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Grief Built the Taj Mahal - Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Prefab Sprout
Grief Built the Taj Mahal (2013)
(McAloon)
From: "Crimson/Red"
This is as far as I got. Sounds good too, mostly.
Further suggestions highly welcome!
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INTRO
Bsus4 C#
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-------57-5-----|-------57-5-----|----------------|----------------|
G|-------h----764-|-------h----764-/6-------------67|6---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|--------------h-|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
MELODY
Dmaj7 Asus2 F#/A# E Bm7
1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------|----------------|--7-----|----------------|----------------|
B|--------|----------------|7-------|----------------/9--7------------|
G|----9-6-|--------6-------|----6-8-|9---------------|-----96---------|
D|7-9-----|9-----7---------|--------|----------------|--------9-------|
A|--------|----------------|--------|----------------|----------------|
E|--------|----------------|--------|----------------|----------------|
Dmaj7 Asus2 F#/A# E Bm7
1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------|----------------|--7-----|----------------|----------------|
B|--------|----------------|7-------|----------------|9--10-6---------|
G|----9-6-|--------6-------|----6-8-|9---------------|----------------|
D|7-9-----|9-----7---------|--------|----------------|----------------|
A|--------|----------------|--------|----------------|----------------|
E|--------|----------------|--------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS/SPECIAL VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bsus4 x-2-4-4-0-0
Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-2
Fdim 1-x-0-1-0-x
F#sus4 2-4-4-4-2-2
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3(2)
F#/A# x-1-x-3—2-2
Asus2 x-0-2-2-0-0
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INTRO
| Bsus4 | % | C# | % |
| Bsus4 | % | C# | % |
VERSE
A C#m
When the Emperor lost his bride
Dmaj7 Fdim [ A ]
At first he lay in bed and cried
A C#m
Till she came to him in a dream
Dmaj7 Fdim
With words of consolation
BRIDGE
Dmaj7
‘Death is untrue, I’m merely sleeping
Asus4 A C#m
I’m waiting for you, in a world way beyond weeping
Dmaj7 Fdim
Join me there soon, until you’re mine
C#m F#sus4 F#m C#m
Build me a marble Valentine
CHORUS
Bm7 E7sus4 [ Dmaj7 ]
Let the world know, grief built the Taj Mahal’
MELODY
2/4 4/4
| Dmaj7 | Asus2 |
2/4 4/4
| F#/A# | E | Bm7 |
2/4 4/4
| Dmaj7 | Asus2 |
2/4 4/4
| F#/A# | E | Bm7 |
INTRO
| Bsus4 | % | C# | % |
| Bsus4 | % | C# | % |
VERSE
A C#m
When the Emperor rubbed his eyes
Dmaj7 Fdim [ A ]
An azure morning filled the skies
A C#m
Energized by his dream,
Dmaj7 Fdim
The Emperor was moved to
BRIDGE
Dmaj7
Summon his men, he ordered them ‘Find me
Asus4 A C#m
The whitest of stone, let its radiance remind me
Dmaj7 Fdim
Of all I have lost, the source of my pain
C#m F#sus4 F#m C#m
The joy that in time I will regain
CHORUS
Bm7 E7sus4 [ Dmaj7 ]
Let the world know, grief built the Taj Mahal
BRIDGE (part)
Dmaj7 Fdim
As for the cost
C#m F#sus4 F#m C#m
What is the price of love unlost
CHORUS
Bm7 E7sus4 [ Dmaj7 ]
Let the world know, grief built the Taj Mahal’
MELODY (coda)
2/4 4/4
| Dmaj7 | Asus2 |
2/4 4/4
| F#/A# | E | Bm7 |
2/4 4/4
| Dmaj7 | Asus2 |
2/4 4/4
| F#/A# | E | Bm7 | Bsus4
