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Algiers

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Tabbed by: newg (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/)
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo : 83
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/
E7sus2/F#: xx4430
Bm/F#: xx4432
G/F#: xx4433
Dsus4: xx0233
Dsus2: xx0230
Bm : x24432 and 799777
Bsus4: 799977
Variation of the Bm and the D.
Bm/F# with some variations : G/F# and finish with E7sus2/F#
D with some variations Dsus4 and finish with Dsus2
[Intro]
Bm Bm D D
[Verse]
BmNights we hide between the Dwalls
Bmvoices leading on the Dground.
GArms reaching Aout,
Emhoping Gfor the chance to Bmstart.
[Instrumental]
Bm   Bsus4x4
[Chorus]
GHearts holding Aout
Emwaiting Gfor the bells to.
[Verse]
BmBring my words to all of Dyou
Bmand, and if they ever hear my Dvoice, Hold me in your
Gthoughts laid Aout
Dtwisted in deGfense,
EmHoping Gfor the chance to Bmstart
[Instrumental]
Bm   Bsus4x4
[Chorus]
GHearts holding Aout
Emwaiting Gfor the bells to
[Verse]
BmSend my love to all my Dfriends
Bmand if I never make it Dback
BmTo hold you in my arms aDgain
not letting go this Bmtime
[Instrumental]
Bm   Bsus4x4
Bm   Bsus4x4
Bm
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo : 85
E-mail:
Tabbed by:ollorneb 31
Capo 2
[Intro]
Em B7 C G
Em B7 C G
D C G
[Verse]
GThrough the gardens and fields ‘neath the tall green grass
G/F#You were Emwalking ‘neath the moon while covering your tracks
CWorking your fingers down to the skin and Gstone
[Chorus]
EmOne hand on the B7hammer, Cone foot by the Gdoor
EmPushed by the B7wind, fed Cby the need foGr moving Don,
Moving Con to nowGhere
[Verse]
GWhen division runs deep and down into the well
All the Emcoins you dove after lost all their spell
CCovered in moss walking for silver and Gblood
[Chorus]
EmOut in the caB7fe, wCorking in the gGrove
EmGuarding the pB7ort of the fCuture you sGold
Holding Don, holding Con to no Gone
Holding Don, holding Con to no Gone
[Chorus]
EmOne eye in the mB7irror, the oCther on the sGcreen
EmSewn in the pocB7kets and dCown into the drGeam
EmCaught up in the moB7rtar, bCricks and heavy lGoad
EmWait in the shadB7ows dCown the living rGoad
Moving Don, moving Con to no oGne
Holding Don, holding Con to no oGne
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo : 148
E-mail:
Tabbed by: gueguet33
[Intro]
Play twice (first palm muted)
|Em------------Em------------Em------------Em--------Am--------|
|-------------------------------------------------1p0|
|------------------------------------------------0---|
|-----------------------------------------------2----|
|-------------2------2-0----------------2------------|
|-0--------3-------3-----3-0---------3---------------|
Em|-----------Em------------Em------------Em-----------Bm7---2-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------2--|
|-----------------------------------------------4---|
|-------------2------2-0----------------2h3p2-------|
|-0--------3-------3-----3-0---------3--------------|
Chorus
Em   Am   Getc...
|-------7-7-7---5---------------------
|-----8-------8---5-------------------
|---9---------------5-----------------
|-9-------------------7---------------
|-----------------------7-------------
|-------------------------5-5-5-7-5-3-
[Verse]
EmThere's a piano playing on the ocean Amfloor
Gbetween Havana and New OrCleaBm7ns
EmDrummin' a requiem for the Amdead
Gand the souls hanging on every Cpoet's prayerBm7  
AmRunning to the Grock, Bm7running to the Emsea
AmPrayin' to the GLord , Bm7please shelter Emme
AmBut the Gground Bm7keeps shakEming,
Amwater is Gboiling on fBm7ireEm  
AmBlood pulsGing through their Bm7veinsEm  
like the Amwaves Gcrashing on the Bm7Malecón Emwall
[Verse]
EmClocks stopping at twelveAm  
Gon the eve of a forgotten CwaBm7r
EmLuis drivin' a '59Am  
Gmaking it half way across the GCulfBm7  
AmStranded on the Grock, Bm7stranded on the sEmea
AmThere's a wall Gin the Bm7ocean between you Emand me
AmDreams Gof reacBm7hing dry laEmnd,
Amtalking Gto the fortunBm7e tellEmer
AmPrisoners Gpounding the jailBm7  Em  
like the Amwaves Gcrashing on the Bm7Malecón Emwall
[Bridge]
EmSomeone lost an eye,
Emsomeone lost the truth
EmTrying to save face,
Emoh 'neath the eyes of the Virgin el Cobre
EmShout me a line sister, shout me a line sister
EmOh I see your hands in the air, see you drowning on the other side side
[Intro Riff] x2
[Verse]
Em"Chief's in the parish and the drummers in the squareAm  
EmWalkin' across the fire, walkin' across the waves"Am  
AmSinner in the rockG, Bm7sinner in the sEmea
AmThere's a sunken brGidge 'Bm7tween you and meEm  
AmRunning past the Gembassy gates,Bm7  Em  
Amand the SaGntería shBm7rineEm  
AmBlood pGulsing thru theiBm7r veinsEm  
like the Amwaves Gthey remBm7ember
Bm7Crashing on the Malecón Emwall
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo : 133
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/
Capo 4
Chords :
Fmaj : x3321x Alternate with the F
G6: 320000
Cadd : 330010
Am7: x02213
[Intro]
F Am Em Am
F Am Em
F Am Em Am
F C G C
[Verse]
AmI was just standing G6turning aC/GroundCadd9  C/G  
AmThat's when they caught me Gheading Fdown
AmKeep on going don't Glook aC/GwayCadd9  C/G  
FThat's what they Ctell me, Gthat's what they CsayCadd9  
[Chorus]
FmajMmm MmAmm mG6mm AmmmmAsus2  
FmajMmm MAmmm GmmGm mmm
FmajMmm MmAmm mG6mm AmmmmAsus2  
Yeah Fthat's what they Ctell me, Gthat's what they C/GsayCadd9  C/G  
[Verse]
AmYou're a pretty G6thought I C/GsupposCadd9eC/G  
AmI'm just trying to hold Gup as I Fgo
And Amone day I swear I'll Gspread my C/GwingsCadd9  C/G  
I'm Fon my Cway to Gfiner Cthings
[Chorus]
FmajMmm MmAmm mG6mm AmmmmAm7  
FmajMmm MAmmm GmmGm mmm
FmajMmm MmAmm mG6mm AmmmmAsus2  
I'm Fon my Cway to Gfiner C/GthingsCadd9  C/G  
[Verse]
AmIt wasn't just me G6playing those C/GgamesCadd9  C/G  
AmStill it's my own fault jGust the Fsame
AmI opened up, I Glet you C/GinCadd9  C/G  
Now these Fcrystal Cfields are Gwearing C/GthinCadd9  C/G  
[Chorus]
FmajMmm MmAmm mG6mm AmmmmAm7  
FmajMmm MAmmm Gmmm mmm
FmajMmm MmAmm mG6mm AmmmmAsus2  
I Fopened C/Gup, I Glet you C/GinCadd9  C/G  
[Verse]
AmI'm walking G6with the fortune teC/GllerCadd9  C/G  
I cAman see my Gown way Fhome
But I Amdon't like this dark Groad anyC/GmoreCadd9  C/G  
And I Fdon't wanna Cbe aGlone for C/GlongCadd9  C/G  
[Chorus]
FmajMmm MmAmm mG6mm AmmmmAm7  
FmajMmm MAmmm Gmmm mmm
FmajMmm MmAmm mG6mm AmmmmAsus2  
DoFn't wanna C/Gbe aGlone for C/GlongCadd9  C/G  
I Fdon't wanna C/Gbe on this Gdark road aC/GloneCadd9  C/G  
[Outro]
F C/G G C/G
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo : 148
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/
Em : 022000 and after the Emadd9 : 022003
Emadd9: 022002
[Intro]
Em
Em Emadd9 Em
[Verse]
EmI hold your wrist
F#You bite your lip
AmThe push becomes an emB7brace
I Emtouch your Emadd9faceEm  
F#You close your eyes
AmThe embrace becomes a B7shove
I Emwalk awayEmadd9  Em  
F#You follow too close
AmThe shove takes hold, and there’s nB7owhere to go
[Chorus]
EmTake it down, Em/F#Take it Em/Gall the Em/G#way
AmTake it down, B7Take it Call the way B7down
EmTake it down, Em/F#Take it Em/Gall the Em/G#way
AmTake it down, B7Take it Call the way B7down, belB7ow the waterlineEm  
[Verse]
EmI see you now
F#Through a glass wall
AmAll that is you stays with you, B7all that is me stays with me
EmBut we see it all
F#We feel it all
AmAnd there is no place we can't B7go
[Chorus]
EmTake it down, Em/F#Take it Em/Gall the Em/G#way
AmTake it down, B7Take it Call the way B7down
EmTake it down, Em/F#Take it Em/Gall the Em/G#way
AmTake it down, B7Take it Call the way B7down, belB7owEm  
B7down, B7belB7ow the waterEmlinee
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo :
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: iingemann
Capo on 3rd
[Intro]
Am Asus2 Am Asus2 D
[Verse]
AmWoke up on MDonday and wrote you a Amlove songD, wrote you Ama love songD  Am  D  
Well the Ampen stopped and tDhe paper flew out the windoAmwD  
And the noAmtes raDng down the roAmadD  
[Chorus]
FI dont know where theyll gCo get cauGght in the trees I sAmuppose
FRipped apart by the birCds and the wintGer winds whisAmper goodbyAme to Dyour loveAm  D  
Am D Am D
AmWent out waDlking into the sAmtormD, into the AmstormD  Am  D  
AmFollowed what I tDhought was your AmvoicDe but it was juAmst tDhe riversideAm  D  
FI dont know where theyll Cgo but I caGst the letters you wAmrote
FTaken out by the cCurrent or Gsink to the bottAmom to..
..Say a little goodbye
Am(SaDy goodbye)
To your love
Am(To Dyour love)
Say a little goodbye
Am(SaDy goodbye)
To your love
Am(To Dyour love)
*GUITAR SOLO*
Am   Dx4
AmSkies dark and the wAm/Gind blew the trAm/Fees downAm/E  
DmI watched as the wCorld slipped awaE7y
AmCarved into the bAm/Gark a final lAm/Fove songAm/E  
Then I Dmcarried the wCords to the fE7ire
FStaring into the glCow where the brGanches are burning lAmow
FSparks shooting out like sCtars and in the mGorning..Am  
..Say a little goodbye
Am(SaDy goodbye)
To your love
Am(To Dyour love)
Say a little goodbye
Am(SaDy goodbye)
To your love
Am(To Dyour love)
AmIll carry this song with mDe everyday til I lAmie dEown by your Amside
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo :
E-mail:
Tabbed by: pb15994
Capo 5th Fret
Intro: Am-E
Play like this:
E-|------0---1--0--|-------0---1--0-|-------0----1-0---|-------0-----------|
B-|----1--3--------|---------3------|-----1---3--------|----------3--1--0--|
G-|--2-------------|-----1----------|---2--------------|-----1-------------|
D-|----------------|---2------------|------------------|--2----------------|
A-|-0--------------|----------------|-0----------------|-------------------|
E-|----------------|-0--------------|------------------|-0-----------------|
Verse 1
AmLupita's 'gonna weave a Epath to the land up north
Am'Gonna find her Eway through the thick of it all
AmLooking at the Elights dancing in the sky
AmHoping for a Efallen star
AmMe consuelo viendo estrellas bailando en el puertoE  
DmBrought them gold from the Amcountry to help cure their Eillness
DmBut they landed with Amonly one purpose for Econquest
DmThough there's still this Amwave of unsettling Ehunger E7that never disappears
Verse 2
AmRigo working one, Etwo, three different jobs
AmAnd when he comes back Ehome he welds into the night
AmBuilds an air Eballoon for his pickup truck
Am'Gonna fly up and Eover the wall
AmIf everything stays Am/F#exactly the same
Am/FThen nothing can move and Enothing can change
AmMe siento ese p?jaro que danza sobre el puertoE  
DmCarried ships from the Amsea up over the Emountains
DmThe warriors fell to their Amknees by the invisible Evirus
DmAnd still you can Amfeel this wave of unsettling Eanger E7that never disappears
Verse 3
AmShe's talking on the Ephone in the heart of town
AmTo her Bachata EMama in the heart of the world
AmSaying "please come Eback to Santo Domingo
AmWhy you gotta Ebe so far away"
AmIf everything stays Am/F#exactly the same
Am/FThen no one can move and Eno one can change
AmAmo ver la Luna vacilando en el puertoE  
DmNo one fortelling the Amdepth and type of Edestruction
DmNor the sadness Amtrapped on the tongue of EMalinche
DmQuetzalcoatl Amfeathers strewn out over the Ealtar
DmBlood running down the Ampyramid steps in the Emorning
DmCodices lost to a Amlanguage that's been Ebroken
DmThere's this growing Amsense of impending Eanger E7that never disappears
AmNinguna Eentrada , Amqueda en el Epuerto
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo : 133
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/)
Capo 5
Em6: 022020
Em7: 022030
Em: xx200x
Db: x4312x
Bsus4(#5) : xx200x
[Intro]
Bm Em Bm Em Bm Em
Bm? F#7  
Bm[Verse]
BmThere's a letter sh e Emkeeps iBmnside, a list of everEmyone she Bmknows
Em   Bm? F#7  Bm  
Behind her closed eyes that turn her in when it's time to go
BmShe's heading Emnorth into the Bmhaze, raise the Emwire and they raise the Bmrent
She's Emwalking the sun back Bmhome and in the Dbnight F#7the moon is Bmgone
[Chorus]
Em7Is Em6it Embetter?G  C#dim  G  
Em7Is Em6it Embetter Gand C#dimbetter?G  
Em7   Em6   Em   G   C#dim   GBsus4(#5) Db  F#  
Is it better than staying home with nowhere to go?
[Verse]
BmI've seen your face oEmut on thBme plains drifting all EmaloneBm  
BmDraw my finger in the Emdirt anBmd down another blue rEmoadBm  
Em   Bm? F#7  Bm  
She's in Kansas and Alabam', Idaho and the Carolines
BmKnow I've seen Emher before canBm't you recognize Emthose handsBm  
[Chorus]
Em7Is Em6it Embetter?G  C#dim  G  
Em7Is Em6it Embetter Gand C#dimbetter?G  
Em7   Em6   Em   G   C#dim   GBsus4(#5) Db  F#  
Is it better than staying back home?
Em7Is Em6it Embetter?G  C#dim  G  
Em7Is Em6it Embetter Gand C#dimbetter?G  
Em7   Em6   Em   G   C#dim   GBsus4(#5) Db  F#  
Is it better with nowhere else to go?
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo :
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo :
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: szekelymihai
[Intro]
G[Verse]
GIn the afternoon of oAmrange blossom days
C   G(D/F#)
Hummingbirds rest above where we lay
Em   G   C   G(D/F#)
You say it's ok, no need to fret
EmThe weight of it aGll, will eCase aG/Bs we fAmind
CThe baG/Blance in eAmach step we Gmake
[Verse]
GSwinging back'n forth, in a AmPalo Verde tree
C   G(D/F#)
The wind in the needles, hushes you asleep
Em   G   C   G(D/F#)
And even with the strain, your heart remains
EmAnd don't doubt wGhy, darlin'
CIn tG/Bime you will fAmind
CWe're alright G/Bwe were boAmrn
CLike the branG/Bch to bAmend and not to bGreak
G Am
C   G(D/F#)
Em   G   C   G(D/F#)
Reconcile and resurrect
EmTombstone rGose
CGrowing G/Bup and over the Amgates
CTo where G/Bour children plAmay
CThe futuG/Bre wraps round like Amvines, inside theGse arms
Em G
C   G(D/F#)
Em G
CDarG/Blin' will you Amsay
CIn our G/Bfinal embrAmace
Before retuCrning 'G/Bneath the Amclay
After aCll thG/Bat your hAmeart still reGmains ...
Use variations of the main chords used.
G: 320030 / 320000
Am: x02210 / x02200
C: 032010 / 032030
G/B: 020010
D/F#: 200232
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo :
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: alekstoicovici
[Intro]
Gm[VeA#rseDm]F  
GmOn the A#longesDmt dayF  
GmThe vaA#nishing DmmindF  
[Chorus]
CmKnows not when tD#he day ends
GmWho coulA#d care for Dmyou
Who coFuld undeGmrstandA#  Dm  F  
[Verse]
GmIn the rA#oom sealeDmd shutF  
GmYou're nA#ot what yDmou wereF  
CmSo much sweeter Gmnow
D#That there's nothing left to
FRemember you
[Bridge]
A#It's what brought you heFre
GmIt's what keeps you Dmhere
A#Who could care for youF  
GmWho could understandD  
D#Know not when A#the day enDds or beGmgins anyCmore
GmIn the hA#allway aDmnd waiFting aGmgaiA#nDm  F  
GmHere we A#are, herDme we sitF  
GmThe lighA#t turninDmg greyF  
CmYour smile bringGms me back
D#To the longest day
FThe vanishing mind
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo :
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo :
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/
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Album : Algiers (2012)
Tempo :
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/
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