This Old Dark Machine James Vincent McMorrow
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THIS OLD DARK MACHINE - James Vincent McMorrow
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Tabbed by: Gav
Email: gav_jones@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Capo on 3
I took these chords from a live video I saw, so it might not be exactly the same as on the album.
[E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E]
Am 0-0-2-2-1-0
Am7 0-0-2-0-1-0
Em 0-2-2-0-0-0
D 0-0-0-2-3-2
C 3-3-2-0-1-0
G/C 3-2-0-0-1-0
Fill
e|--------| B|-1------|
G|-0--00--|
D|-0--00--|
A|-0--00--|
E|-0h333--|
Am Fill
[Am]Spring it came upon us, [Em]every insect filled the air
D Am Fill
Dropped their wings upon my brother, cast their shadows on his hair
[Am]If we follow where they're leading, [Em]We will surely come before
[D]some unseen and wondrous magic, [Am]made of visions to explor[Am7]e
[D]Near the town where we were living, [Am]was an old abandoned far[Am7]m
[D]Every year we'd plant an orchid, [Am]in the shelter of it's arm[Am7]
[D]To protect us from the madness, [Am]of the future still to co[Am7]me
[Em]It will be like this forever, [C]I will keep you safe from har[D]m
Bridge
Am Em D Am Fill
[Am]Then they caught us in the summer, [Em]dressed in fathers finest clothes
D Am Fill
You the hat he wore to market, I the jacket filled with holes
[Am]I've been searching all these hours, [Em]for a hand as pale as bone
[D]That would keep the strongest sunlight, [Am]and reflect the brightest ston[Am7]e
[D]Near the town where we were living, [Am]was a warm and fragrant smell[Am7]
[D]Of the orchid we had planted, [Am]now a forest tall and wel[Am7]l
[D]What a statue to our greatness, [Am]what a story all will tel[Am7]l
[Em]They'll remember us forever, [C]they'll remember where we fe[D]ll
Bridge
Am Em D Am Fill
[Am]This old dark machine, it shakes and it shudders
[G/C]Pulls to the left, then dies near the gutter
[D]But still in the road, the traffic is silent
[Am]The people they stare, and then they turn violent
[C]If they should touch, the hem of your dress
[Am]I would rise like a lion, strike out again
[C]The faithful they wait, the faithful they wait
[G/C]By the sign
[D]Near the town where we were living, [Am]came a loud and joyous soun[Am7]d
[D]As the earth and all her beauty, [Am]picked us up from off the groun[Am7]d
[D]Carried far across the mountain, [Am]to a kingdom never boun[Am7]d
[Em]We will live like this forever, [C]I will love you, [D]I will love you
Bridge x 2
[Am] [Em] [D] [Am]
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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