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Artist: The New Pornographers
Album: Twin Cinema
Song: These are the Fables
tabber: John Baer (eddiebauerman16@aol.com)
Intro: E F#m D C x2
Verse 1:
E F#m D C E F#m D C
In coral and gray, in submarine chambers, one day, it swam for the light
E F#m D C Bm E
To those that live, the cities that float there, cities and circles drawn
D Bm D E (E G D)-hold
Perfect, complete, holding the secrets on my street, my street, my street
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/new_pornographers/these_are_the_fables_crd.html ]
Verse 2:
E F#m D C E F#m D
So come in and play, the song of the siren, its commonplace, you hear the
C E F#m D C Bm E
Voice rise, in one wave, and crash on your doorstep, making the circle here
D Bm D E A D A D
Perfect, complete, these are the fables on my street
Bridge (play each chord once):
D C#m F#m D A
Ten thousand dancing girls kicking cans cross the sky, no reason why
D C#m F#m D A
Why ask prepare yourself for the call of the wild, you found this child
D E
So raise him
Verse 3:
E F#m D C E F#m
And wind your way back, come back to the river, the currents be by, in
D C E F#m D C Bm
Hope and then fear, hammer comes down so hard on the evening, packing
E D Bm D E (E
The dawn of your days on repeat, these are the fables on my street
G D)-hold
My street, my street
Verse 4:
E F#m D C E F#m
Heaven shown hell, and down from its pockets, and ringing your bell it
D C E F#m D C
Fell through your hands; hang at your feet, the doors that won't open
Bm E D Bm D E
Mocking the journey of our friend, complete, these are the fables on
Chorus/ outro
Am D G C C Bm C D Am D G C C Bm C D
My street, my street
Am D G C C Bm C D
(My street, my street Layla don't worry, you're not alone) x2
end on G
-Cheers and buy Twin Cinema!!! (John Baer)
