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THIS OLD DARK MACHINE - James Vincent McMorrow
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Tabbed by: Gav
Email: gav_jones@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Capo on 3
I took these chords from a live video I saw, so it might not be exactly the same as on the album.
E A D G B E
Am 0-0-2-2-1-0
Am7 0-0-2-0-1-0
Em 0-2-2-0-0-0
D 0-0-0-2-3-2
C 3-3-2-0-1-0
G/C 3-2-0-0-1-0
Fill
e|--------|
B|-1------|
G|-0--00--|
D|-0--00--|
A|-0--00--|
E|-0h333--|
Am Fill
Am Em
Spring it came upon us, every insect filled the air
D Am Fill
Dropped their wings upon my brother, cast their shadows on his hair
Am Em
If we follow where they're leading, We will surely come before
D Am Am7
some unseen and wondrous magic, made of visions to explore
D Am Am7
Near the town where we were living, was an old abandoned farm
D Am Am7
Every year we'd plant an orchid, in the shelter of it's arm
D Am Am7
To protect us from the madness, of the future still to come
Em C D
It will be like this forever, I will keep you safe from harm
Bridge
Am Em D Am Fill
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/james_vincent_mcmorrow/this_old_dark_machine_crd_ver_2.html ]
Am Em
Then they caught us in the summer, dressed in fathers finest clothes
D Am Fill
You the hat he wore to market, I the jacket filled with holes
Am Em
I've been searching all these hours, for a hand as pale as bone
D Am Am7
That would keep the strongest sunlight, and reflect the brightest stone
D Am Am7
Near the town where we were living, was a warm and fragrant smell
D Am Am7
Of the orchid we had planted, now a forest tall and well
D Am Am7
What a statue to our greatness, what a story all will tell
Em C D
They'll remember us forever, they'll remember where we fell
Bridge
Am Em D Am Fill
Am
This old dark machine, it shakes and it shudders
G/C
Pulls to the left, then dies near the gutter
D
But still in the road, the traffic is silent
Am
The people they stare, and then they turn violent
C
If they should touch, the hem of your dress
Am
I would rise like a lion, strike out again
C
The faithful they wait, the faithful they wait
G/C
By the sign
D Am Am7
Near the town where we were living, came a loud and joyous sound
D Am Am7
As the earth and all her beauty, picked us up from off the ground
D Am Am7
Carried far across the mountain, to a kingdom never bound
Em C D
We will live like this forever, I will love you, I will love you
Bridge x 2
Am Em D Am
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| B Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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