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Steeples

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This song is in a really weird key and it's fun to play.  I tried to match the chords
up with the words as best I could, but you'll have to listen to it to  get the timing
down exactly.  I'm not gonna tab out the intro  because I don't know it.  Make up your
own.
Verse 1:              
I heard a story F#about a boy  who wGas swept off the deckF#  G  
F#The sweeping tide sweGpt the sea over his neckF#  G  F#  
(Repeat chord sequence)
But it did not end there, the boy began to swim
And dared to the sea that dared to invade him
Chorus:
Bmdid you evF#er wanGt to know mDe
did you ever feel like you could
**                        Em  
it's a silent steeple
Gthat carries us downEm  
it's a silent steeF#ple
(Back to verse riff)
Verse 2:
But the sea wouldn't so much as reply
So the boy swore to the ships that were fated to die
Red sky at night, sailors delight
Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning
Chorus
F#sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back
Bridge:  (Same chords as chorus)
We were going with the wind in our hair
And we didn't want to look back 'cause if we did
We would not care
And if we all were to die now
Well it wouldn't be that bad
'Cause that boy in the waves said
he'd give us everything
Everything he had
To go on and trace that scar,
like we did ten years before
(Solo over verse, chorus chords)
chorus
F#sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back
sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back, sail on....
(Verse  riff out)
That F# to G sequence played on the verses is also the main riff of the song and it
starts up after that little intro that I haven't learned yet.  You can jam out on it
at the end if you want.  It's really fun to solo over. **I'm tabbing this song out from
memory and I think that part is right, but I'm not entirely sure.  Try it with the
recording and see if that works.

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Steeples

by Dispatch

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

This song is in a really weird key and it's fun to play. I tried to match the chords

up with the words as best I could, but you'll have to listen to it to get the timing

down exactly. I'm not gonna tab out the intro because I don't know it. Make up your

own.

Verse 1:

F# G F# G

I heard a story about a boy who was swept off the deck

F# G F# G F#

The sweeping tide swept the sea over his neck

(Repeat chord sequence)

But it did not end there, the boy began to swim

And dared to the sea that dared to invade him

Chorus:

Bm F# G D

did you ever want to know me

did you ever feel like you could

it's a silent steeple

G Em

that carries us down

it's a silent steeple

(Back to verse riff)

Verse 2:

But the sea wouldn't so much as reply

So the boy swore to the ships that were fated to die

Red sky at night, sailors delight

Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning

Chorus

sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back

Bridge: (Same chords as chorus)

We were going with the wind in our hair

And we didn't want to look back 'cause if we did

We would not care

And if we all were to die now

Well it wouldn't be that bad

'Cause that boy in the waves said

he'd give us everything

Everything he had

To go on and trace that scar,

like we did ten years before

(Solo over verse, chorus chords)

chorus

sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back

sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back, sail on....

(Verse riff out)

That F# to G sequence played on the verses is also the main riff of the song and it

starts up after that little intro that I haven't learned yet. You can jam out on it

at the end if you want. It's really fun to solo over. **I'm tabbing this song out from

memory and I think that part is right, but I'm not entirely sure. Try it with the

recording and see if that works.

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