The Trapeze Swinger -- Iron and Wine Tabbed by Travis Hussey, mr_flycstr@yahoo.com
(Note: this is the chunky, palm-muted version from Around the Well.
Sam Beam embellishes these riffs more than written, so play loosely.)
Capo II. Base chords: C, G, Fm7, C-G x2, Am7, G, Fm7, C-G x2
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A) Please remember me, happily, By the rosebush laughin'
With brui-ses on my chin, the time when, We counted every black car passin'
B) Your house beneath the hill and up un-til, Someone caught us in the kit-chen
With maps, a mountain range, a piggy bank, A vision too removed to mention
A) But please remember me, fondly, I heard from someone you're still pretty
And then they went on to say that the Pearly Gates, Had some eloquent graffi-ti
B) Like 'We'll meet again' and 'Fuck the man', And 'Tell my mo-ther not to wor-ry'
And an-gels with their great handshakes, But always done in such a hurry
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A) And please remember me, at Halloween, Makin' fools of all the neighbors
Our fa-ces painted white, by midnight, We'd forgotten one another
B) And when the morning came, I was ashamed, Only now it seems so silly
That sea-son left the world and then returned, But now you're lit up by the ci-ty
A) So please remember me, mistakenly, In the window of the tallest tower
Call, then pass us by, but much too high, To see the emp-ty road at happy hour
B) Gleam and resonate just like the gates, Around the Holy Kingdom
With words like 'Lost and found' and 'Don't look down', And 'Someone save temptation'
A) And please, remember me as in the dream, We had as rug burned babies
A-mong the fallen trees, and fast asleep, Beside the lions and the ladies
B) That called you what you like, and even might, Give a gift for your behavior
A flee-ting chance to see a trapeze, Swinger high as any savior
A) But please remember me, my misery, And how it lost me all I wanted
Those dogs that love the rain, and chasin' trains, The colored birds above their runnin'
B) In circles round the well and where it spells, On the wall behind St. Peter
So bright on cinder gray, in spray paint, 'Who the hell can see forever?'
A) And please remember me, seldomly, In the car behind the car-nival
My hand between your knees, you turn from me, And said the trapeze act was wonderful
B) But ne-ver meant to last, the clowns that passed, Saw me just come up with anger
When it filled with circus dogs, the parkin' lot, Had an element of danger
A) So please remember me, finally, And all my uphill clawin'
My dear, but if I make, the Pearly Gates, I'll do my best to make a drawin'
B) Of God and Lucifer, a boy and girl, An angel kissin' on a sinner
A mon-key and a man, a marchin' band, All around the frightened trapeze swinger
Nah, nah nah nah, nah nah nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah x4
"Ooooh" harmonies continue another 2 rounds with the slide whistle and scales.
End on C.
