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Exegetic Chains
Tabbed by Jonathon McCullough

A: x022xx
C#m: x4665x
D: x577xx
E: 022100
Dsus2: xx0230
Dsus6/9: xx0450
F#m: 244xxx


Through most of this song John is just using three strings of each chord like so:
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|---2---2---2-|
D|---2---2---2-|
A|-0---0---0---|
E|-------------|etc...

Occasionally he will add in another string, like in the C#m chord or sometimes in the E or Dsus2 for effect. 
Just listen for the timing!


A
A
Look closely at the shadows

				C#m
At the ground beneath the trees

D		      A
	The labors of Hercules

A
Wild grasses on the hills

		    C#m
Rippling in the wind

D
	Cybele unchained


    E
The songs you sing at Christmas time

    Dsus2
The stories that you tell

		     F#m
Well I knew them well

    Dsus2	    F#m	
Yes I knew them well


	 E
Say your prayers to whomever

	 Dsus2
You call out to in the night

	 F#m
Keep the chains tight

	E
Make it through this year

      Dsus2		Dsus6/9 Dsus2 Dsus6/9
If it kills you outright

A


The coins they toss at dancers
Whirling in the city square
Music on the air
The places where we met to share
Our secrets now and then
We will see them again

Change will come
Stay warm inside the ripple
Of the Panasonic hum
It grinds
And it roars
Headed somewhere better
If I have to crawl there on all fours

Say your prayers to whomever
You call out to in the night
Keep the chains tight
Make it through this year

      Dsus2
If it kills us outright
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---10--10--|
G|---4---4---4---4---6---6---6---6---8---8---8---8---9---9---|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
(repeat last chord here until moved by the spirit)

Outro:
A E Dsus2 (x4)