Written by Robin Pecknold
hide this tabTab - Intro E|----0--------0--------0--------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----5-----5-----5-----5-----| B|-1-----1--3-----3--5-----5--7-----7-----8-----10----12----12----12----10----10----10----10----10-| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Intro Em Bm Am7 Bm Em Bm Am7 Bmhide this tabE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----0--------0--------0--------0-----4-----5-----7-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----| D|-2-----2--4-----4--5-----5--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Em Bm Am7 Bm All this time I've been hanging on Em Bm Am7 To an edge I caught when we both were young Bm Em That the world I want wasn't near enough D C All was distant, always offVerse 1:
Em Bm Am7 Bm In all that war, I'd forgotten how Em Bm Am7 Many men might die for what I'd renounced Bm Em I was staging life as a battleground D C No I let that grasping fallVerse 2:
C C7M(9)/B Am7 May the last long year be forgiven C C7M(9)/B Am7 All that war left within it C C7M(9)/B Am7 D I couldn't, though I'm beginning to C C7M(9)/B Am7 And we've only made it together C C7M(9)/B Am7 Feel some change in the weather C C7M(9)/B Am7 D I couldn't, though I'm beginning tohide this tabTab - Riff E|----0--------0--------0--------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----5-----5-----5-----5-----| B|-1-----1--3-----3--5-----5--7-----7-----8-----10----12----12----12----10----10----10----10----10-| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|hide this tabE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----0--------0--------0--------0-----4-----5-----7-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----| D|-2-----2--4-----4--5-----5--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Em Bm Am7 Bm And though it's all so uncertain cold Em Bm Am7 All the rafters cracked, all the copper sold Bm Em There's a ration back in a manifold D C If you need it or forgotVerse 3:
C C7M(9)/B Am7 May the last long year be forgiven C C7M(9)/B Am7 All that war left within it C C7M(9)/B Am7 D I couldn't, though I'm beginning to C C7M(9)/B Am7 And we've only made it together C C7M(9)/B Am7 Feel some change in the weather C C7M(9)/B Am7 D I couldn't, though I'm beginning toAm/C C7M/G Bm Am7 And somehow I see eee C7M Bm Am7 It's free eee ( Em Bm Am Bm ) ( Em Bm Am )Bridge:
C C7M(9)/B Am7 And with love and hate in the balance C C7M(9)/B Am7 One last way past the malice C C7M(9)/B Am7 D One warm day's all I really need C C7M(9)/B Am7 And with love and hate in the balance C C7M(9)/B Am7 One last way past the malice C C7M(9)/B Am7 D One warm day's all I really need