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Destroyer

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Hey, big love to CDemmings173 for the first version of this tab, upon which this is based.
Having seen Gira live, he doesn't use weird tunings: just has his guitar in D Standard, and for this song he
puts his Capo on the 3rd fret (so 1st fret if your guitar is in Standard).
On record, the song is played with 3 guitars, with Gira just strumming the rhythm and 2 of Akron/Family
providing separate leads, but the overall effect can be recreated with just one guitar.
The chord progression remains the same throughout the whole song and goes as follows (relative to capo):
          EB11*      Amaj7  E  
e|---0------0------0------0---|
B|---0------0------2------0---|
G|---1------2------1------1---|
D|---2------1------2------2---|
A|---2------2------0------2---|
E|---0-----(0)----(0)-----0---|   *I'm not sure if that's the actual name of this chord, but it's close.
To recreate the effect of Akron/Family's leads, you can just play variations on the 2nd fret of the B & E
strings with your pinky. It doesn't really matter what you do specifically as the song is pretty variable.
I've included the ones I use, which match up with the first 4 bars of the intro (but not the whole song,
although I do use them for the whole song).
For the progression from E to B11:
e|--E----0---2p0---0-----B11-0---0-2p0-0-0----|
B|------0---0-----0------2p0-0-0---2-2s5~-|
G|--1-1-1---1-----1------2---2-2---2-2----|
D|--2-2-2---2-----2------1---1-1---1-1----|
A|--2-2-2---------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0---------------------------------|
And from Amaj7 back to E:
e|Amaj7------0---2p0-0-0---0--E0-----2p0-0-0----|
B|--2-2-2---2---2-2p0-0--2p0-0-0---2-2s5~-|
G|--1-1-1---1---1-1---1--1---1-1---1-1----|
D|--2-2-2---2---2-2---2--2---2-2---2-2----|
A|--0-0-0----------------2---2------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Hope this works out well for you guys! If you don't want to play the variations, just slowly strum with smooth
even downstrokes throughout the song (with more oomph on the last 2 verses) :)
Here are the chords in sync with the lyrics :)
[1st Verses]
Here she Ecomes dressed in B11white
Her Amaj7mouth is filled with Eflames
Her skin is Eblack, her fingers B11trace
The Amaj7diamonds in her Eveins
Here she Ecomes down from the B11sun
To Amaj7wash this country cElean
Comes down for Eus, down from the B11dust
To Amaj7murder what remEains
Here she Ecomes now dressed in B11red
To Amaj7heal this ruined Erace
I know somewEhere, where there's a B11god
He's Amaj7lying at her Efeet
[2nd Verses/Chorus]
And Ewe'll walk B11freely through the Amaj7mountains and the Etrees
And Ewe'll breathe B11deep again where the Amaj7air is pure and Eclean
And Ewe will drink B11freely from the Amaj7milk of our revEenge
And Ewe will break B11down the prison Amaj7gates that keep you Ein
So pElease show no B11pity as we Amaj7come up from the gEround
And pElease reB11member as you Amaj7kill us and cut us dEown
That Etime will not wB11ash clean the bloody Amaj7face of historyE  
And sEomeone will breathe B11here again and they will Amaj7hate you for what you lEeave
(lyrics from lyrics.wikia.com)
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Destroyer

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

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Amaj7

B11

Hey, big love to CDemmings173 for the first version of this tab, upon which this is based.

Having seen Gira live, he doesn't use weird tunings: just has his guitar in D Standard, and for this song he

puts his Capo on the 3rd fret (so 1st fret if your guitar is in Standard).

On record, the song is played with 3 guitars, with Gira just strumming the rhythm and 2 of Akron/Family

providing separate leads, but the overall effect can be recreated with just one guitar.

The chord progression remains the same throughout the whole song and goes as follows (relative to capo):

E Amaj7 E

B11*

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

B|---0------0------2------0---|

G|---1------2------1------1---|

D|---2------1------2------2---|

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

E|---0-----(0)----(0)-----0---| *I'm not sure if that's the actual name of this chord, but it's close.

To recreate the effect of Akron/Family's leads, you can just play variations on the 2nd fret of the B & E

strings with your pinky. It doesn't really matter what you do specifically as the song is pretty variable.

I've included the ones I use, which match up with the first 4 bars of the intro (but not the whole song,

although I do use them for the whole song).

For the progression from E to B11:

E B11

e|------0---2p0---0------0---0-2p0-0-0----|

B|------0---0-----0------2p0-0-0---2-2s5~-|

G|--1-1-1---1-----1------2---2-2---2-2----|

D|--2-2-2---2-----2------1---1-1---1-1----|

A|--2-2-2---------------------------------|

E|--0-0-0---------------------------------|

And from Amaj7 back to E:

Amaj7 E

e|------0---2p0-0-0---0--0-----2p0-0-0----|

B|--2-2-2---2---2-2p0-0--2p0-0-0---2-2s5~-|

G|--1-1-1---1---1-1---1--1---1-1---1-1----|

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

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

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

Hope this works out well for you guys! If you don't want to play the variations, just slowly strum with smooth

even downstrokes throughout the song (with more oomph on the last 2 verses) :)

Here are the chords in sync with the lyrics :)

[1st Verses]

E B11

Here she comes dressed in white

Amaj7 E

Her mouth is filled with flames

E B11

Her skin is black, her fingers trace

Amaj7 E

The diamonds in her veins

E B11

Here she comes down from the sun

Amaj7 E

To wash this country clean

E B11

Comes down for us, down from the dust

Amaj7 E

To murder what remains

E B11

Here she comes now dressed in red

Amaj7 E

To heal this ruined race

E B11

I know somewhere, where there's a god

Amaj7 E

He's lying at her feet

[2nd Verses/Chorus]

E B11 Amaj7 E

And we'll walk freely through the mountains and the trees

E B11 Amaj7 E

And we'll breathe deep again where the air is pure and clean

E B11 Amaj7 E

And we will drink freely from the milk of our revenge

E B11 Amaj7 E

And we will break down the prison gates that keep you in

E B11 Amaj7 E

So please show no pity as we come up from the ground

E B11 Amaj7 E

And please remember as you kill us and cut us down

E B11 Amaj7 E

That time will not wash clean the bloody face of history

E B11 Amaj7 E

And someone will breathe here again and they will hate you for what you leave

(lyrics from lyrics.wikia.com)

Thanks for reading, spread the love ♥

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