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--- tabs:sign_of_the_crow [2009/03/22 13:36]
richardob
+++ tabs:sign_of_the_crow [2021/08/24 21:42] (current)
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-All verses the same I think:
+=====Sign of the Crow=====
-D A Bm G <br>
+<code>
-These roses are the pleasures of the flesh <br>
+John has played this slightly differently from show to show. There is no "right" way. That said in the recorded
-These ones here they are the pleasures of the spirit <br>
+version the D is played as x0023x (with emphasis on the A string) and the other chords in the main progression are
-Tucked behind a pornographic picture in a frame <br>
+also played as power chords more or less (to play along, tune your guitar down a half step).
+Riff (for the D to G instrumentals):
+-22222222xx222222
+-33333333xx333333 ...into the G chord
+-2222222242222222
+-0000000000000000
+-----------------
+-----------------
+Intro:
+D A Bm G (can be played once, twice, or not at all)
+      D                              A
+These roses are the pleasures of the flesh
+      Bm                                      G
+These ones here they are the pleasures of the spirit
+    D                            A
+And tucked behind a pornographic picture in a frame
+    Bm                                      G
 The troops found the pierced heart and they all gathered near it
-Inbetween verses, play:
+D Asus4 D D
+        D                          A
+And the dust clouds bloomed in the dark
+        Bm                          G
+And the face gazed up from the frame
+D                             A
+Roomful of French troops in a Franciscan abbey
+Bm                            G
+History does not recall their names
+                               A            D
+Of the several things that you have to do today
+               G
+You're gonna regret one
+                A
+This generation asks for a sign
+D                 G
+ It isn't gonna get one
 D G D G
-Chorus:
+D                                    A
-G A D G <br>
+Berthe then took the pictures to the priest
-Of the several things you have to do today <br>
+        Bm                                    G
-You're gonna regret one <br>
+And the priest fell on his face and pawed the floor
-This generation asks for a sign <br>
+        D                    A
-It isn't gonna get one <br>
+And the story lived on for a decade or two
+    Bm                        G
+But no one really knows it anymore
+D Asus4 D D
+        D                            A
+But the blessed heart is seen in the airbrush
+        Bm                              G
+And the blessed heart is beating on the wind
+        D                                 A
+And the bodies of the faithful stacked by dozens by the roadsides
+Bm                        G
+Stripped and scourged and skinned
-Then back to that D, and repeat.
+                               A            D
+Of the several things that you have to do today
+               G
+You're gonna regret one
+                A
+This generation asks for a sign
+D                 G
+ It isn't gonna get one
-This is how John played it in the Ships and Dips YouTube video anyway... I'll be the annoying guy and say this is my first tab so I think it won't be perfect, John seems to be doing some kind of hammering on that I haven't got to grips with at the start, but other than I think it's fairly close. Thanks to Mike (green_vii) for helping out!
+D Asus4 D D
+</code>
+Thanks to Mike (green_vii) for helping out!

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