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ALVARADO - Nightmare and the Cat
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Tabbed by: Joy Carino
E-mail: [email protected]
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Enjoy!
Tuning: Standard, no capo
Key: E
INTRO: E6 A F#m A/F# E
A/F#:
e|---0---|
B|---2---|
G|---2---|
D|---2---|
A|---0---|
E|---2---|
Finger picking at ends of chord sequence:
e|----14p12---12---------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14---12------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 1:
E6 A
Julia sang late into the night
F#m A/F# E
Salvation was a light hanging in the street for the cars on Alvarado
E6 A
Spanish words advertising fast food chains
F#m A/F# E
Line the dirty streets, cracking in the heat that lead to Alvarado
E6 A
There’s water still although it is unnatural
F#m A/F# E
But the price is getting high as the hours roll by like the cars on Alvarado
E6 A
She’s sleeping drunk in the desert vegetation
F#m A/F# E
Go out for a walk it’s colder when it’s dark but we can always go home
CHORUS:
E
Oh desire, you have a really twisted sense of humor
A E
To turn a saint into a sinner your lessons are so cruel
E
Hello desire, you always seem to find me when I’m hiding
A
If I could lose you I wouldn’t use you,
E
you know you’ve got me slipping and sliding
F#m A E
in and out of my mind
*finger picking*
VERSE 2:
E6 A
Resistance can submit to an existence
F#m A/F# E
Pinch behind the ear, getting wetter every year and the oxygen is fading
E6 A
There’s dust in the wind getting kicked up by the traffic jam
F#m A/F# E
Brings it to my door so I have to scrub the floor outside on the patio
E6 A
I hear restless girls playing hard to get with desperate boys
F#m A/F# E
Standing in a line but I haven’t got the time to wait here for the doors to open.
CHORUS:
E
Oh desire, you have a really twisted sense of humor
A E
To turn a saint into a sinner your lessons are so cruel
E
Hello desire, you always seem to find me when I’m hiding
A
If I could lose you I wouldn’t use you,
E
you know you’ve got me slipping and sliding
F#m A
in and out
F#m A
In and out
F#m A F#m7 E
In and out of my mind
*BREAK*
E
(strummed backwards)
Picking (repeat 2x):
e|----14--12------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----12--14----14--12--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------11--9---------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
CONCLUSION:
E
I can’t make it without you
C#m
You’re blood is in my head
Swaying like wine
E
And all the bullshit I said
C#m
I’ll take it back now
A
I really want you to know
E
I’m sorry
C#m
The way you seem so disappointed
When I’m not trying
E
And the healing around us
C#m
It makes me think we’re further
A
Than you expected
A E
Brother
A E
Sister
Repeat^ and add 2nd time:
A E
Lover
A E
Mother
OUTRO same as INTRO:
E6 A F#m A/F# E (end with finger picking)
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