Switchblades Peacemakers from David Cushman, http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dcushman/guitar.html Tabbed by Mark Eliason ([email protected]) Capo on 2nd fret Intro and fill: A Asus2 A e:-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---- B:-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2---- G:-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---- x4 D:-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---- A:-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---- E:------------------------- A E A-fill Went down to Mexico on the Fourth of July E A I got a tattoo of a moth and a butterfly D A Had too much time to burn, a little money to spend E A So I bought a switchblade for each of my friends Pablo and Dan had a plan said we gonna get rich Put the double-cross on a double-crossin' narco snitch Just a dirty little two man job, but it's a sure-fire win Brother when we cut him down we gonna cut you in Chorus: D A Yeah dumb and drunk as I was ya know I'd do it all again E A Back when I bought a switchblade for each of my friends D A E They were sharp enough to stab another hole in the sky D A E Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh D A E Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July F#m D E A Strong and cruel enough to make a statue of Mary cry Intro x2 They said amigo don't you worry now we're gonna dissappear Just a couple of months, they said, it's been almost a year And know that if you want that kinda money man you gotta stay brave Federales are pullin' bodies out of shallow graves Yeah dumb and drunk as we was ya know I'd do it all again Back when I bought a switchblade for each of my friends They were sharp enough to stab another hole in the sky Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July Strong and cruel enough to make a statue of Mary cry D A E x3 F#m D A-fill Later in the fall I got the call, "Boy won't ya come down? Maybe put a name with a few unlucky faces we found" Now no matter what I do can't get my heart to mend Somebody buried a switchblade in each of my friends Yeah dumb and drunk as we were ya know I'd do it all again Before I buried a switchblade with each of my friends They were sharp enough to stab another hole in the sky } Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh } Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July } x2 Strong and cruel enough to make a statue of Mary cry } Intro x4
