Lovesong of the Buzzard Iron & Wine The Shepherd's Dog Capo 1 --------------------------------------------- riffs 2, 3 and 4 are played with a slide on the album riff 1 *play over the E chord with your pinky e--0--0--2p0--0--4--4--2p0--| B---------------------------| G---------------------------| D---------------------------| A---------------------------| E---------------------------| riff 2 *play this riff over the A chord during the part with no lyrics. if you're only playing with one guitarist, play this riff with your pinky, ring and middle while barring the A chord shape with your index. e--2h4p2--0--------0-------| B------------2--4----------| G---------------------1/2--| D--------------------------| A--------------------------| E--------------------------| riff 3 *play this over the B chord e-----------------2-----0--| B-------0h2--2h4-----4-----| G--2h4---------------------| D--------------------------| A--------------------------| E--------------------------| riff 4 e--2h4p2--0--5--4--2--0-------| B------------------------4/5--| G-----------------------------| D-----------------------------| A-----------------------------| E-----------------------------| --------------------------------------- Intro A E x2 Verse A E (riff 1) In the failing light of the afternoon A E (riff 1) Lucy in the shade of the dogwood blooms A E (riff 1) Yesterday the solace of a poison fish A B Tomorrow I'll be kissing on her blood red lips A E (riff 1) No one is the savior they would like to be A E (riff 1) The lovesong of the buzzard in the dogwood tree A E (riff 1) With a train of horses laughing through the traffic line A B And the cradle's unimaginative sense of time A (riff 2) E x3 A (riff 2) B (riff 2) A E (riff 1) Springtime and the promise of an open fist A E (riff 1) A tattoo of a flower on a broken wrist A E (riff 1) Lucy tells me jokingly to wipe her brow A B With a pocket map to heaven and the sun goes down Outro A (riff 4) E x4
