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Bethlehem - Frontier Ruckus
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Tabbed by: 3lacksabbath81
Email: sskinner@wit.edu
The Orion Songbook: Track 7
Matthew Milia: songs, voice, guitar, harmonica, pedal steel
David W. Jones: banjo, voice, dobro
Zachary Nichols: brass, singing-saw, melodica, keyboards
Ryan Etzcorn: drums, percussion
Tuning: Standard
Intro Riff
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------0----------|
D|---------------0---0h2------------|
A|---------0h1h2---2-------2-0------|
E|---3------------------------------|
G D7 G7 C
Beth-le-hem
A7
is my kind of town
Bm Am Cm
No matter what is born there
C D Em (see tab) A7
Most men find their knees on the ground
C D G (see tab) B7
Most men find their knees on the ground
-Walk down from G to B7-
G B7
e|--3-3-------------2---2-2--2-2--2-2---|
B|--0-0-------------0---0-0--0-0--0-0---|
G|--0-0--0-0--0-0---2---2-2--2-2--2-2---|
D|--0-0--0-0--0-0---1---1-1--1-1--1-1---|
A|--2-2--0-0--0-0---2---2-2--2-2--2-2---|
E|--3-3--2-2--1-1-----------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/frontier_ruckus/bethlehem_tab.html ]
G D7 G7
And Betha-nys a pilgrim
e|---1------------------0---|
B|---0--3/5--3----------1---|
G|---0---------4-3-2----0---|
D|---0---------------0--2---|
A|---2------------------3---|
E|---3--3/(5)---------------|
C A7
Shes there by day-light
Bm Am Cm
I thought she was one of the children
C D Em (see tab) A7
But now shes the mother of dreams I cant wake from
e|-----------------0--|
B|--0-0------------2--|
G|--0-0------------0--|
D|--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--|
A|--2-2--0-0--0-0--0--|
E|--0-0--0-0--2-2-----|
C D G Walk Down to Am instead of B7
Now shes the mother of night
Am
The night lulls in
C C7
On biblical lands
G D Em (see tab)
And it stands for all Im missing
Bm F C D
And it steals my mind with a half-smile
Bm F C D
And it deals the North out in black piles
Bm F C D
And it reels me hard round the past while
Em A7 C Cm
I think maybe I could belong there, too
G D7 G7 F C
Beth-le-hem
A7
is my kind of town
Bm Am Cm
With rooftops where the tar is warm
C D Em (see tab) A7
Where I’m so lonesome I could drown
C D G
And no one would kneel themselves down
[Walk down from G to E7]
E7
To fish me
C D
Save maybe Beth
C D
Save maybe Beth
C D G
Save maybe Betha-ny
Sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bzxsRUp6ME
http://www.frontierruckus.com/songbook/
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
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