Spirit Of Giving Chords & Tabs
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I made some notes at the end regarding the instrumental interlude.
Suggestions welcome. I don't know what anyone is singing at the end.
D C
You went looking for shelter...in all the wrong spaces
G A
You grew gluttonous and famous...with faces
G F#m
Nameless and blank, superstitiously you name them
Em F#m
St. Christopher and Johanna, St. Christopher and Johanna
G A
St. Christopher and Johanna
D
Overcome with the holiday spirit
C
Mark says the herald angels won't hear it
G
And remember, the wolves that you run with are wolves
A
Don't forget
G F#m
They exist to give you something to regret, I'll be there too
Em
with something sadder than that brass portrait
F#m
which shines through your morning, dim.
Em
Something sadder than that brass portrait
F#m
which shines through your morning, dim
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/new_pornographers/spirit_of_giving_crd.html ]
D
I'll give you something to be sad about
C
Hey, the picture really capture your mouth
F#m
Poised to say: It's your turn to go down now,
G
it's your turn to go down now
A
It's your turn to go down now.
G
It's your turn to go down now...in the spirit of giving
D Dmaj7 D7 A7* x3 (*see below)
in
G D A
Cloud prayer Mary, come ah----on? etc
Notes:
*Asterisked chords aren't really chords, just a chromatic riff.
*But you can play G and A7 and get away with it, I think.
I think this is what the guitar plays. The note in parenthesis is just
meant to be a glimpse of where the repeat it going.
D Dmaj7 D7 G* A7*
----5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5----------------- repeat
--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-------------------
7-------7-------6-------6-------5-------5------4-3-4-5-6-2-4-6-(7)
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-----------------------------------------------2-1-2-3-4-0-2-4-(5)
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The last time a guitar does something like this at the G-A7 spot
(note I changed it to G-D7 here) leading into the G D A part.
G* D7* G D A
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8-7-6-5-6---7---(8)---
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Horns and whatnot do something like this at various times
D Dmaj7 D7 G* A7*
--------------------------------------------------------------repeat
3-------5---7---2-0--0-2--------1-0---0-1------0--------2-----(3)
--------------------2---------------2----------------------2--
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