shiva opens her arms - by elliott smith
tab by alexander rex
standard tuning
A x07650 C#m x46654
G 355433 E7 x76750
B x9987x D x57775
D9 5x055x D9b5 4x055x
Am9 5x550x A6sus2 5x440x
G#m7 4x440x G* 32040x
D6/F# 2x020x Dm6/F 1x020x
riff1 riff2
|---------- |-7---7-5- both riffs
|-7---7-5-- |--------- are played
|---------- |--------- over the
|---------- |--------- A-chord
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A riff1 riff1 riff2 riff1
A riff1
I'm so sick of people asking me
riff1 riff2
Have I seen this guy that I look like
riff1
When they mean that he looks like me
C#m
Aw, damn it all to hell
G E7
No I wouldn?t know him too well
A riff1 riff2
Except I broke into his home, and then I broke his collarbone
riff1 riff1
His curtains hadn?t been opened in a week or two
riff2 riff1
And no one pictured that the little __ freaker has a few
C#m G E7
Looks like it?s about to fall over, sure yeah it could just be the frame
A riff1 riff1
Or it could be the fact that nothing in this house is ever on the level
B D
Not even the toilet, both of you
A riff1 riff2
It?s all askew, it'll be wrong forever
D9 D9b5
I dreamt up we're tumbling down a hill
Am9 /G# A6sus2
The people standing around swear they never seen blows fall like this
G#m7 G D6/F#
Wherever he lands stay away it?s going to be bloody
Dm6/F
Oh no, I miss you so
A riff1 riff1
Church bells now I?m awake and I guess it must be some kind of holiday
riff2 riff1
Go tell them that he better behave, it?s pretty hard to rise from the grave
C#m G E7
I?m just a ghost from the past, yeah, but you shouldn't have laughed
A riff1 riff2
Because I'll give you the shaft or maybe sign you up for the draft
riff1 riff1
I look down, I ripped my shirt and there?s blood stains on my fists
riff2 riff1
And the air in here is like a nylon net, I can throw my fists right through it
C#m G E7
Man, did anybody ever tell you that you?re kind of like
A riff1 riff1
A moth trying to catch the attention of a bare light bulb
B D
All recorded history is just one little guy on this pen
A riff1 riff1
Oh, my head feels like a TV store, twenty of the same channels
D9 D9b5
Let?s step outside for some fresh air
Am9 /G#
To some part of the city that you never seen yet
A6sus2
Even though you lived here all your life
G#m7 G
Now you?re not even sure who you've met or what you like
D6/F#
You wait until morning, let's hold it now
Dm6/F
And if that?s the case you'll spend the night anyhow
D9 D9b5
Shiva opens her arms now
Am9 /G# A6sus2
Some kid's trying to park his car
G#m7
I may talk in my sleep tonight
G D6/F#
'cause I like company too
Yeah, I know we're through
Dm6/F
Although I miss you so
A riff1 riff1 riff2 riff1
C#m G E7
A riff1 riff1
B D
A riff1 riff2 riff1 riff1 riff2 riff1
C#m ...
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july 2014
