Holy Branches Chords & Tabs
Holy Branches
Radical Face
Standard Tuning
Capo 1st Fret
Chords used:
Em - 022000
G - 320022
D - x00232
Dsus4 - x00233
A - x02220
Am - x02210
C/G - 332010
Dsus4/F# - 200233 or 200033
~ - vibrato
In the intro and verses he never really plays the top two strings of the chords
until the drums come in.
Intro/Verse:
Em G D A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G||-------------------------------0--------0-------|-------2-p0--2-p4--2-p0-------------------------|
D||-------2--------2--------------0--------0-------|-------0-----0-----------2-----2--0--2--4~~~--0-|
A||-------2--------2--------------2--------2-------|-0-----0-----0-----------------0----------------|
E||-0--------0--0-----------3--------3--3----------|-------------------------------0----------------|
Em Dsus2/F# G D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0--------0-------|-------2-p0--2-h4--2-p0-------------------------|
|-------2--------2-----0--------0--------0-------|-------0-----------------2----------------------|
|-------2-----------------------2--------2-------|-0-----0----------------------------------------|
|-0--------0--0-----2-----3--------3--3----------|------------------------------------------------|
Em
When you were young
G
You'd bite your tongue
D A
Calm, always did what you were told
Em
Never ran your mouth
Dsus4/F# G
Lived life on tiptoes
D A
Only felt peace if by yourself
C/G
When mistakes don't count
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------0-----|
|-2--0--2/-4--0--------|
|----------------------|
|-------------------3--|
Em
There's a hole in your
D A C/G
Chest from the time that you were born One that don't get filled
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|-2-------------------------------0-----------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------2-----------------------------|
|-2-------2--p0---2--h4---2--p0---2-----------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------2-------2---0---2---4~~~~---0-|
|---------------------------------0-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/radical_face/holy_branches_tab_ver_2.html ]
Em D Dsus4 D Dsus4
'cause you've always known you're nothin' they want
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1
|-2-----2--3-----2-----2--3-|
|-3-----3--3-----3-----3--3-|
|-2-----2--2-----2-----2--2-|
|-0-----0--0-----0-----0--0-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
(pause) Em A C/G
But everybody's bones are just holy branches
D Em
Cast from trees to cut patterns into the world
A C/G
And in time we find some shelter
D Am
Spill our leaves and then sleep in the Earth
C/G
And when we're there we'll belong
Em
'cause the Earth don't give a damn if you're lost
Em G D Am
Em Dsus4/F# G D Am
end on: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|-------2----------------------------------------|
|-------3----------------------------------------|
|-------2--0--2--4--2--0-------------------------|
|-------0-----------------2----------------------|
|-0----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Em G
Now I live alone
D A
Work in the belly of machines
Em
Wring my soot-black hands
Dsus4/F# G
And I don't sleep much
D
Days don't feel different
A
From the nights
(pause) C/G
With no goals in mind
Em D
There's a hole in my chest
A
From the time i walked away
C/G
One i filled with sweat
Em D (pause)
'cause now i know i'm nothin' they want
Em A C/G
But everybody's bones are just holy branches
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|-3--------2-------------|
|-------------------3----|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
D Em
Ride the breeze to cut patterns in the leaves
A C/G
And in time we find some shelter
D C/G
Spill our seeds and then wait for our turns
Em D A
But for now we're adrift on the waves of discontent
C/G
Trying to carve our place
Em D
All in hopes we'll be something they want
Em
But I'm not holding my breath
Em G D Am x4
A C A
Trace your fingers down my spine
A C A
Make your home behind my eyes
A C A
Line my skull with harmless lies
C D Em
I'll bide my time until I'm something they want
End.
