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Bone Of Song

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Step 1 / 230Position: 2
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Capo 7th fret
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Standard tuning
[Verse]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------|
D|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|
A|------------------3-------------------------------3-------------------|
E|--3-------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
[Chorus]
e|--C---------G---------D---------C-----------|
B|------0--------0--------3--------1------|
G|----0---0----0---0----2---2----0---0----|
D|--------------------0-------------------|
A|--3--------------------------3----------|
E|-----------3----------------------------|
e|--G---------D---------C---------C-----------|
B|------0--------3--------1--------1------|
G|----0---0----2---2----0---0----0---0----|
D|-----------0----------------------------|
A|--------------------3--------3----------|
E|--3-------------------------------------|
e|--G/A----------G--------G/F#---------G/F#-----------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|------0--------0--------0--------0------|
D|----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|--5---------3-------2--------2----------|
[Verse 1]
Just where it now lies I can no longer say
I found it on a cold and November day
In the roots of a sycamore tree where it had hid so long
In a box made out of myrtle lay the bone of song
[Verse 2]
The bone of song was a jawbone old and bruised
and worn out in the service of the muse
and along its sides and teeth were written words
I ran my palm along them and I heard
[Chorus 1]
LCucky are yGou who fDinds me in the CwildernessG  D  C  C  
I G/Aam the only uGnquiet ghoG/F#st that does not G/F#seek rest
[Verse 3]
the words on the bone of song were close and small
and though their tongues were dead I found I knew them all
in the hieroglyphs of quills and quatrain lines
Osiris, the fall of Troy, Auld Lang Syne
[Chorus 2]
Kathleen Mauvoreen, Magnificat, Your Cheatin' Heart
the chords of a covenant king singing for the Ark
[Instrumental]
e|----------------------------------------3---2-------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------3---1---0-------0-----|
G|------0---2---0---2/4---4---2---0-------------------------------------|
D|----0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3---------------------------------3-----------------------3---------|
e|------3---2--------------------------------------|
B|--------------3---1---0--------1p0---1p0---------|
G|----------------------------0------0-----0---0---|
D|----0---0---0---0---0---0------------------------|
A|--------------------------3----------------0-----|
E|--3----------------------------------------------|
e|------3---2---------------------------3---2-----------------|
B|--------------3---1---0-------0---------------3---1---0-----|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------3-------3-------------------------|
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|------0---2---0-------0---2---0---| etc...
D|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A|------------------3---------------|
E|--3-------------------------------|
[Verse 4]
then I saw on a white space that was left
a blessing written older than the rest
it said leave me here I care not for wealth or fame
I'll remember your song, but I'll forget your name
[Chorus 3]
the words that I sang blew off like the leaves in the wind
and perched like birds in the branches before landing on the bone again
[Verse 5]
then the bone was quiet it said no more to me
so I wrapped it in the ribbons of a sycamore tree
and as night had come I turned around and headed home
with a lightness in my step and a song in my bones
[Chorus 1]
lucky are you who finds me in the wilderness
I am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest
[Outro]
e|-----------------------------------------------0-----0-------|
B|------------------------------------------0--3---3-----3-----|
G|------0---0---4---2---0---2---4--2--0---0----------0-----0---|
D|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------------------3----------------------|
e|--0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------0---2---0---0h2----4--2--0---------------------------|
D|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----0--------------2---2----0------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------3----|
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