I mainly looked at a tab I saw from another site, and decided that some chords were
missed at some important songs, and that the song sounded a little different and
weirder than those chords. I combined a few tabs, and listened to the song over
and over till I got the chords on the right part. This is my first tab so hopefully
it's pretty accurate.
Tabbed/Changed by: Strtnglinenfg
Intro Part 1:
e|3-3/5\3/7-7-7/10\7\5-5-5/7/10\5-5-5/7\5-----|
B|3-3/7\3/8-8-8/12\8\7-7-7/8/12\7-7-7/8\7-----|
G|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Play this two times. In the Gut the Van version, the harmonica was played basically
part 1 of the intro, but the one off Silent Steeples isn't.
Intro Part 2: The guitar becomes softer here, as the harmonica takes over. Play these
softly behind the harmonica.
G D Em, C G D
G D Em, C G D
And thus begins the 1st Verse. Make sure to the play the chords on the exact words that
was put on:
G D Em Em (With picking)
The River of Doubt gave birth to a, beautiful stone
G D Em
And in my hand I held it, and I knew I was on my own,
Em (Picking)
So I picked it up,
G D Em (Three silent beats pass...)
And held it to the sky...
G D Em
And in my reflection, I knew I was all alone,
Em G D
Yeah, Yeah...then I saw this girl with the most
Em
beautiful hair, she had it
G D Em
Wrapped around her, for clothes she did not wear.
G D Em (Three silent beats pass...)
I asked her for a lock, and she complied,
after leaving
G D Em (Let silence begin here)
Georgous footsteps in the sand, as if she didn't care.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dispatch/flying_horses_crd_ver_2.html ]
Now here's the Chorus. Let the silence continue from the 1st verse right up to beginning
"prettiest", where G begins. In the chorus, the C chord is seen, like it was seen in
introduction:
G D
Well... She was the prettiest girl I ever saw and
Em C
stone lay still without a flaw, and the feelings I
G D
had to fight the law as I came to, and I went to
G D
And I took a look, a look down the road, to see a
Em C
badger, and a one eyed toad. They didn't say a word,
G D
They just looked at me with that,
G D Em C G D D
Wise old look of the old... Yeah... Wise old look of the
G D Em C G D
old... Yeah...
Basically do the same thing that I pointed out in the first verse, the same rhythm, just
the chords at the different words. It's easy to figure out. This is the second verse:
And then I went down to town
To my favorite, merry-go-Round, to the place
where magic horses fly
And you seldom see a frown
And here's my favorite part of the song, the Bridge:
G D
But then I stole the ring, from the flying horses,
Em
and I can't begin to explain now. (Move quickly into the next line)
G D
I stole the ring from the flying horses,
Em C C C
And its all rusty now,
G D
I stole the ring from the flying horses,
Em
And I can't begin to explain now
G D
I stole the ring from the flying horses,
Em C C C
And its all rusty now,
D
Its all rusty...
Here is the third verse. Just do, once again, what I said entering the second verse. Do
same thing as the first verse.:
Ya see, cause that stone fell through my pocket
And that loch of hair blew away with the wind
If you Chance to see a pawn either, Well...
You know where they've been.
Here the chorus again. As I've said for the second and third verse, follow what the
chorus says:
But don't pick them up or try to find me
We're much happier to be on our own
Beauty like that knows, no
And if you take a look, a look down the road
You'll see a badger and a one eyed toad
They won't say a word they'll just look at you with that, wise old look of the old... Yeah...
Wise old look of the old... Yeah....
Here's the solo. Mainly it's a sweet harmonica solo, but the guitar plays under it
It's the exact same chords from the intro, part 2.
G D Em, C G D
G D Em, C G D
Now, finally to end the song, play the bridge and fade away.
G D Em C
e--3-------2-------0------0--------------------|
B--3-------3-------0------1--------------------|
G--0-------2-------0------0--------------------|
D--0-------0-------2------2--------------------|
A--2-------0-------2------3--------------------|
E--3-------0-------0------0--------------------|
This is one of Dispatch greatest songs, at the least. I might have gotten some of the
wrong, sorry, but the timing of the chords and everything are perfect I think. Anyways,
rox, and peace.
