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Patti Smith - "Death Singing" 
(from "Peace and Noise, 1997)
As most of Patti's songs, this one is powerful and very easy at the same time.
Verse:  F- Am  
Chorus:  C- E  
Note: F shall be played as:
 - 1 -
 - 1 -
 - 2 -
 - 3 - 
 - x -
 - x -
Verse:
In the Fstraw-colored Amlight
In Flight rapidly Amchanging
On a Flife rapidly Amfading
Pre-chorus:
Have you Cseen death Esinging
Have you Cseen death Esinging
Verse:
With a Fthroat smooth as a Amlamb
Yet dry as a branch not snapping
He throws back his head
And he does not sing a thing mournful
Chorus:
Have you Cseen death Esinging
Have you seen death singing
Have you seen death singing
In the Estraw-colored Amlight
He sings a black embrade
And white opals swimming
In a child's leather purse
Have you seen death swimming
Have you seen death swimming
With a throat smooth as a lamb
Yet dry as a branch not snapping
He throws back his head
And he does not sing a thing mournful
Have you seen death singing
Have you seen death singing
Have you seen death singing
In the straw-colored light
He sings of youth enraged
And the burning of Atlanta
And these viral times
And May ribbons streaming
And straw-colored curls a-turning
A mother's vain delight
And woe to the sun
And woe to the young
Another hearse is drawn
Have you seen death singing
In the straw-colored light
I guess that's it. 
It's my debut tab, so thx for rating and comments.
mi.pl

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Death Singing

by Patti Smith

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Patti Smith - "Death Singing"

(from "Peace and Noise, 1997)

As most of Patti's songs, this one is powerful and very easy at the same time.

F Am

Verse: -

C E

Chorus: -

Note: F shall be played as:

- 1 -

- 2 -

- 3 -

- x -

Verse:

F Am

In the straw-colored light

F Am

In light rapidly changing

F Am

On a life rapidly fading

Pre-chorus:

C E

Have you seen death singing

C E

Have you seen death singing

Verse:

F Am

With a throat smooth as a lamb

Yet dry as a branch not snapping

He throws back his head

And he does not sing a thing mournful

Chorus:

C E

Have you seen death singing

E Am

In the straw-colored light

He sings a black embrade

And white opals swimming

In a child's leather purse

Have you seen death swimming

With a throat smooth as a lamb

Yet dry as a branch not snapping

He throws back his head

And he does not sing a thing mournful

Have you seen death singing

In the straw-colored light

He sings of youth enraged

And the burning of Atlanta

And these viral times

And May ribbons streaming

And straw-colored curls a-turning

A mother's vain delight

And woe to the sun

And woe to the young

Another hearse is drawn

Have you seen death singing

In the straw-colored light

I guess that's it.

It's my debut tab, so thx for rating and comments.

mi.pl

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