Block The Church
I'm not a seasoned player or tabber, so please make corrections when you find mistakes.
Key is D minor
Chords
Chopped One slow strum
D5 G5 Bb5 Dm Gm Bb Dm* Gm* Bb*
E|-----------------------------1----3----1-| B|----------------6------------3----3----3-| G|--7-------------7---3---7----2----5----3-| D|--7---5---8-----7---5---8----0----5----3-| A|--5---5---8-----5---5---8---------3----1-| E|------3---6---------3---6---------3------|
Riff 1
E|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|------------------------------| D|--------5--7------------------|(1/2 bend & return) A|--5---8-----------------------| E|------------------------------|
Riff 2
E|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|--------7--9------------------| (1/2 bend & return) D|--7--10-----------------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------|
Riff 3
E|------------------------------| B|--------8--10-----------------|(1/2 bend & return) G|--7--10-----------------------| D|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------|
D5 (swell)
I was down in the city on a miracle street
I flailed like a swimmer through the summer heat
[G5]I was waiting for a friend that I needed to meet
And I's hopin' she was bringin' with her something sweet
Bb5 (Riff 1 x5)
And I's hopin' for an open little opening
And I suffer for a groovy little happening
[D5]But it's all going wrong just like I sing in that song
The song I wrote about you that they put on TV
[G5]The TV that I gave you 'cause you wanted to see
(Riff 2 x4)
But all you saw were spaces where the people used to be
[Bb5]The hundred bastard voids with their pull on me
In the valley of death you'll be breathless and free
[Dm]Dm (Riff 3 x5)
[Gm]
[Gm]
[Bb]
[Bb]
Dm (Riff 1 x4)
You'll be dancing like a fool by the swollen sea
You'll be twitching like a drug in a pharmacy
[Gm]You'll be swatting at the flies in the pavillion
Where the millionare just blew a gazillion
Bb (Riff 2 x3)
Fingernails are all hot vermillion
When the traffic grinds down to a standstill-ion
[Dm]And the mynah birds are pecking at the carrion
(Riff 3 x5)
And you read it already in Hyperion
[Gm]And you read about my trial in the Clarion
A sack full of ashes I've been carrying
[Bb]When the lights turn green I dissolve the screen
When the lights turn red I put the whole thing to bed
D5 (chopping) (Dm*)
Well I got a fever
And I'm feeling fainter
G5 (Gm*)
I'm a dim receiver
I'm a Cold War painter
Bb5 (Bb*)
If you can just hold still
(Dm*)
I will make you all so beautiful
D5 (Riff 2 x4)
D5 (Dm*)
[G5]G5 (Gm*)
Bb5 (Bb*)
When the lights turn blue I know what to do
I'll drown my tomorrows in an ocean or two
Dm (Dm*) (Riff 3 x6)
And the pretty little things with their magnets and rings
Blooming like a flower through a series of springs
Gm (Gm*)
Thank you Fate and the freight that she brings
Thank you Fortuna and the song that she sings
Bb (Bb*)
Thank you to my manager for letting me live
Thank you to my friends and the friends that you're with
Dm (Dm*) (Riff 1 x4)
Dm (Dm*)
Gm (Gm*)
Gm (Gm*)
Bb (Bb*) (Riff 2 x2)
Thank you to the Lord who created all this
(Bb*)
There's a whole lotta hurt before you get to the bliss
Dm (Dm*) (Riff 3 x4)
Why even Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss
(Dm*)
But that was long before that he got in show biz
Gm (Gm*)
Well I understand the land and the land ain't no sea
(Gm*) (Bb*)
But when I try to walk I'm sinking you see
(Riff 1 x1)
Fill:
E|--8^---10-17-17p15--13p12p10-| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------|
D5 (Dm*)
So I got a fever
(Gm*)
And I'm feeling fainter
[G5]I'm a dim receiver
I'm a Cold War painter
Bb5 (Bb*)
If you can just hold still
(Dm*)
I will make you all so beautiful
Dm (Dm*)-Gm (Gm*)-Bb (Bb*) progression (until end, with solo)
End with Bb*
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