Priests and Paramedics Pedro the Lion
I noticed the near complete lack of many of the better songs by pedro the lion on this
and so I'm gonna try to do somethign about that. I've seen tabs for this fantastic song
other sites and their all so wrong it hurts. I'm not that great at figuring out songs
myself, I'll admit. And I don't know many of the fancy names for chords, but I should
able to get you to figure out how to play the song, and that's all that matters. I'm
this as I watch David Bazan play it live on some videos, so they should be pretty much
but if not, I'm sorry. It's better than 80% of the tabs most people submit, at least.
the chords I dont know the names of, I'll make a chart and give each shape a number.
I'll just put the number in place of the chord name where it goes in the song.
be too dificult
chord# 1 2
e ----1-----1----| b ----3-----3----| g ----2-----2----| d ----3-----0----| a ----0-----3----| e ----x-----x----|
Standard Tuning; Capo on 3rd fret.
Verse 1:
[C]Paramedics brave and [Am]strong
[1]Up be[2]fore the break of [G]dawn
[C]Putting poker faces o[Am]n
[1]Broken bod[2]ies all day long[G]
The [F]neighbors heard the [Am]fight
[F]Someone had a [Am]knife
It [F]must have b[C]een the [Am-----Em]wiiiiiife
[Am]Husband's l[C]ost a lot of [F]blood
[1]He wakes up scre[2]aming oh my [G]god
Chorus..sorta...
Am I gonna [C]die, am I gonna [Am]die?
As they s[1]trapped his [2]arms down to the s[G]ides
Times like [C]these they've been taught to [Am]lie
Buddy j[1]ust calm d[2]own you'll be a[G]lright
Verse 2
[C]Several friends came to his [Am]grave
His c[1]hildren wer[2]e so well behaved[G]
[C]As the priest got up to spe[Am]ak
[1]The as[2]sembly craved relief[G]
But [C]he himself had given u[Am]p
So i[1]nstead he o[2]ffered them this [G]bitter cup
Second Chorus kinda thingy
You're gonna [C]die
We're all gonna [Am]die
Could be [1]twenty [2]years
Could be tonigh[G]t
Lately I[C] have been wondering w[Am]hy
We go to [1]so much t[C]rouble
To postp[1]one the unavoid[Am]able
And prol[1]ong the [2]pain of being ali[G]ve
There you go. I'm almost 100% sure these are the chords David plays when he plays it
I froze the video and put my fingers where his were and it sounds the same. So after you
those 2 chords i don't know the names are, you have yourself a correct version of
and Paramedics to play on your acoustic whenever you please = )
cause youll do it anyway, might as well give you permission.
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