Artist: Garbage
Song: Blood for Poppies (2012)
Album: Not Your Kind of People http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Your_Kind_of_People
Written: Garbage
URL's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D1PCQteutE,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_for_Poppies
Style: Moderato
Author: Tab annotated by rikigo [grosserr@gmail.com]
Tuning: Standard
Chords:
Gm =========== 355333
Dm =========== XX0231
Bb =========== X12221
F =========== 133211
Eb =========== XX1343
Cm =========== X35543
Ab =========== 688766
Intro:
| Gm Dm | Gm Dm |
Verse 1:
Gm
Salute the sun,
Dm
I've been sitting here all night long.
Hauling rock over Buddha with the Longhorn,
Gm
Got a hole, so rip a pocket off my uniform.
Dm
With the Blackwatch Boys,
Get your heads down.
Gm Dm
Oooh.....Ooh
Verse 2:
Gm
Duty calls, but it's way too late,
Dm
I'm too far gone.
Waiting for Godot, 'hell with my pants down.
Gm
Cracked the stash,
Sent me crying in the midday sun.
Dm
I miss my dog and I miss my freedom.
Gm Dm
Oooh.....Ooh
Gm Dm
Oo-oh....O-oh
Chorus 1:
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
They know I'm here just out of sight.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
He's by my side and I know I'm right.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
They know I'm here just out of sight.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
He's by my side and I know I'm right.
Bridge 1:
| Gm Dm | Gm Dm |
Verse 3:
Gm
I hate the things I think about you,
When I'm all alone.
Dm
I know you're tough,
But I've been gone for so long.
Gm
I play the memories of you,
Dm
Inside my head.
So all these pictures of us,
Gm Dm
Burn and radiate...
Gm
Watch the clouds and I'm falling,
Dm
Falling through the cracks
Head beats and my heart is pounding fast.
Gm Dm
Off the ground into the starry dark,
Gm Dm
Into your arms, I'm falling.....Ooh
Gm Dm
Ooo-h.....Oo-h
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/garbage/blood_for_poppies_crd_ver_2.html ]
Chorus 2:
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
They know I'm here just out of sight.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
He's by my side and I know I'm right.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
They know I'm here just out of sight.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
He's by my side and I know I'm right.
Chorus 3:
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
They know I'm here just out of sight.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
He's by my side and I know I'm right.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
They know I'm here just out of sight.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
He's by my side and I know I'm right.
Verse 4:
| Cm | Eb Bb |
F
My brain, my body's fried,
Cm
I've got to stay alive.
Eb Ab
I've gotta take a chance and keep on moving,
F
Keep on moving.
Chorus 4:
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
They know I'm here just out of sight.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
He's by my side and I know I'm right.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio,
Gm Eb
They know I'm here just out of sight.
Bb F
I don't know why they are calling on the radio, (I see your light from miles way.)
Gm Eb
He's by my side and I know I'm right. (I see your light from miles way.)
Outro:
Gm Dm Gm
I see your light from miles way.....Ooh.
Gm Dm Gm
I see your light from miles way.....Ooh.
[End]
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Alternate Version:
Capo 3
Gm = Em
Dm = Bm
Bb = G
F = D
Eb = C
Cm = Am
Ab = F
Notes:
1. "The song is meant to feel sort of like an abstract dream," Garbage singer
Shirley Manson recalled. "The inspiration came from a story I had read in Los
Angeles Times about the opium trade and also from watching the documentary
Restrepo. It's not literal in any sense whatsoever but it's a song about
disorientation and delusion and the human struggle to stay sane in the face of
insanity."
