Tabbed by Sam Borchard
Played with a guitar tuned down a whole step. So the fingering is G, but song is actually in F.
There are 3 main patterns in the song, tabbed out below for the first guitar.
Pattern A Filler
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/ \ / \
F Bb C F Bb C F F
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------0-----|---0-------0-------0-----|
F|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-|
C|-------------2---0---4-4h5---4---2-----------2---0---------------|-------------------------|
G|-----2---3---------------------------2---3-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-3---------------------------------------------------2---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---|
Pattern B
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/ \
Bb F Bb F C
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------0---------------1-------1-------0-------3-------3-------3-----3-3-----|
F|---0---0-------0---0---0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2---------|
C|-----2-------0---2---0-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0---0-------|
G|-3-----------------------3-------3-----------------------------------------------|
D|---------3-------------------------------3-------2-------2-------2-----------2---|
Pattern C
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/
Dm Bb F Bb F C
d|-3--^2-0---------0---------------0-------------------------------|
A|-0--|0-----3-----1-3---0---------1-3---0-----------3-----3-3-----|
F|-0--|0-----------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0---2---------2-2-----|
C|----|2-----------------0---------------0-------0-------0-------0-|
G|----|2-----------3---3-----------3---3---------------------------|
D|-0-------0---0-----------3---3-----------3---3---2---2---0---2---|
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\
Dm Bb F Bb C Bb F
d|-3--^2-0---------0---------------0-------------------------------|
A|-0--|0-----3-----1-3---0---------1-3-------0-------1---0---------|
F|-0--|0-----------0-----0---0-----0-----2-------0-----------0---0-|
C|----|2-----------------0---------------0-------------------------|
G|----|2-----------3---3-----------3---3---------------------------|
D|-0-------0---0-----------3---3-----------2---2---3---3---3---3---|
The second chord in each bar of pattern C is strummed down, flamenco style, with the index finger.
Intro: A, Filler
A Welcome home my son, it's been so very long, I know that you're here to surrender.
A The disappointing days I suffered at your age were more than I care to remember.
B Before you throw the towel and turn your engines out, don't expect to spit all that you tasted from your mouth
A After all you've seen, the most you'll hope to be is pretending to be a pretender.
C instrumental
A The years that I been through, I met a gentle few who say that they love and they mean it.
A The others that I met, they're decent folks I guess, but all that they love is achievement.
B Their swagger and their dress, the trappings of success, the butter and the milk of what it takes to get ahead
A Any given night, you'll catch them dead to rights painting their name on the ceiling.
C instrumental
Solo over the verse (AABA), Filler
A Remember in the end that many of your friends would rather be dead than uncertain.
A They want a simple yes, or even better yet, a promise the next life is perfect.
B I promise that it's not, but then what have they got? Only fifty years, they never gave a moment's thought.
A Anyone they find who tells them otherwise, they'll follow him backwards and shirtless.
C Instrumental
A Welcome home my son, it's been so very long, I know that you're here to surrender.
Enjoy!
