x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Artist: The New Pornographers Album: Twin Cinema Song: The Bones of an Idol tabber: John Baer ([email protected]) Intro: (Acoustic open chords) G E (x2) Verse 1: C D Bb G E We lit by a torch as we kneel in the court of the king C D Bb C D Bb As we sift through the bones of an idol, we dig for the bones of an idol G E F G E (x2) When the will is gone......... Cuz something keeps turning us on... Verse 2: (full band/electric) C D Bb G E You hold up the cup you've been searching for since you were young C D Bb C D Bb When you still had the bones of an idol, if you still had the bones of idol G E F You'd be long, long gone... But something keeps turning you on... Instrumental/Chorus 1: (C G D Bb F C) x2 then G E x2 Verse 3: C D Bb G E We cling to the raft, we are missing by half what we wanted C D Bb But we escaped with the bones of an idol, C D Bb G E Escaped with the belt and the title but our land is gone F And something keeps turning us on... Instrumental/Chorus 2: (over a lot of harmonizing 'oooos' and 'ahhhhs') (C G D Bb F C) x3 end on A G. -Cheers, and buy Twin Cinema!!! (John Baer)
