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SONG: MURDER BALLAD IN G MINOR
ARTIST: ROSEWOOD THIEVES
ALBUM: LONESOME
TABBED BY: PHRIDGE =)
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// Notes:
Before moving between the Am and the Em hit a G on the third fret of the low E string
One of my favorite bands & songs at the moment. I love them so.
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// C a p o O n 3 //
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// Chords Used
Em..........| 0-2-2-0-0-0 |
Am..........| x-0-2-2-1-0 |
C...........| x-3-2-0-1-0 |
Cmaj9.......| x-2-0-0-1-0 |
Am7.........| x-0-2-0-1-0 |
// Intro
Em Em
// Verse One
Em Em
Once lived a man, high on a hill.
Am Am
His wife and his children are livin there still;
Em C Cmaj9 Am
he wasn't a man of maaany needs.
Em Em Am Em
He worked so hard till the day that he was killed.
Em Em
He moved to the town, where his mother was born.
Am Am
He got on a train and his ticket was torn.
Em C Cmaj9 Am
He found and he married the most beautiful girl.
Em Em Am Em
But you better watch out she's an evil vain whore.
// Chorus One
Am Am7 C
And he said: no, no, no; can't be true.
Em Am Em
They said: aw my god. Y'don't know what that woman can do.
// Bridge
Em
// Verse Two
Em Em
Look at her eyes; they're magic i swear.
Am Am
Her wet country lips and her long brown hair.
Em C Cmaj9 Am
The way she rolls her pants up when she's walking through the stream.
Em Em Am Em
The way she holds a knife when she's slicing a pear.
And they said:
Em Em
She might look perfect but she'll bring you grief.
Am Am
She's done it before yeah, she's done it to me.
Em C Cmaj9 Am
When she was young, she was left on the steps of a church.
Em Em Am Em
But nobody would take her, not even the priest.
// Chorus Two
Am Am7 C
He said: no, no, no; it cannot be true.
Em Am Em
But they said: aw my god. Y'don't know what that woman can do.
// Verse Three
Em Em
On his birthday, on may the fifth;
Am Am
his family gathered around the kitchen and they gave him a gift.
Em C Cmaj9 Am
His children handed him a maaandolin
Em Em Am Em
and he blew out the candles and she gave him one last kiss.
Em Em
She said follow me and she took him to the bar,
Am Am
tied him up with ropes around his arms.
Em C Cmaj9 Am
she poured a bucket of gaasoooline
Em Em Am Em
and she tossed her cigarette and ran, waited for the fire alarm.
// Chorus Three
Am Am7 C
And he screamed: No, no, no; Oh no it cant be true,
Em Am Am
But I'm starting to believe oooOoo what this evil woman can do.
// Verse Four
Em Em
Because you don't listen this is what you get.
Am Am
She told everybody it was an accident.
Em C Cmaj9 Am
But a couple of nights ago we all heard her confess,
Em Em Am Em
to somebody in a bathroom while we listened through the vent
// Outro
Em Em
Fin..
