xSong: Hold Your Breath
Artist: The Acorn
Album: "Glory Hope Mountain" [2007]
Tab by Devin Miller
Tuning: 1/2 Step Down (D# G# C# F# A# d#)
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CHORD REFERENCE (use these, not the ones UG puts as a link
above the lyrics):
Em7 G Am G7 G6 D C
e|-----------------1----0----2----0----|
B|--3----3----1----3----3----3----1----|
G|--0----0----2----0----0----2----0----|
D|--2----0----2----0----0----0----2----|
A|--2----2----0----x----x---------3----|
E|--0----3----0----3----3--------------|
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Em7 G
There's a river that parts the valley of this town
Em7 G
Following the road up to your father's farm
Em7 G
Your rosy lungs were empty on the day that you were born
Em7 G
And no one thought you'd make it past the morning
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Am G
Ho...........Hum
Am G
Ho...........Hum
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Em7
Your brother said your mother
G
Was a firefly you buried in the earth
Em7
And every night, the fire light
G
Warms the tender bits of skin beneath your shirt
Em7 G
The climbing constellations move in semi-tones
Em7 G
And set behind the county line in a melody of gravitation
Electric guitar riff:
e|---------10-------|---------10-------|
B|---8----------8---|---8--------------|
G|-7----7-----------|-7----7-----------|
D|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|
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Am G
Ho...........Hum
Am G
Ho...........Hum
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Em7 G7 G7 G6 G6 G G
Calling on the colours of the road!
Em7 G7 G7 G6 G6 G G
Sleep amongst the mango trees and poison toads
Em7 G7 G7 G6 G6 G G
A flood for every footprint, and every mile you forgot
Em7 G7 G7 G6 G6 G G
Though your hands were little, they always gave a lot
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Am G
Hold your breath...
Am G
Hold your breath...
Am G
Hold your breath...
Am G
Hold your breath...
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C D
(x2)
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C D
The sanctity of soil
C D
Wandering roots and living oils
C D
Reunions underground
C D
Sunlight surfacing, and all around, mountains like diaphragms...
G
The rhythm of a landscape that is breathing
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G (repeat until end)
Ending electric guitar riff:
e|-------7---5-----|------7--5-------|
B|--8h10-8---7-----|-8h10-8--7-------|
G|-----------------|------------7----|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
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TAB LEGEND:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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