (phlikone)

Standard Tuning

Chords:

B|-3----3-----3-----3--| (note: When strumming the G chord, you hammer-on

G|-0----0-----0-----0--| the A string with your index finger every

D|-0----0-----0-----2--| few measures.)

Intro: G/E, G/F#, Em G/E, G/F#, G (x2)

You can hold her hand and show her how you cry

Explain to her your weakness so she understands and then roll over and die

Well you can brave decisions before you crumble up inside

Spend your time asking everyone else's permission and then run away and hide

You can sit on chimneys put some fire up your ass

No need to know what you're doing or waiting for but if any one should ask?

Tell them I've been licking coconut skins and we've been hanging out

Tell them God just dropped by to forgive our sins and relieve us our doubt

Bridge: G, G/F#, Em G/E, G/F#, G (X2)

You can hold her eggs But your basket has a hole

You can lie between her legs And go lookin' for:

Tell her you're searching for her soul!

You can wait for ages and watch your compost turn to coal

But time is contagious: Everybody's getting old.

You can sit on chimneys put some fire up your ass

No need to know what you're doing or looking for but if any one should ask?

Tell them I've been cooking coconut skins and we've been hanging out

Tell them God just dropped by to forgive our sins and relieve us our doubt

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Track 7: Me, My Yoke and I

G------2-2-----------2-2-----------2-2-----------2-2------4------| back to

D------3-3-----------3-3-----------3-3-----------3-3------5------| start

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Track 8: Grey Room

Well I've been here before, I've sat on the floor, in a grey grey room,

Where I stay in all day, I don't eat, but I play, with this grey grey food,

Desole, If someone is prayin', then I might break out,

Desole, Even if I scream, I can't scream that loud,

I'm all alone again, crawling back home again, just stuck by the phone again

[Right around 1:28 he sneaks in a G note on the third fret, first string]

Yeah, well I've been here before, sat on a floor, in a grey grey mood,

Where I stay up all night, And all that I write, is a grey grey tune,

So pray for me child, Just for a while, And I might break out yeah,

Pray for me child, even a smile, would do for now,

So I'm all alone again, crawling back home again, just stuck by the phone again

Have I still got you to be my open door,

Have I still got you to be my sandy shore,

Have I still got you to cross my bridge in this storm,

Have I still got you to keep me warm,

Coz if I squeeze my grape, And I drink my wine yeah,

Coz if I squeeze my grape, And I drink my wine yeah,

Yeah, Oh coz nothing is lost, This is frozen in frost,

And it's opening time, And there's no-one in line,

But I've still got me to be your open door,

I've still got me to be your sandy shore,

I've still got me to cross your bridge in this storm,

And I've still got me to keep you warm,

Warmer than warm yeah, Warmer than warm yeah,

Warmer than warm yeah, Warmer than warm yeah

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Track 9: Accidental Babies (mandolino)

Intro:

Verse1:

Well I held you like a lover

Happy hands, your elbow in the appropriate place

And we ignored our others' happy plans

For that delicate look upon your face

Our bodies moved and hardened

Hurting parts of your garden, With no room for a pardon

In a place where no one knows what we have done

Chorus:

Do you come together ever with him?

And is he dark enough, enough to see your light?

And do you brush your teeth before you kiss?

Do you miss my smell?

and is he bold enough to take you on, do you feel like you belong?

and does he drive you wild, or just mildly free?

What about me?

Verse2:

Well you held me like a lover

Sweaty hands, and my foot in the appropriate place

We use cushions to cover happy glands

In the mild issue of our disgrace

Our minds pressed and guarded While our flesh disregarded

The lack of space for the light-hearted, in the boom that beats our drum

Well I know I make you cry,

and I know sometimes you wanna die

But do you really feel alive without me,

if so, be free

If not, leave him for me, before one of us has accidental babies

For we are in love

-==Chorus==-

What about me?

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Track 10: Sleep Don't Weep (acade365)

VERSE:

Sleep, don't weep, my sweet love

Your face is all wet and your day was rough

CHORUS:

So do what you must do to find yourself

Wear another shoe, paint my shelf

Those times that I was broke, and you stood strong

I think I found a place where I...

VERSE:

Sleep, don't weep, my sweet love

Your face is all wet 'cause our days were rough

CHORUS:

So do what you must do fill that hole

Wear another shoe to comfort the soul

Those times that I was broke, and you stood strong

I think I found a place where I feel I will...

VERSE:

Sleep, don't weep, my sweet love

My face is all wet 'cause my day was rough

CHORUS:

So do what you must do to find yourself

Wear another shoe, paint my shelf

Those times that I was broke, and you stood strong

I think I found a place where I feel I belong

VERSE:

Sleep, don't weep, my sweet love

My face is all wet 'cause my day was rough

ENDING:

Improvise over these chords

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Track 11: The Rat Within The Grain (Bonus Track)

Oh and there's a little riff thing on C during the chorus and the interludes

C(riff)

This would not have happened if I hadn't missed my plane

I would have been there when they told you I'm the rat within the grain

Within this big misunderstanding now I'm being misunderstood

I'm thinkin someone's trying to fuck with me and set fire to my wood

F G C(riff1)

I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me

I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea

I only wanted to be wonderful and wonderful is true

In truth I only really wanted to be wanted by you

The stupid situation now where everything goes wrong

If you can't tell if I am lying then you do not belong

In my bed, go rest your head upon the bones of a bigger man

And he can cover you with rockwool and you can close up like a clam

F G C(riff1)

Cause I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me

I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea

I only wanted to be wonderful and wonderful is true

In truth I only really wanted to be wanted by you

Interlude

C(riff), G, F, C, F, G

C, G, Am, Em, F, G, C

So go play with your piano, write a mediocre song

About the shell of mediocrity and pretend there's nothing wrong

I never thought you were a chicken shit I never thought of you at all

Until you asked me to be part of it and now you're showing me your wall

F G C(riff1)

I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me

I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea

I only wanted to be wonderful and wonderful is true

In truth I only really wanted to be wanted by you

C(riff), G, F, C, F, G

C, G, Am, Em

In truth I only really wanted to be wanted by you

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There we go ladies and gentleman that was 9 by Damien Rice, thank you to all tabbers

contributed to this compilation. Have fun (: