Thrice- "Beggars" Acoustic
Tabbed by Jake Machado
Tabbed from this video of Dustin Kensrue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f09EDaPAag
Check out the video for strumming patterns and palm mutes
Standard Tuning
Capo 2
Chords:
Em- 0,2,2,0,0,0
C- x,3,2,0,1,0
D- x,x,0,2,3,2
Am6- x,x,1,2,1,2
A7- x,0,2,0,2,0
B11- x,2,1,2,0,0
Am- x,0,2,2,1,0
Intro: Em, C
Em C
All you great men of power, you who boast of your feats
Em C
Politicians and entrepreneurs
Em C
Can you safeguard your breath in the night while you sleep
Em C
Keep your heart beating steady and sure
D Am6
As you lie in your bed, does the thought haunt your head
Em A7
That you’re really, rather small
C B11 Em
If there’s one thing I know in this life: we are beggars all.
(Em) C
All you champions of science and rulers of men,
Em C
Can you summon the sun from its sleep
Em C
Does the earth seek your counsel on how fast to spin
Em C
Can you shut up the gates of the deep
D Am6
Don’t you know that all things hang, as if by a string,
Em A7
O’er the darkness, poised to fall?
C B11 Em
If there’s one thing I know in this life: we are beggars all.
Em C
All you big shots that swagger and stride with conceit,
Em C
Did you devise how your frame would be formed
Em C
If you’d be raised in a palace, or live out in the streets,
Em C
Did you choose the place or the hour you’d be born
D Am6
Tell me what can you claim? Not a thing, not your name
Em A7 C
Tell me if you can recall just one thing,
B11
That’s not a gift in this life
Am
Can you hear what’s been said
B11 Em A7
Can you see now that everything’s grace after all
C B11 Em
If there’s one thing I know in this life: we are beggars all.
