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Blood – Middle-East (CAPO ON 4TH FRET)
[Intro] (Main Riff x2)
[Verse 1]
COlder broG/Cther, restAmless soul, Emlie dowCn.
CLie for a G/Cwhile with yoAmur ear Emagainst Cthe earth.
CYou can G/Chear your Amsister Emsleep Ctalking,
Say ‘you’re hair is G/Clong but nAmot long Emenough to rCeach
[Chorus]
    CHome to me,    GBut your beard,   CSomeday might be.G  
[Bridge]
And she’ll wake up Em7in a cold sweCadd9at on the flooGr
Next to a Em7family portrait Cadd9drawn when you were Gfour
And Em7beside a jar of Cadd9two cent coins that are Gno good no moreEm7  
Cadd9She’ll lay it Gaside
(Main Riff x2)
[Verse 2]
  COlder G/Cfather, wAmeary souEml, you’lCl drive
Back to the hG/Come you mAmade on thEme mouCntainside
With that G/Cugly, AmterriEmble thCing
Those papers G/Cfor diAmvorce
And a Emlonely rCing,
[Chorus 2]
  A lonely ringG  
Sit on your porchC  
And pluck your stringsG  
[Bridge 2]
Oh, and you’ll Em7find somCadd9ebody you can Gblame
And you’ll Em7follow the creek that Cadd9runs out into the Gsea
    Em7And you’ll Cadd9find the peace of the GLord.
(Main Riff x2)
[Verse 3] (Main riff)
  CGrandfG/Cather, wAmeary soEmul, you’Cll fly
Over yoG/Cur life onAmce morEme before Cyou die
 Since our G/Cgrandma Ampassed awayEm  
YCou’ve G/Cwaited for Amforever Emand a daCy
[Chorus 3] (Strum)
Just to die,G  
And someday soonC  
You will dieG  
[Bridge 3] (Strum bass note then rest of chord)
Em7It was the only Cadd9woman you ever Gloved
That got Em7burnt by the sun tCadd9oo often when she was Gyoung
And the Em7cancer spread and it ran into Cadd9her body and her Gblood
                 Em7                  Cadd9  G-------
And there’s nothing you can do about it now
[Outro] (Same as verse - strumming)
 C   G/C   Am   Em   Cx4
 G   C   Gx2 (same as chorus)
[Outro]  G   C   Gx3 (One strum)
Chords Used:
C: X30050
G/C: 3X0050
Am: 002210
Em: 0799870
Em7: 022033
Cadd9: X32033
G: 320033

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Blood

by The Middle East

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

G/C

Em7

Cadd9

Blood – Middle-East (CAPO ON 4TH FRET)

[Intro] (Main Riff x2)

[Verse 1]

C G/C Am Em C

Older brother, restless soul, lie down.

C G/C Am Em C

Lie for a while with your ear against the earth.

C G/C Am Em C

You can hear your sister sleep talking,

G/C Am Em C

Say ‘you’re hair is long but not long enough to reach

[Chorus]

C G C G

Home to me, But your beard, Someday might be.

[Bridge]

Em7 Cadd9 G

And she’ll wake up in a cold sweat on the floor

Em7 Cadd9 G

Next to a family portrait drawn when you were four

Em7 Cadd9 G Em7

And beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more

Cadd9 G

She’ll lay it aside

(Main Riff x2)

[Verse 2]

C G/C Am Em C

Older father, weary soul, you’ll drive

G/C Am Em C

Back to the home you made on the mountainside

G/C Am Em C

With that ugly, terrible thing

G/C Am

Those papers for divorce

Em C

And a lonely ring,

[Chorus 2]

A lonely ring

Sit on your porch

And pluck your strings

[Bridge 2]

Em7 Cadd9 G

Oh, and you’ll find somebody you can blame

Em7 Cadd9 G

And you’ll follow the creek that runs out into the sea

Em7 Cadd9 G

And you’ll find the peace of the Lord.

(Main Riff x2)

[Verse 3] (Main riff)

C G/C Am Em C

Grandfather, weary soul, you’ll fly

G/C Am Em C

Over your life once more before you die

G/C Am Em

Since our grandma passed away

C G/C Am Em C

You’ve waited for forever and a day

[Chorus 3] (Strum)

Just to die,

And someday soon

You will die

[Bridge 3] (Strum bass note then rest of chord)

Em7 Cadd9 G

It was the only woman you ever loved

Em7 Cadd9 G

That got burnt by the sun too often when she was young

Em7 Cadd9 G

And the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood

Em7 Cadd9 G

-------

And there’s nothing you can do about it now

[Outro] (Same as verse - strumming)

C G/C Am Em C

G C G

x2 (same as chorus)

G C G

[Outro] x3 (One strum)

Chords Used:

: X30050

G/C

: 3X0050

: 002210

: 0799870

Em7

: 022033

Cadd9

: X32033

: 320033

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