The Decemberists
Carolina Low
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
Track 8
hey! this is my second tab! the first one didn't go down so
well, but i know this one is pretty accurate. feel free to correct me!
you play the intro for the whole song and the ending.
it's pretty simple but definitely worth learning.
this fantastically creepy song is great, especially when you play it with
til the water's all long gone.
this is the main part, and you can strum a bit when you aren't playing
these notes. just use your thumb and your pointer finger to hit the
high e and the low e.
you can use the opening as a key for the whole song, but when i sing to
it, i like to use what i typed out along with the lyrics.
opening:
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------3------------------------------------3-------0--1--3|
D ----0h3----0-3---0--0-3-0---0-2h3p2-0---0h3-----0-3----0--0-0----0------------|
G -------0-2-----0----------------------0-----0-2-----0-------------------------|
B -----------------------------------------------------------------------0--0--0|
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
i am a boy from the high country
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D ----0h3----------0---3----------0-----------------|
G --------0--2--------------0-----------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
and i got a little love for the offering
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D -0h3-------2-------------2h3p2--------------------|
G ------0-------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
come down from the mountain and bow to the sea
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D -0h3-------------0----------------------3---------|
G ------------0---------2-2-----2----5---------0----|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
and carolina low, i will carry thee
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D --0--3--------------------------------------------|
G ---------0-2---------2h3----2------0--------------|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
gonna take you up gonna take you 'round
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D ----0h3--------------0---3----------0-------------|
G --------0--2------------------0-------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
o your poor little pant legs all draggin' down
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D -0h3-----------------2--2-----------2h3p2---------|
G ---------0----------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
did you crack your lip? did you skin your knee?
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D -0h3-------------0--------------------------------|
G ------------0---------2-2-----2----5---------0----|
B ----------------------------------------3---------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
and carolina low, i will carry thee
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D --0--3--------------------------------------------|
G ---------0-2---------2h3----2------0--------------|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
what is sealed with a handshake is spoiled with a kiss
E ------------------------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------|
D ----0h3-------------------------0---3---------------0-|
G ------------0----------2--2------------------0--------|
B ------------------------------------------------------|
e ------------------------------------------------------|
you got an ugly little mouth, boy it's come to this
E ------------------------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------|
D -0h3----------------------2----2------2h3p2-----------|
G ---------0--------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------------------|
e ------------------------------------------------------|
i'm bound for the hilltop gonna make it bleed
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D -0h3-------------0--------------------------------|
G ------------0---------2-2-----2----5---------0----|
B ----------------------------------------3---------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
and carolina low, i will carry thee
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D --0--3--------------------------------------------|
G ---------0-2---------2h3----2------0--------------|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
i am a boy from the high country
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D ----0h3----------0---3----------0-----------------|
G --------0--2--------------0-----------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
and i got a little love for the offering
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D -0h3-------2-------------2h3p2--------------------|
G ------0-------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
and i got a little love for the offering
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D -0h3-------2-------------2h3p2--------------------|
G ------0-------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
and i got a little love for the offering
E --------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------|
D -0h3-------2-------------2h3p2--------------------|
G ------0-------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------|
outro:
E -------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------------------|
D ----0h3----0-3--0--0h3--2h3p2-0---0h3--0------------0-3------------|
G -------0-2----0--------0-------------0---2-2-5---0-----0-2-2h3-2-0-|
B -----------------------------------------------3-------------------|
e -------------------------------------------------------------------|
