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--- tabs:standard_bitter_love_song_no._8 [2014/01/12 11:22]
willneu97
+++ tabs:standard_bitter_love_song_no._8 [2021/08/24 21:42] (current)
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-The below tab has a mistake: The "mouth full of anger" line should go B-D#m-E-B, not B-F#-E-B. I am also very unsure of the correct octaves to put things in...  --- //[[joshuah@mit.edu|Josh H.]] 2009/05/03 03:04//
+=====Standard Bitter Love Song #8=====
 <code>
-Standard Bitter Love Song #8
+Here's an easier-to-play version --Rosa
-from the Mountain Goats album: Taking The Dative (or Ghana)
-written by John Darnielle
-tab by Russ Sweetser (yarzrevenge@yahoo.com)
-EDIT:  The guy who originally posted this made a few mistakes.
+Capo on 2, downtune a little to play along with the recording.
-Here's the corrected version.  - somerandomguy
+Play with barre chords to better approximate the sound on the record.
+A                    G     E            A
+I went down to Lloyd Center looking for you.
+A                   C#m  D           A
+but a mouth full of anger blocked my view.
+A            E    A                    D
+he took your hand there in the skating rink.
+A        E        D        A
+god will give him blood to drink.
+saw the two of you leaving, I didn't want to follow behind.
+but I could see the rest of your evening, burning in my mind.
+the sky's black. the moon's pink.
+god will give him blood to drink.
+I looked over the railing. ice was white
+on the northeast side where I saw you and your boyfriend, on a friday night.
+I went mining for gold. I struck pure, fresh zinc.
+god, god will give him blood to drink.
+A G E A
+hey, hey, hey.
+</code>
+<code>
+tab by Russ Sweetser, corrected by somerandomguy and Rosa
 B:      7 9 9 8 7 7
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 B                    A     F#1          B
 I went down to Lloyd Center looking for you.
-B                   F#1  E           B
+B                   D#m  E           B
 but a mouth full of anger blocked my view.
 B            F#2  B                    E

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