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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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                              Calexico - Black Heart
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Album : Feast of Wire (2003)
Tempo : 62
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg
Capo 3 
intro:
 Am   Fx4
Verse :
AmSpring is frozen Fnow I'm stuck in low
AmWrapped with wire, Ftapped to the heart
 AmCan't find no poison, Fnow I've got no cure
Amfangs are stuck inside my FskinAm  
     GPayne Dcounty Amline     
     GWatching Dunjust Amclaims
     GOne man's rDighteousAmness is another man's
     CLong hauEml,  Csentence carried Emout
      CLong hauEml,  Dcounting the miles, to the four corners of the world
Am F  (with riff) x2
AmSpring is rusted shut, Ffaith's coiled and cracked
AppariAmtions worth their weight in Fgold
  AmScratched in metal, Fname erodes away
 AmHands are scarred, heart is charred, FBurnt though, and ashenAm  
     GTrip on Dfence post Amline
     GSifting Dthrough the reAmmains
     GOne man's Dclose purAmsuit is another man's
       CLast chance,     Em  Cmake it through the divEmide
       CLast chance,     Em  Dsuffer the weight or get buried by this
     CBlack heart,       Em  Csweeping over the Emland
     CBlack heart,       Em  Dcrawling it's way, To the four corners of the world
[Outro]
 Am   Fx4
Riff x4
e|-Am---------------|--F--------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|--2----2----2---|--2----2----2---|
D|----2----2----2-|----3----3----3-|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Riff :
e|-Am-------------------F----|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|---------------2----3---|
A|--0----2-3--------------|
E|------------------------|

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Black Heart

by Calexico

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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Calexico - Black Heart

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Album : Feast of Wire (2003)

Tempo : 62

E-mail: [email protected]

Tabbed by: newg

Capo 3

intro:

Am F

Verse :

Am F

Spring is frozen now I'm stuck in low

Am F

Wrapped with wire, tapped to the heart

Am F

Can't find no poison, now I've got no cure

Am F Am

fangs are stuck inside my skin

G D Am

Payne county line

G D Am

Watching unjust claims

G D Am

One man's righteousness is another man's

C Em C Em

Long haul, sentence carried out

C Em D

Long haul, counting the miles, to the four corners of the world

Am F (with riff) x2

Am F

Spring is rusted shut, faith's coiled and cracked

Am F

Apparitions worth their weight in gold

Am F

Scratched in metal, name erodes away

Am F Am

Hands are scarred, heart is charred, Burnt though, and ashen

G D Am

Trip on fence post line

G D Am

Sifting through the remains

G D Am

One man's close pursuit is another man's

C Em C Em

Last chance, make it through the divide

C Em D

Last chance, suffer the weight or get buried by this

C Em C Em

Black heart, sweeping over the land

C Em D

Black heart, crawling it's way, To the four corners of the world

[Outro]

Am F

Riff x4

Am F

e|----------------|----------------|

B|----------------|----------------|

G|--2----2----2---|--2----2----2---|

D|----2----2----2-|----3----3----3-|

A|----------------|----------------|

E|----------------|----------------|

Riff :

Am F

e|------------------------|

B|------------------------|

G|------------------------|

D|---------------2----3---|

A|--0----2-3--------------|

E|------------------------|

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