Sigh No Morev2

This is a collection for the entire debut album 'Sigh No More' (2009) by

Mumford and Sons. These are mostly tabs, so you can play each song in the same

tuning as Marcus does. Here are the tracks in correct order. (***Note the

tuning and CAPO's on some songs!)

Artist: Mumford and Sons

Album: Sigh No More

Tracks:

1. Sigh No More (Tuning: DADGCD)

3. Winter Winds (Tuning: EADGBE)

6. I Gave You All (Tuning: DADFAD)

8. Timshel (Tuning: DADF#AD)

9. Thistle and Weeds (Tuning: DADGBE)

10.Awake My Soul (Tuning: DADF#AD)

12.After The Storm (Tuning: EADGBE)

1. Sigh No More

Tabbed By: Unregistered (thanks anyways!)

Intro:

Verse 1:

Serve God Love me and men

This is not the end

Live unbruised we are friends

I'm Sor-------------ry

I'm sor-------------ry

Verse 2:

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Sigh No More No more

On foot in sea one on shore

My heart was never pure

And you kno---------w me

you kno---------w me

But man is a giddy thing

Oh man is a giddy thing

oh man is a giddy thing

oh man is a giddy thing

Chorus:

(palm muted)

Love it will not betray you dismay or

enslave you it will set you free, be more like the

man you were made to be

And there is a design, an alignment, a cry

Of my heart to see

The beauty of love as it was made to be.

2. The Cave

Tabbed By: bjerki

Intro

F#||-------------------0-------0-------0-------------|

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F#||------0-------0------------/5---0----------------|

Verse 1

F#||-------------------0-------0-------0-------------|

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F#||------0-------0------------/5---0----------------|

Verse 2

F#||-------------------0-------0-------0-------------|

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F#||------0-------0------------/5---0----------------|

D ||--4-------0--------0----------------0--0--0--0---|Last part is P.M

Chorus

F#||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

D ||-0--0--0--0--5--5--0--0--0--0--0--0--5--5--0--0--5--5--0--0---------|P.M

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F#||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

D ||-7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--5--5--0--0--9--9--9--9--5--5--0--0---------|P.M

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F#||----------------------------|

D ||-5--5--0--0--7--7--7--7--7--|P.M

F#||--------------------0-------0-------0------------|

F#||-------------------0--------0-------0------------|

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F#||------0-------0-----------/5---0-----------------|

Lyrics:

It's empty in the valley of your heart

The sun, it rises slowly as you walk

Away from all the fears

And all the faults you've left behind

The harvest left no food for you to eat

You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see

But I have seen the same

I know the shame in your defeat

But I will hold on hope

And I won't let you choke

On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain

And I will change my ways

I'll know my name as it's called again

Cause I have other things to fill my time

You take what is yours and I'll take mine

Now let me at the truth

Which will refresh my broken mind

So tie me to a post and block my ears

I can see widows and orphans through my tears

I know my call despite my faults

And despite my growing fears

But I will hold on hope

And I won't let you choke

On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain

And I will change my ways

I'll know my name as it's called again

So come out of your cave walking on your hands

And see the world hanging upside down

You can understand dependence

When you know the maker's hand

So make your siren's call

And sing all you want

I will not hear what you have to say

Cause I need freedom now

And I need to know how

To live my life as it's meant to be

And I will hold on hope

And I won't let you choke

On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain

And I will change my ways

I'll know my name as it's called again

3. Winter Winds

Tabbed By: stellafeller

(***Note: This song actually has no guitar, it is a Mandolin. You can play it with chords though!)

As the winter winds litter London with lonely hearts

Oh the warmth in your eyes swept me into your arms

Was it love or fear of the cold that led us through the night?

For every kiss your beauty trumped my doubt

And my head told my heart

"Let love grow"

But my heart told my head

"This time no this time no"

We'll be washed and buried one day my girl

And the time we were given will be left for the world

The flesh that lived and loved will be eaten by plague

So let the memories be good for those who stay

And my head told my heart

"Let love grow"

But my heart told my head

"This time no"

Yes, my heart told my head

"This time no

This time no"

Oh the shame that sent me off from the God that I once loved

Was the same that sent me into your arms

Oh and pestilence is won when you are lost and I am gone

And no hope, no hope will overcome

And if your strife strikes at your sleep

Remember spring swaps snow for leaves

You'll be happy and wholesome again

When the city clears and sun ascends

And my head told my heart

"Let love grow"

But my heart told my head

"This time no"

And my head told my heart

"Let love grow"

But my heart told my head

"This time no

This time no"

4. Roll Away Your Stone

Tabbed By: bjerki

C# - x245xxx or 999xxx

Intro

F#||-------------------------------------------------|

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E ||--0h2p0------2/3--3\2p0--0h2p0---------0---------|

F#||-------------------------------------------------|

F#||---0-~~------------------------------------------|

Figure 1

F#||-------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1

E A E Figure 1

Roll away your stone I will roll away mine

E A E Figure 1

Together we can see what we will find

E A E Figure 1

Don't leave me alone at this time

For I am afraid of what I will discover inside

E between verse

Verse 2 (same as #1)

You told me that I wouldn't find a home

Beneath the fragile substance of my soul

And I have filled this void with things unreal

And all the while my character it steals

Chorus

C# A E Figure 1

Darkness is a harsh term don't you think

Yet it dominates the things I see

Verse 3

It seems that all my bridges have been burned

But you say 'That's exactly how this grace thing works

It's not the long walk home that will change this heart

But the welcome I receive with every start

Chorus (same)

Darkness is a harsh term don't you think

And yet it dominates the things I see

Darkness is a harsh term don't you think

And yet it dominates the things I see

E2 B E Figure 1

E2 B E Figure 1

Some palm muting and then let E ring

Stars hide your fires

For these here are my desires

And I won't give them up to you this time around

And so I will be found

With my stake stuck in the ground

Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul

And you, you've gone too far this time

You have neither reason nor rhyme

A B E E let ring

With which to take this soul that is so rightfully mine

5. White Blank Page

Tabbed By: freezedryfun

(***Note: This song is actually played with standard tuned guitar chords plus

the capo. Marcus, never learned guitar chords, only wrote and played by ear.

He has commented saying that, "if he needs help with chords or something like

that, he goes to fellow band member Ben Lovett")

Em [0 2 2 0 0 0]

C [0 3 2 0 1 0] Hammer on 0h2 on the D string in Verse.

G [3 2 0 0 0 3] Hammer on 0h2 on the A string in Verse.

D/F# [2 5 4 2 3 2] (Barre this)

Em/B [7 7 9 9 8 7] (Barre this)

Can you lie next to her and give her your hea-rt, your hea-rt?

As well as your body, and can you lie next to her and confess your lo-ve,

your lo-ve?

As well as your folly and can you kneel before the king and say ‘I’m

cle-an’, ‘I’m Cle-an’?

But tell me now where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart?

But tell me now where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart?

Her white blank page & a swelling ra-ge, ra-ge

You did not think when you sent me to the bri-nk, the bri-nk

You desired my attention but denied my affec-tions, affec-tions

But tell me now where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart.

But tell me now where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart

Ahhh ah ah ahhh ah ahhhh ah ahhh

Ahhh ah ah ahhh ah ahhhh ah ahhh

The Rest is played as the chorus. Work out the timing, it's quite difficult to fit

in with the lyrics:

Lead my to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life

Lead my to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life

Finally repeat Ahhhs

6. I Gave You All

Tabbed By: NINtrentreznor

(***Note: This is played using Open D Minor tuning, so it is DADFAD - NOT -

DADF#AD. Just to clear up any confusion!)

Picking Pattern:

Pick that pattern fast.

Main Riff:

|---|---|---|---| Play pattern 2 times at each interval. So like fingers with

|---|---|---|---| your fingers on five play the pattern twice at 5, then go

|-5-|-3-|-2-|-0-| down

Riff 1 (When I have the "x_" that's how many times you do the pattern each):

x2 x1 x1 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2

Riff 2 (Reference NOTE section at top of tab for key):

x2* x1^ x2* x1^ x1^ x1^ x1^ x2

This is played exactly like the pattern except use the high F & A strings instead of the

middle D & F strings.

Riff 3:

x2* x1 x1 x2 x2 x2 x1 x4

Riff 4:

x2* x1^ x2* x2 x2* x1^ x1^ x3 x2* x1^ x1 x4 x2* x1^ x1 x1 x2*

x1 x4

Riff 5 (Strumming Section, listen to song to time how many strums of each):

Chorus Riff (use pattern picking):

Listen to song for timing of picking.

Layout of the song:

Intro:

Main Riff (x2)

Verse 1:

Main Riff (x2)

Riff 1 (x1)

Main Riff (x1)

Chorus ("Close my eyes for a while.."):

Chorus Riff (x2)

Riff 2 (x2)

Verse 2:

Main Riff (x2)

Riff 1 (x1

Main Riff (x1)

Refrain ("I gave you all.."):

Riff 4 (x1 or 2)

Chorus:

Chorus Riff (x2, strum it)

Refrain:

Riff 4 (strum, listen to song for timing)

Verse 3:

Main Riff (whole way through, strumming)

Refrain:

Riff 4 or 5 (can't exactly tell)

Outro:

Riff 2 (picking)

Riff 3

Riff 2

End with one open strum.

7. Little Lion Man

Tabbed By: Ornj_Gremlin

(***Note: This song has yet to truly be tabbed by anyone in its' correct form.

The chords are right and they sound fine, but he plays it CAPO 5 in an

alternate tuning. This will have to do!)

Intro: (Listen for rhythm and strumming pattern)

(To emulate banjo play Am Am-add6 Am C the last two times)

Verse 1:

Weep for yourself, my man,

you'll never be what is in your heart.

Weep little lion man,

you're not as brave as you were at the start.

Rate yourself and rape yourself,

take all the courage you have left.

Wasted on fixing all the

problems that you made in your own head.

Chorus: (Sustain C chord)

But it was not your fault but mine,

and it was your heart on the line.

I really fucked it up this time,

didn't I, my dear?

Didn't I, my dear?

Verse 2:

Tremble for yourself my man,

you know that you have seen this all before.

Tremble little lion man,

you'll never settle any of your scores.

Your grace is wasted in your face,

your boldness stands alone among the wreck.

Learn from your mother or else

spend your days biting your own neck.

Chorus:

But it was not your fault but mine,

and it was your heart on the line.

I really fucked it up this time,

didn't I, my dear?

But it was not your fault but mine,

and it was your heart on the line.

I really fucked it up this time,

didn't I, my dear?

Didn't I, my dear?

Bridge:

(Sing "aaah"s times 3-8)

Chorus:

Am (Mute) C

But it was not your fault but mine,

and it was your heart on the line.

I really fucked it up this time,

didn't I, my dear?

Am (Mute)

But it was not your fault but mine,

and it was your heart on the line.

I really fucked it up this time,

didn't I, my dear?

Didn't I, my dear?

8. Timshel

Tabbed By: Macheeoo (Chords from jacobnorton)

(***Note: The chord names below are not the actual chord names. Rather that

change everything jacbonorton has done, I just "renamed" them temporarily,

above them are the real names in parenthesis)

(D) (G) (A) (Bm)

Cold is the water

It freezes your already cold mind

Already cold, cold mind

And death is at your doorstep

And it will steal your innocence

But it will not steal your substance

But you are not alone in this

And you are not alone in this

C D Em D C <--Walk down from Em to C

As brothers we will stand and we'll hold your hand

Hold your hand

And you are the mother

The mother of your baby child

The one to whom you gave life

And you have your choices

And these are what make man great

His ladder to the stars

But you are not alone in this

And you are not alone in this

As brothers we will stand and we'll hold your hand

Hold your hand

And I will tell the night

Whisper, "Lose your sight"

But I can't move the mountains for you

9. Thistle and Weeds

Tabbed By: kurt peniket

Intro/Verse [0:10]

Bridge [1:04]

[1:25]

[2:16]

d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d

u d d u

[3:29]

G|---------------------------------(tacet)-----------------------------------|

[3:37]

d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d

u d d u d d u d d u d d u d d u

d

G|-0----------------------------------(let ring)-----------------------------|

[4:13]

Lyrics:

Spare me your judgements and spare me your dreams

Cause recently mine have been tearing my seams

I sit alone in this winter clarity which clouds my mind

Alone in the wind and the rain you left me

It's getting dark darling, too dark to see

And I'm on my knees, and your faith in shreds, it seems

Corrupted by the simple sniff of riches blown

I know you have felt much more love than you've shown

And I'm on my knees and the water creeps to my chest

But plant your hope with good seeds

Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds

Rain down, rain down on me

Look over your hills and be still

The sky above us shoots to kill

Rain down, rain down on me

But I will hold on

I will hold on hope

I begged you to hear me, there's more than flesh and bones

Let the dead bury the dead, they will come out in droves

But take the spade from my hands and fill in the holes you've made

But plant your hope with good seeds

Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds

Rain down, rain down on me

10.Awake My Soul

Tabbed By: Macheeoo (Chords from Unregistered)

Intro: D

Verse 1: first time through just D

How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes

I struggle to find any truth in your lies

And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know

My weakness I feel I must finally show

Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all

But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall

Lend me your eyes I can change what you see

But your soul you must keep, totally free

Har har, har har, har har, har har

Awake my soul, awake my soul

In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die

The way you invest your love, you invest your life (repeat)

Awake my soul, awake my soul awake my soul

You were made to meet your maker

Awake my soul, awake my soul awake my soul

You were made to meet your maker

You were made to meet your maker

11.Dustbowl Dance

Tabbed By: Verbal Kint

(***Note: There is no acoustic guitar in this song. Marcus is on a drum set

and Winston, the banjo player, starts off on his banjo and then too electric

guitar. There are the chords for piano which can be played on guitar!)

The young man stands on the edge of his porch

The days were short and the father was gone

There was no one in the town and no one in the field

This dusty barren land had given all it could yield

I've been kicked off my land at the age of sixteen

And I have no idea where else my heart could have been

I placed all my trust at the foot of this hill

And now I am sure my heart can never be still

So collect your courage and collect your horse

And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse

Seal my heart and brake my pride

I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide

Align my heart, my body, my mind

To face what I've done and do my time

Well you are my accuser, now look in my face

Your opression reeks of your greed and disgrace

So one man has and another has not

How can you love what it is you have got

When you took it all from the weak hands of the poor?

Liars and thieves you know not what is in store

There will come a time I will look in your eye

You will pray to the God that you always denied

The I'll go out back and I'll get my gun

I'll say, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"

Seal my heart and brake my pride

I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide

Align my heart, my body, my mind

To face what I've done and do my time

(2x)

Well yes sir, yes sir, yes it was me

I know what I've done, cause I know what I've seen

I went out back and I got my gun

I said, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"

12.After The Storm

Tabbed By: franksta and

(***Note: You pretty much need to listen to the song to follow this tab. The

picking/plucking pattern is easily picked up by practice and listening.)

Intro and Verse:

And after the storm,

I run and run as the rains come

Verse Riff or Riff Chords

And I look up, I look up,

on my knees and out of luck,

I look up.

Night has always pushed up day

You must know life to see decay

But I won't rot, I won't rot

Not this mind and not this heart,

I won't rot.

Pre Chorus:

And I took you by the hand

And we stood tall,

And remembered our own land,

What we lived for.

Chorus:

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.

And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.

Get over your hill and see what you find there,

With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

And now I cling to what I knew

I saw exactly what was true

But oh no more.

That's why I hold,

That's why I hold with all I have.

That's why I hold.

I will die alone and be left there.

Well I guess I'll just go home,

Oh God knows where.

Because death is just so full and mine so small.

Well I'm scared of what's behind and what's before.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.

And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.

Get over your hill and see what you find there,

With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.

And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.

Get over your hill and see what you find there,

With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

As of Feb 2011, they have begun work on a new album in Tennessee, US. Please

show all the support you can because this band truly pours their heart, soul,

blood, sweat, and tears in to writing and preforming their music for the

simple fact that they love doing it. It breaks my heart to know that there are

people in the world that distort and exploit the creativity and passion

artists like this present. (Any bimbo with auto-tune can make an R&B hit, ha)

So please, play their music, share it with others, and give life to this new

and exciting band of incredibly talented/humble men...

-Matt