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Sunken Waltz

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1/13

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 13Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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Album : Feast of Wire (2003)
Tempo : 3/4  75
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg (thanks to Seb the Koala)
You can play C/G instead of C
[Intro]
e|--0Am-----0-----0-----0-------------------|----------------------|
B|--1--------------3-----3--1-------------|----------------------|
G|--2-----------------------------2-------|--2----0--------------|    
D|--2-------------------------------------|------------3---3-2---|
A|--0-------------------------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
C C Em Am Am
[Verse]
AmWashed my face in the Frivers of Cempire
Made my Fbed from a Ccardboard GcrateG  
Down Emin the city of AmQuartzAm  
AmNo news, no Fnew reCgrets
Tossed a FSusan B. Cover my Gshoulder
And Fprayed it would Emrain and Dmrain
SubFmerge the Emwhole western Dmstates
Called a Clast fair Fdeal 
With an Camerican Fzeal
and Emcorporate handAmshakeAm  
[Solo]
Am Am C C F C G G Em Am Am
[Verse]
Amtake the story of Fcarpenter Cmike
Who dropped his Ftools and his Ckeys and Gleft
And Fheaded out as Emfar as he Dmcould
past the Fcities and Emgated neighborDmhoods.
And he Cslept neath the Fstars
Wrote Cdown what he FdreamtF  
And he Cbuilt a maFchine for Emno-one to AmseeAm  
Then took Gflight first Flight of new Cmorning
[Outro]
C

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Sunken Waltz

by Calexico

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

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Album : Feast of Wire (2003)

Tempo : 3/4 75

E-mail: [email protected]

Tabbed by: newg (thanks to Seb the Koala)

You can play C/G instead of C

[Intro]

e|--0-----0-----0-----0-------------------|----------------------|

B|--1--------------3-----3--1-------------|----------------------|

G|--2-----------------------------2-------|--2----0--------------|

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

A|--0-------------------------------------|----------------------|

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

C C Em Am Am

[Verse]

Am F C

Washed my face in the rivers of empire

F C G G

Made my bed from a cardboard crate

Em Am Am

Down in the city of Quartz

Am F C

No news, no new regrets

F C G

Tossed a Susan B. over my shoulder

F Em Dm

And prayed it would rain and rain

F Em Dm

Submerge the whole western states

C F

Called a last fair deal

C F

With an american zeal

Em Am Am

and corporate handshake

[Solo]

Am Am C C F C G G Em Am Am

[Verse]

Am F C

take the story of carpenter mike

F C G

Who dropped his tools and his keys and left

F Em Dm

And headed out as far as he could

F Em Dm

past the cities and gated neighborhoods.

C F

And he slept neath the stars

C F F

Wrote down what he dreamt

C F Em Am Am

And he built a machine for no-one to see

G F C

Then took flight first light of new morning

[Outro]

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