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Eid Ma Clack Shaw

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G#minor

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G#m
Working through death's pain
G#mLast night I swear I felt your F#touch
   G#mGentle and F#warm. The hair stood on my G#marmsF#  
   G#mHow? F#  
G#mhow?F#  
G#mhow?F#  
G#m                                        riff 1
Show me the way, show me the way, show me the way
F#To shake a G#memory    
G#m                                        riff 2
Show me the way, show me the way, show me the way
F#To shake a G#memory                                                                     
I G#mflipped my forelock, I twitched my F#withers, I reared and G#mbuckedF#  
                            G#            C#mriff 3
     I could not put my rider aground
                                         G#              C#mriff 3
    All these fine memories are fuckin' me down
I G#mdreamed it was a dream that you were F#gone
I G#mwoke up feeling so ripped by F#reality
G#mLove is the king of the F#beasts
G#mAnd when it gets hungry it must F#kill to eat
G#mLove is the king of the F#beasts
G#mA lion walking F#down city streets
G#m   F#
I G#mfell back asleep some F#time later on
                             G#         C#mriff 3
     And I dreamed the perfect song
                                 G#                C#mriff 3
     It held all the answers, like hands laid on
I G#mwoke halfway and scribbled it F#down
And G#min the morning what I wrote I F#read
                              G#m                      F#riff 4
It was hard to read at first but here's what it said
G#m
G#mEid ma clack shaw
GZupoven del ba
G#mMertepy ven seinur
GCofally ragdah
Show me the way, show me the way, show me the way
To shake a memory                                      x2 
Eid ma clack shaw
Zupoven del ba
Mertepy ven seinur
Cofally ragdah
Riff 1
e|---------------------11~--|
B|--/12--9------9br---------|
G|----------11--------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Riff 2
e|--------------------------|
B|--/12--9------9br---------|
G|----------11---------8~---|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Riff 3
e|--------------------------|
B|---11b--11~---9~----------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Riff 4
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|---6b---------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release

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Eid Ma Clack Shaw

by Bill Callahan

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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G#m

C#m

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G#m

Working through death's pain

G#m F#

Last night I swear I felt your touch

G#m F# G#m F#

Gentle and warm. The hair stood on my arms

G#m F#

How?

G#m F#

how?

G#m F#

how?

G#m riff 1

Show me the way, show me the way, show me the way

F# G#

To shake a memory

G#m riff 2

Show me the way, show me the way, show me the way

F# G#

To shake a memory

G#m F# G#m F#

I flipped my forelock, I twitched my withers, I reared and bucked

G# C#m

riff 3

I could not put my rider aground

G# C#m

riff 3

All these fine memories are fuckin' me down

G#m F#

I dreamed it was a dream that you were gone

G#m F#

I woke up feeling so ripped by reality

G#m F#

Love is the king of the beasts

G#m F#

And when it gets hungry it must kill to eat

G#m F#

Love is the king of the beasts

G#m F#

A lion walking down city streets

G#m F#

I fell back asleep some time later on

G# C#m

riff 3

And I dreamed the perfect song

G# C#m

riff 3

It held all the answers, like hands laid on

G#m F#

I woke halfway and scribbled it down

G#m F#

And in the morning what I wrote I read

G#m F#

riff 4

It was hard to read at first but here's what it said

G#m

Eid ma clack shaw

Zupoven del ba

G#m

Mertepy ven seinur

Cofally ragdah

Show me the way, show me the way, show me the way

To shake a memory x2

Eid ma clack shaw

Zupoven del ba

Mertepy ven seinur

Cofally ragdah

Riff 1

e|---------------------11~--|

B|--/12--9------9br---------|

G|----------11--------------|

D|--------------------------|

A|--------------------------|

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

Riff 2

e|--------------------------|

B|--/12--9------9br---------|

G|----------11---------8~---|

D|--------------------------|

A|--------------------------|

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

Riff 3

e|--------------------------|

B|---11b--11~---9~----------|

G|--------------------------|

D|--------------------------|

A|--------------------------|

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

Riff 4

e|--------------------------|

B|--------------------------|

G|--------------------------|

D|---6b---------------------|

A|--------------------------|

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

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| pb Pre-bend

| pbr Pre-bend release

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