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Train Robbers

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Eminor
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Tuning: EADGBE (Standard) with a capo at the 5th fret (album and New Earth Mud live versions) or 2nd fret
NOTE: Most chords in this tab are chord shapes relative to the capo, not the actual pitch of the chords.
The exception being the electric playing during the choruses and solo, which does not have a capo.
Notable chord shapes:
Em(maj7) Em7 Asus2/F#
E----0-------0------0------
B----0-------0------0------
G----0-------0------2------
D----1-------0------2------
A----2-------2------x------
E----0-------0------2------
Em Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) (repeating, fades in)
Em Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) Em
I think I'll rob a train
Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) Em
And move to South America
Em(maj7) Em Em(maj7)
Wander off in the rain
Come off Asus2/F#smiling and BdryEm  
Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) Em
Legend, fortune, and fame
Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) Em
I can be the stuff of headlines
Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7)
Another household name
To be Asus2/F#discarded with Btime
CHORUS
A B C (play A and B as pickup notes to a full C chord)
CIf there's one Gthing I've learned in this Dlife of crime
CWhen it's all over split up the Gmoney and go your own Dway
CIf you get caught don't say Gnothing, just Dstay in line
C   G(stop)
Til' your chance comes and you can make your next getaway
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NOTE: There is another guitar in the chorus that plays the following in standard tuning WITH NO CAPO:
E--1----3----3----3--3---3---3---------------------
B--1----1----0----0--0h1-0h1-0--0h1p0--------------
G--2----0----0----0--0---0---0--------0h2p0--------
D--3----2----0-------0h2-0h2-0--------------0h2p0--
A--3----3----2-------------------------------------
E--1---------3-------------------------------------
E--1----3----3----3--3---3---3----3--3--3--
B--1----1----0----0--0h1-0h1-3----3--1--0--
G--2----0----0----0--0---0---0----0--0--0--
D--3----2----0-------0h2-0h2-0----0--2--0--
A--3----3----2-----------------------------
E--1---------3-----------------------------
E--1----3----3----3--3---3---3---------------------
B--1----1----0----0--0h1-0h1-0--0h1p0--------------
G--2----0----0----0--0---0---0--------0h2p0--------
D--3----2----0-------0h2-0h2-0--------------0h2p0--
A--3----3----2-------------------------------------
E--1---------3-------------------------------------
(stop)
E--1----3----3--
B--1----1----1--
G--2----0----0--
D--3----2----2--
A--3----3----3--
E--1------------
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Em Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) x2
Em Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) Em
I must admit it's strange
Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) Em
These visions of empty ballrooms
Em(maj7) Em7
And the sound of a sad refrain
Like a Asus2/F#smoke ring floating BbyEm  
Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) Em
But the omen already came
Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) Em
In the form of a pear tree
Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7)
That grows out of a cave
Into a Asus/F#crystal waterBfall
CHORUS
SOLO #1 RHYTHM
Repeat these chords x3:
Em F# G
A B C
F# and B are just individual notes, not the full chords.
Em F# G
A B C
A B C
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NOTE: The second guitar from the choruses (again, standard tuning with no capo) reappears during the solo with
the following:
Repeat x3:
A B C
D E F
As with the acoustic guitar, the B and E here are individual notes, not full chords.
A B C
D E F
D E F
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Em Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) x2
Em Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) Em
Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7) Em
Em(maj7) Em7 Em(maj7)
Were from my Asus2/F#enemies and all my friends Balike
CHORUS
SOLO #2 RHYTHM
Repeat x7
Em F# G
A B C
Em F# G
A B C
A B C
Em
NOTE: Electric guitar is here too, see the first solo rhythm for the chords.
All chords in this song (11)

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