The other versions listed on this site sounded off to me, so I refined them in the
key of E. I arranged this on my piano, so no guitar riffs (sorry!)
Happy playing!
Blood- The Middle East chords
Intro: (Main riff 2x)
Verse 1:
E B C#m G#m A
Older brother, restless soul, lie down.
E B C#m G#m E
Lie for a while with your ear against the earth.
G#m B C#m
You can hear your sister sleep talking,
G#m B C#m A
Say 'your hair is long but not long enough to reach
Bridge:
E A E
Home to me, but your beard someday might be.
Chorus 1:
C#m B E
And she'll wake up in a cold sweat on the floor
C#m B E
Next to a family portrait drawn when you were four
C#m B E A
and beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more
C#m B E
She'll lay it aside
(Main riff 2x)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_middle_east/blood_crd_ver_5.html ]
Verse 2:
E B C#m G#m A
Older father, weary soul, you'll drive
E B C#m G#m E
Back to the home you made on the mountainside
G#m B C#m E
With that ugly, terrible thing
G#m B C#m
Those papers for divorce
A
And a lonely ring,
Bridge 2:
E
A lonely ring.
A
Sit on your porch
E
and pluck your strings
Chorus 2:
C#m B E
Oh, and you'll find somebody you can blame
C#m B E C#m
And you'll follow the creek that runs out into the sea
B E
And you'll find the peace with the Lord.
(Main riff 2x)
Verse 3:
E B C#m G#m A
Grandfather, weary soul, you'll fly
E B C#m G#m E
Over your life once more before you die
G#m B C#m
Since our grandma passed away
G#m B C#m A
You've waited for forever and a day
Bridge 3:
E
Just to die.
A
And someday soon,
E
You will die.
Chorus 3:
C#m B E
It was the only woman you ever loved
C#m B E
That got burnt by the sun too often when she was young
C#m B E A
And the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood
C#m B E
And there's nothing you can do about it now
Outro:
C G/C Am Em C x4
G C G x2
Outro: G C G x3 (Single strums)
