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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":4350,"song":"Fables","artist":"R.E.M.","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11538115-fables-chords-by-r-e-m/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/4350?type=chord","rating":4.23101,"votes":4,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n       \r\n       Feeling Gravitys Pull\r\n       =====================\r\n\r\n       {Okay, here is the opening lick - figure out the rhythm !}\r\n       \r\n[tab]       #har denotes harmonics on that fret\r\n       (E) --------------------0--------------------------5har--\r\n       (B) -12-------12------0---0----------7har----------5har--\r\n       (G)----11-10----11-10----------------7har----------5har--[/tab]\r\n[tab]       (D)----------------------------------7har----------5har--\r\n       (A)----------------------------------7har----------------\r\n       (E)-------------------------7-7777-7------7-7777-7-------[/tab]\r\n       \r\n       {play the riff but start with the stuff on the 7th fret of\r\n        the low E string}\r\n        I fell asleep at just about every paragraph\r\n        Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around\r\n        Peel back the mountains peel back the sky\r\n        Stomp gravity into the floor\r\n        It's a Man Ray kind of sky\r\n        I'll show you what I can do with it\r\n        Time and distance are out of place here\r\n       \r\n[tab]       {this next part reminds me a lot of Driver 8 or a slow These Days}\r\n       {The riff is like this:\r\n       (B) ------0------0------0------0----\r\n       (G) ----0------0------0------0------\r\n       (D) --------------------------------\r\n       (A) -----------------------0--------\r\n       (E) -0------2-------3---------------[/tab]\r\n       \r\n        Step up, step up, step up the sky is opening\r\n                                               {of course, start the riff again}\r\n        With the lightest mind I felt gravity pull\r\n       \r\n        Somewhere near the end it's sad\r\n        You can't do this I said I can\r\n        To shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift\r\n        It's a Man Ray kind of sky\r\n        I'll show you what I can do with it\r\n       \r\n        Step up, step up, step up. The sky is opening.\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n        With the lightest mind, I felt gravity pull...[/tab]\r\n       \r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        ...onto my eyelids. Holding my head straight-[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]B[/ch]\r\n        This is the easiest task I've ever had to do...[/tab]\r\n       \r\n        I fell asleep at just about every paragraph\r\n        Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around\r\n        Shift the swaying river's shift\r\n        Oceans fall and mountains drift\r\n        It's a Man Ray kind of sky\r\n        I'll show you what I can do with it\r\n        Time and distance are out of place here\r\n       \r\n        This is the easiest task I've ever had to do...\r\n[tab]       {The end follows these chords:  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]}\r\n        Gravity pulls me down[/tab]\r\n       \r\n       \r\n       \r\n       \r\n       Maps And Legends\r\n       ================\r\n       \r\n       \r\n       {Intro}\r\n       \r\n[tab]       Em   D2   Em   (A)  --0-h-2-----\r\n                      (E)  --------3--3-0[/tab]\r\n       \r\n       Is he to be reached, he's not to be reached\r\n       Is he to be reached, he's not to be reached\r\n[tab]       [ch]D2[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D2[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n       Call the fool in company[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D2[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n       On his own where he'd rather be[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D2[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D2[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D2[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]/[ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n       Where he ought to be he sees what you can't see, can't you see that[/tab]\r\n       \r\n       {Same as intro}\r\n       \r\n       Maybe he's caught in the legend\r\n       maybe he's caught in the mood\r\n       Maybe these maps and legends\r\n       Have been misunderstood\r\n       \r\n       Down the way the roads divided\r\n       Name me the places you have seen\r\n       Those who know what I don't know\r\n       Have heard of the yellow red and green\r\n       \r\n       {The break follows these chords}\r\n       \r\n       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n       \r\n       The map that she's made him doesn't seem real\r\n       He just sees whatever he sees\r\n       Point to the legend point to the east\r\n       Point to the yellow red and green\r\n       \r\n\r\n\r\n       \r\n       Driver 8\r\n       ========\r\n\r\n\r\n       The opening riff is :\r\n\r\n       1|                       |                 |\r\n       2|                       |   0             |\r\n       3|                       |     0 0 0 0 0 0 |\r\n       4|                       | 5    5 5 4 2 0  |\r\n       5|             2 0   2 3 |                 |\r\n       6|  0    0 2 3           |                 |\r\n       \r\n       Finger:    1 2 1     1 2   2    2 2 1 1\r\n       \r\n       I find a slide up to the 5th fret with the second finger, and a fast \r\n       slide back down from the 4th to the 2nd with the first finger, makes\r\n       the second part more fluid, so I gave my fingering here as well.\r\n       \r\n       This riff is repeated for the intro, and the second half of it\r\n       replaces the D/F# on the second and/or fourth line of some of the the\r\n       verses.\r\n       \r\n       The chorus riff is :\r\n       \r\n       1|                                  |\r\n       2|                                  |\r\n       3|                                  |\r\n       4|   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  |\r\n       5|  2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 |\r\n       6| 0   2   3   2   0   2   3   3    |\r\n       \r\n       (repeat as needed)\r\n       \r\n       One set of verses that seems to work (I got several) is :\r\n       \r\n            (Intro Riff)\r\n       \r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Asus[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\n            The walls are built up, stone by stone[/tab]\r\n            The fields divided, one by one\r\n            And the train conductor says, take a break, driver 8\r\n            Driver 8 take a break you've been on this shift too long\r\n       \r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            And the train conductor says, take a break, driver 8[/tab]\r\n            Driver 8 take a break, we can reach our destination\r\n            (Chorus Riff)\r\n            Still a ways away; but it's still a ways away...\r\n       \r\n            I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of a farm\r\n            The power lines have floaters so the airplanes don't get snagged\r\n            Bells are ringing in the town again\r\n            The children look up, all they hear are sky blue bells ringing\r\n       \r\n            (chorus)\r\n       \r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n            Way to shield away the heat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            Way to put myself to sleep[/tab]\r\n            Way to shield away the heat\r\n            A way to put myself, my children to sleep\r\n            \r\n            (Intro riff)\r\n       \r\n            Pilots did this song, in a plane like that one\r\n            She is selling faith on the hotel crusade\r\n            Locomotive 8, southern crescent hear those bells ring again\r\n            This field of wheat is looking thin.\r\n       \r\n            And the train conductor says\r\n            Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break\r\n            We've been on this shift too long\r\n            And the train conductor says, take a break, driver 8\r\n            Driver 8 take a break, we can reach our destination\r\n            (Chorus Riff)\r\n            Still a ways away; but it's still a ways away...\r\n       \r\n       \r\n       \r\n       \r\n       \r\n       \r\n       Driver 8\r\n       ========\r\n\r\n[tab]       Riff:   (G) -------------------4---0---0---0---0---0---\r\n               (D) ---------------s-5----5---5--4---2---0-----\r\n               (A) --------2-0-2-3----------------------------\r\n               (E) 0-0-2-3------------------------------------  repeat....[/tab]\r\n       \r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\n        The walls are built up stone by stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\n        The fields divided one by one[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n        And the train conductor says[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G/F#[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n        Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\n        We've been on this shift too long[/tab]\r\n       \r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        And the train conductor says[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em/G[/ch]    [ch]Em/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]F#[/ch]\r\n        We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away[/tab]\r\n       \r\n       {on that part, you can play the Em Em/F# Em/G Em chords, or you can\r\n        play this riff:\r\n       \r\n[tab]       (D)------0-------0------0--------0--\r\n       (A) ---2-------2------2-------2-----\r\n       (E) -0-------2------3------2--------[/tab]\r\n       \r\n        Saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm\r\n        Power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged\r\n        Bells are ringing through the town again\r\n        Children look up all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing\r\n       \r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n        Way to seal the hated heat[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        Way to put myself to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n        Way to seal the hated heat[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]/[ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\n        Way to put myself my children to sleep[/tab]\r\n       \r\n        Pilot did this song in a plane like that one\r\n        She is selling faith on a hotel crusade\r\n        Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent hear the bells ring again\r\n        This field of wheat is looking thin\r\n       \r\n        And the train conductor says\r\n        Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break\r\n        We've been on this shift too long\r\n       \r\n\r\n       \r\n       Life And How To Live It\r\n       =======================\r\n\r\n       Intro:\r\n\r\n[tab]           \"[ch]C[/ch]\"                                            \"[ch]D[/ch]\"\r\n       (B) ----5-------7--------5------5------5------------7----8---10----10----10-s-12\r\n       (G) ------5--------5--------5------5--------5---------7----7----7-----7--------[/tab]\r\n[tab]       ([ch]D[/ch]) -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\r\n       (A) -3------3---------3-------3-------3--------3-s-5----5-----5---5-----5------[/tab]\r\n\r\n       {of course repeat, end on \"C\" chord}\r\n\r\n[tab]       {riff}\r\n       (B) -7--7--7--5--5--x--x--5--x--x--5--5--s--7--7--x--x--\r\n       (G) -5--5--5--5--5--7--7--5--7--7--5--5--s--7--7--9--7--9--7....\r\n       (D) -5--5--5--x--x--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--s--7--7--7--7--9--7.....[/tab]\r\n\r\n                                                    {hang on those last 2 notes}\r\n\r\n       {repeat riff as necessary or play chords over verse}\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n       Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n       To yours to go between the wall was razed today[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n       To yours the names before your others and your own[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n       Keep these books well stocked away and take your happy home[/tab]\r\n       \r\n[tab]          [ch]G5[/ch]                  [ch]Gsus4[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Gsus4[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n       My carpenter's out and running about talking to the street[/tab]\r\n\r\n       {same as before}\r\n       My pockets are out and running about\r\n       Walking in the street to tell what I have hidden there\r\n       \r\n       Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way\r\n       To yours to go between the wall was razed today\r\n       Raze the walls the childish flaws the carpenters should wrestle\r\n       So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best\r\n       \r\n       {somewhere around her, there's that little break \"Listen to the holler...\"\r\n       chords are:  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fsus4[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n       \r\n       The hills ringing hear the words in time\r\n       Listen to the holler listen to my walls within my tongue\r\n       When my ears go tin the air quicken tension build ________ inference suddenly\r\n       Life and how to live it\r\n       \r\n       Raze the walls the childish flaws the carpenters should wrestle\r\n       So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best\r\n       Read about the wisdom lost a knock a knock a knock\r\n       A secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost\r\n       \r\n       Listen listen to the holler\r\n       I will write a book it will be called Life and How to Live It\r\n       \r\n       \r\n\r\n       \r\n       \r\n       Life And How To Live It\r\n       =======================\r\n\r\n       \r\n       The intro slides between 2 chord positions, and you mainly pick\r\n       on the B,G, and D strings :\r\n       \r\n[tab]           ([ch]C[/ch])*********    ([ch]D[/ch])**********\r\n       E-----3-------- ! -----5-------!\r\n       B-----3-(5)-----! -----5-(7)---!\r\n       G-----5---------! -----7-------!\r\n       D-----5---------! -----7-------!\r\n       A---------------! -------------!\r\n       E---------------! -------------![/tab]\r\n       \r\n       Through the rest of the song, it's almost all more C and D chords,\r\n       played in various ways, (mostly) on the top 4 strings.  (There's one\r\n       F chord in there somewhere too.)\r\n       \r\n[tab]               (C)-------->(D)                    (C)---------->(D)\r\n       E-----8-------- ! -----10------!      !--8---------!------10-----!\r\n       B-----5---------! -----7-------!      !--8---------!------10-----!\r\n       G-----5---------! -----7-------!      !--9---------!------12-----!\r\n       D-----5---------! -----7-------!      !------------!-------------!\r\n       A---------------! -------------!      !------------!-------------!\r\n       E---------------! -------------!      !------------! ------------![/tab]\r\n       \r\n[tab]               (C)-------->(D)                    (C)---------->(D)\r\n       E-----3-------- ! -----5-------!      !---0--------!------0------!\r\n       B-----5---------! -----7-------!      !---5--------!------7------!\r\n       G-----5---------! -----7-------!      !---5--------!------7------!\r\n       D-----5---------! -----7-------!      !---5--------!------7------!\r\n       A---------------! -------------!      !------------!-------------!\r\n       E---------------! -------------!      !------------! ------------![/tab]\r\n       \r\n       Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way\r\n       To yours to go between the wall was razed today\r\n       To yours the names to call your others and your own\r\n       Keep these books well stocked away and take your happy home\r\n       \r\n       My carpenter's out and running about talking to the street\r\n       My pockets are out and running about\r\n       Walking in the street to tell what I have hidden there\r\n       \r\n       Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way\r\n       To yours to go between the wall was razed today\r\n       Raze the walls the tiniest flaws the carpenter should rest\r\n       So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best\r\n       \r\n       The hills ringing hear the words in time\r\n       Listen to the holler listen to my walls within my tongue\r\n       When my ears go tin the air quicken tension build ________ inference\r\n       suddenly\r\n       Life and how to live it\r\n       \r\n       Raze the walls the tiniest flaws the carpenter should rest\r\n       So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best\r\n       Read about the wisdom ______________________________\r\n       A secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost\r\n       \r\n       Listen listen to the holler\r\n       I will write a book it will be called Life and How to Live It\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n       Can'T Get There From Here\r\n       =========================\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\n       When the world is a monster[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\n       Bad to swallow you whole[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]G#[/ch] (open [ch]B[/ch] and [ch]E[/ch] strings)\r\n       Kick the clay that holds those teeth in[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G6[/ch]                          [ch]F#[/ch] (open [ch]B[/ch] and [ch]E[/ch] strings)\r\n       Throw your troubles out the door[/tab]\r\n       \r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\n       If you're needing inspiration[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n       Philomath is where I go[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n       Lawyer Jeff he knows the lowdown[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G6[/ch]                        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n       He's mighty glad to visit home[/tab]\r\n       \r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n       I've been there I know the way[/tab]\r\n       Can't get there from here\r\n                                .......[ch]F#[/ch]\r\n       \r\n       {same as other verse}\r\n\r\n       When your hands are feeling empty\r\n       Stick heads jumpin off the ground, 'round\r\n       Tris is sure to shirr the deers out\r\n       Run away sing my song\r\n       \r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n       Hands down Calechee bound[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n       Landlocked kiss the ground[/tab]\r\n       Dirt of seven continents going round and round\r\n       Go on ahead Mr. Citywide hypnotized, suit and tied\r\n       Gentlemen, testify\r\n                             .....[ch]F#[/ch]\r\n       \r\n       {same as before}\r\n\r\n       If your world is a monster\r\n       Bad to swallow you whole\r\n       Philomath they know the lowdown\r\n       Throw your troubles out the door\r\n       \r\n       {ending}   E  E E7 E7 E7------\r\n       \r\n       \r\n\r\n\r\n       Can't Get There From Here\r\n       =========================\r\n       \r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]  \r\n       When the world is a monster[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\n       Bad to swallow you whole[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]G#[/ch] (open [ch]B[/ch] and [ch]E[/ch] strings)\r\n       Kick the clay that holds those teeth in[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G6[/ch]                          [ch]F#[/ch] (open [ch]B[/ch] and [ch]E[/ch] strings)\r\n       Throw your troubles out the door[/tab]\r\n       \r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\n       If you're needing inspiration[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n       Philomath is where I go[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n       Lawyer Jeff he knows the lowdown[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G6[/ch]                        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n       He's mighty glad to visit home[/tab]\r\n       \r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n       I've been there I know the way[/tab]\r\n       Can't get there from here\r\n                                .......[ch]F#[/ch]\r\n       \r\n       {same as other verse}\r\n\r\n       When your hands are feeling empty\r\n       Stick heads jumpin off the ground, 'round\r\n       Tris is sure to shirr the deers out\r\n       Run away sing my song\r\n       \r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n       Hands down Calechee bound[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n       Landlocked kiss the ground[/tab]\r\n       Dirt of seven continents going round and round\r\n       Go on ahead Mr. Citywide hypnotized, suit and tied\r\n       Gentlemen, testify\r\n                             .....[ch]F#[/ch]\r\n       \r\n       {same as before}\r\n\r\n       If your world is a monster\r\n       Bad to swallow you whole\r\n       Philomath they know the lowdown\r\n       Throw your troubles out the door\r\n       \r\n       {ending}   [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n       \r\n\r\n\r\n       \r\n       Wendell Gee\r\n       ===========\r\n\r\n       \r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n           That's when Wendell Gee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch] (Bass in lower case)\r\n       Takes a tug upon the string that held a line of trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]   \r\n           Behind the house he lived in[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]  \r\n       He was reared to give respect[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n       But somehwere down the line he chose[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n       To whistle as the wind blows[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n       To whistle as the wind blows through the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n       He had a dream one night...   [/tab]\r\n       ...and so on until it ends on a very sad C. \r\n       Noe I sure hope the lower case letters don't confuse you;\r\n       The guitar stays on G while mike is doing this country kind of thing.\r\n       \r\n       That's when Wendell Gee takes a tug\r\n       Upon the string that held the line of trees\r\n       Behind the house he lived in\r\n       He was reared to give respect\r\n       But somewhere down the line he chose\r\n       To whistle as the wind blows\r\n       Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves\r\n       \r\n       He had a dream one night\r\n       That the tree had lost its middle\r\n       So he built a trunk of chicken wire\r\n       To try to hold it up but the wire the wire turned to lizard skin\r\n       And when he climbed it sagged\r\n       There wasn't even time to say\r\n       Goodbye to Wendell Gee\r\n       So whistle as the wind blows\r\n       Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves\r\n       \r\n       If the wind were colors\r\n       And if the air could speak\r\n       Then whistle as the wind blows\r\n       Whistle as the wind blows\r\n       \r\n\r\n\r\n       \r\n       Wendell Gee\r\n       ===========\r\n\r\n       \r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n        That's when Wendell Gee takes a tug[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n        Upon the string that held the line of trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n        Behind the house he lived in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n        He was reared to give respect[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n        But somewhere down the line he chose[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n        To whistle as the wind  blows[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n        Whistle as the wind   blows through the leaves[/tab]\r\n       \r\n         {same as before}\r\n\r\n        He had a dream one night\r\n        That the tree had lost its middle\r\n        So he built a trunk of chicken wire\r\n        To try to hold it up but the wire the wire turned to lizard skin\r\n        And when he climbed it sagged\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n        There wasn't even time to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n        Goodbye to Wendell Gee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n        So whistle as the wind blows[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]  (2nd time, play [ch]F[/ch])\r\n        Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves[/tab]\r\n       \r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n        If the wind were colors[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n        And if the air could speak[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n        Then whistle as the wind blows[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n        Whistle as the wind blows[/tab]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n       \n       Feeling Gravitys Pull\n       =====================\n\n       {Okay, here is the opening lick - figure out the rhythm !}\n       \n\n\n       \n       {play the riff but start with the stuff on the 7th fret of\n        the low E string}\n        I fell asleep at just about every paragraph\n        Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around\n        Peel back the mountains peel back the sky\n        Stomp gravity into the floor\n        It's a Man Ray kind of sky\n        I'll show you what I can do with it\n        Time and distance are out of place here\n       \n\n       \n        Step up, step up, step up the sky is opening\n                                               {of course, start the riff again}\n        With the lightest mind I felt gravity pull\n       \n        Somewhere near the end it's sad\n        You can't do this I said I can\n        To shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift\n        It's a Man Ray kind of sky\n        I'll show you what I can do with it\n       \n        Step up, step up, step up. The sky is opening.\n\n       \n\n\n       \n        I fell asleep at just about every paragraph\n        Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around\n        Shift the swaying river's shift\n        Oceans fall and mountains drift\n        It's a Man Ray kind of sky\n        I'll show you what I can do with it\n        Time and distance are out of place here\n       \n        This is the easiest task I've ever had to do...\n\n       \n       \n       \n       \n       Maps And Legends\n       ================\n       \n       \n       {Intro}\n       \n\n       \n       Is he to be reached, he's not to be reached\n       Is he to be reached, he's not to be reached\n\n\n\n       \n       {Same as intro}\n       \n       Maybe he's caught in the legend\n       maybe he's caught in the mood\n       Maybe these maps and legends\n       Have been misunderstood\n       \n       Down the way the roads divided\n       Name me the places you have seen\n       Those who know what I don't know\n       Have heard of the yellow red and green\n       \n       {The break follows these chords}\n       \n       D  Dm   F   C     D  Dm   F F    D  Dm   F  C\n       \n       The map that she's made him doesn't seem real\n       He just sees whatever he sees\n       Point to the legend point to the east\n       Point to the yellow red and green\n       \n\n\n       \n       Driver 8\n       ========\n\n\n       The opening riff is :\n\n       1|                       |                 |\n       2|                       |   0             |\n       3|                       |     0 0 0 0 0 0 |\n       4|                       | 5    5 5 4 2 0  |\n       5|             2 0   2 3 |                 |\n       6|  0    0 2 3           |                 |\n       \n       Finger:    1 2 1     1 2   2    2 2 1 1\n       \n       I find a slide up to the 5th fret with the second finger, and a fast \n       slide back down from the 4th to the 2nd with the first finger, makes\n       the second part more fluid, so I gave my fingering here as well.\n       \n       This riff is repeated for the intro, and the second half of it\n       replaces the D/F# on the second and/or fourth line of some of the the\n       verses.\n       \n       The chorus riff is :\n       \n       1|                                  |\n       2|                                  |\n       3|                                  |\n       4|   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  |\n       5|  2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 |\n       6| 0   2   3   2   0   2   3   3    |\n       \n       (repeat as needed)\n       \n       One set of verses that seems to work (I got several) is :\n       \n            (Intro Riff)\n       \n\n            The fields divided, one by one\n            And the train conductor says, take a break, driver 8\n            Driver 8 take a break you've been on this shift too long\n       \n\n            Driver 8 take a break, we can reach our destination\n            (Chorus Riff)\n            Still a ways away; but it's still a ways away...\n       \n            I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of a farm\n            The power lines have floaters so the airplanes don't get snagged\n            Bells are ringing in the town again\n            The children look up, all they hear are sky blue bells ringing\n       \n            (chorus)\n       \n\n\n            Way to shield away the heat\n            A way to put myself, my children to sleep\n            \n            (Intro riff)\n       \n            Pilots did this song, in a plane like that one\n            She is selling faith on the hotel crusade\n            Locomotive 8, southern crescent hear those bells ring again\n            This field of wheat is looking thin.\n       \n            And the train conductor says\n            Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break\n            We've been on this shift too long\n            And the train conductor says, take a break, driver 8\n            Driver 8 take a break, we can reach our destination\n            (Chorus Riff)\n            Still a ways away; but it's still a ways away...\n       \n       \n       \n       \n       \n       \n       Driver 8\n       ========\n\n\n       \n\n\n\n\n\n       \n\n\n\n       \n       {on that part, you can play the Em Em/F# Em/G Em chords, or you can\n        play this riff:\n       \n\n       \n        Saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm\n        Power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged\n        Bells are ringing through the town again\n        Children look up all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing\n       \n\n\n\n\n       \n        Pilot did this song in a plane like that one\n        She is selling faith on a hotel crusade\n        Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent hear the bells ring again\n        This field of wheat is looking thin\n       \n        And the train conductor says\n        Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break\n        We've been on this shift too long\n       \n\n       \n       Life And How To Live It\n       =======================\n\n       Intro:\n\n\n\n\n       {of course repeat, end on \"C\" chord}\n\n\n\n                                                    {hang on those last 2 notes}\n\n       {repeat riff as necessary or play chords over verse}\n\n\n\n\n       \n\n\n       {same as before}\n       My pockets are out and running about\n       Walking in the street to tell what I have hidden there\n       \n       Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way\n       To yours to go between the wall was razed today\n       Raze the walls the childish flaws the carpenters should wrestle\n       So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best\n       \n       {somewhere around her, there's that little break \"Listen to the holler...\"\n       chords are:  F  Fsus4     C     D\n       \n       The hills ringing hear the words in time\n       Listen to the holler listen to my walls within my tongue\n       When my ears go tin the air quicken tension build ________ inference suddenly\n       Life and how to live it\n       \n       Raze the walls the childish flaws the carpenters should wrestle\n       So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best\n       Read about the wisdom lost a knock a knock a knock\n       A secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost\n       \n       Listen listen to the holler\n       I will write a book it will be called Life and How to Live It\n       \n       \n\n       \n       \n       Life And How To Live It\n       =======================\n\n       \n       The intro slides between 2 chord positions, and you mainly pick\n       on the B,G, and D strings :\n       \n\n       \n       Through the rest of the song, it's almost all more C and D chords,\n       played in various ways, (mostly) on the top 4 strings.  (There's one\n       F chord in there somewhere too.)\n       \n\n       \n\n       \n       Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way\n       To yours to go between the wall was razed today\n       To yours the names to call your others and your own\n       Keep these books well stocked away and take your happy home\n       \n       My carpenter's out and running about talking to the street\n       My pockets are out and running about\n       Walking in the street to tell what I have hidden there\n       \n       Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way\n       To yours to go between the wall was razed today\n       Raze the walls the tiniest flaws the carpenter should rest\n       So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best\n       \n       The hills ringing hear the words in time\n       Listen to the holler listen to my walls within my tongue\n       When my ears go tin the air quicken tension build ________ inference\n       suddenly\n       Life and how to live it\n       \n       Raze the walls the tiniest flaws the carpenter should rest\n       So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best\n       Read about the wisdom ______________________________\n       A secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost\n       \n       Listen listen to the holler\n       I will write a book it will be called Life and How to Live It\n\n\n\n\n       Can'T Get There From Here\n       =========================\n\n\n\n\n\n\n       \n\n\n\n\n       \n\n       Can't get there from here\n                                .......F#\n       \n       {same as other verse}\n\n       When your hands are feeling empty\n       Stick heads jumpin off the ground, 'round\n       Tris is sure to shirr the deers out\n       Run away sing my song\n       \n\n\n       Dirt of seven continents going round and round\n       Go on ahead Mr. Citywide hypnotized, suit and tied\n       Gentlemen, testify\n                             .....F#\n       \n       {same as before}\n\n       If your world is a monster\n       Bad to swallow you whole\n       Philomath they know the lowdown\n       Throw your troubles out the door\n       \n       {ending}   E  E E7 E7 E7------\n       \n       \n\n\n       Can't Get There From Here\n       =========================\n       \n\n\n\n\n\n       \n\n\n\n\n       \n\n       Can't get there from here\n                                .......F#\n       \n       {same as other verse}\n\n       When your hands are feeling empty\n       Stick heads jumpin off the ground, 'round\n       Tris is sure to shirr the deers out\n       Run away sing my song\n       \n\n\n       Dirt of seven continents going round and round\n       Go on ahead Mr. Citywide hypnotized, suit and tied\n       Gentlemen, testify\n                             .....F#\n       \n       {same as before}\n\n       If your world is a monster\n       Bad to swallow you whole\n       Philomath they know the lowdown\n       Throw your troubles out the door\n       \n       {ending}   E  E E7 E7 E7\n       \n\n\n       \n       Wendell Gee\n       ===========\n\n       \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n       ...and so on until it ends on a very sad C. \n       Noe I sure hope the lower case letters don't confuse you;\n       The guitar stays on G while mike is doing this country kind of thing.\n       \n       That's when Wendell Gee takes a tug\n       Upon the string that held the line of trees\n       Behind the house he lived in\n       He was reared to give respect\n       But somewhere down the line he chose\n       To whistle as the wind blows\n       Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves\n       \n       He had a dream one night\n       That the tree had lost its middle\n       So he built a trunk of chicken wire\n       To try to hold it up but the wire the wire turned to lizard skin\n       And when he climbed it sagged\n       There wasn't even time to say\n       Goodbye to Wendell Gee\n       So 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