Transcribed by Andy Field.
These chords were worked out by me using only the album and my ears. I apologise forany mistakes and I make no guaranteees that these chords are, in fact, correct. All comments & corrections welcome...Helpless transcribed by Blake.
Table of Contents:
- Foi Na Cruz
- The Good Son
- Sorrow's Child
- The Weeping Song
- The Ship Song
- The Hammer Song
- Lament
- The Witness Song
- Lucy
- Helpless
FOI NA CRUZ Intro: C,G / C,G C Foi na cruz, foi na cruz Am que um dia F G C meus pecados castigados em Jesus Am Foi na cruz G que um dia C Foi na cruz G C F Love comes a knocking, comes a knocking at my door Gm Eb D but you, you and me, love we Gm Eb / Gm / Gmaj7 don't live there anymore. Repeat this pattern for all other verses/choruses.Table of Contents
THE GOOD SON Em The good son walks in to the field he is a tiller, he has a tiller's hands but down in his heart now, he lays down queer plans against his brother and against his family. Yet he worships his brother, and he worships his mother but it's his father he says is an unfair man Am The Good Son Em The Good son Am The Good son Em the good son has sat and often wept..... ....... G One more man gone one more man gone Am [ C / D ] one more man G One more man gone ... etcTable of Contents
SORROW'S CHILD (G) (Bb) Cm Bb Sorrow's child sits by the river Cm Bb Sorrow's child hears not the water Cm Bb Sorrow's child sits by the river Cm Bb Sorrow's child hears not the water C# G# and just when it seems as though Eb C# you've got strength enough to stand Cm Bb sorrow's child all weak and strange Cm Bb G# stands waiting at your hand. Repeat Piano solo bit at end: Cm / Bb / Cm / Eb / G / Cm, Bb / G# - You'll have to play along to the record to work out where the changes come (it's fairly obvious from humming the piano melody over the top).Table of Contents
THE WEEPING SONG Easy one this ..... intro Gm (C, D - notes played on 5th string) Gm F Gm Go son, go down to the water Gm F Gm and see the women weeping there Gm F Gm then go up into the mountains Gm F Gm the men they are weeping too. Gm F Gm Father why are all the women weeping? Gm F Gm They are all weeping for their men Gm F Gm Then whay are all the men there weeping? Gm F Gm They are weeping back at them F Gm F Gm This is a weeping song, a song in which to weep Gm F Gm while all the men and women sleep F Gm this is a weeping song but F Gm [C D - notes on 5th string] I won't be weeping long. Repeat to endTable of Contents
THE SHIP SONG G D Come sail your ships around me C G D and burn your bridges down G D we make a little history baby C G D everytime you come around G D come loose your dogs upon me C G D and let your hair hang down G D you are a little mystery to me C G D Everytime you come around. * C G D We talk about it all night long C G D we define our moral ground Em G but when I crawl into your arms C G D everything comes tumbling down. G D Come sail your ships around me C G D and burn your bridges down G D we make a little history baby C G D everytime you come around Return to '*' and repeat through remaining lyrics.Table of Contents
THE HAMMER SONG Riff 1 TAB: E--------------------------- B--------------------------- G--------------------------- D--------------------------- A-----1--3^5-5-3-3-1-1-0---- E--3----------------------3- ^ means slide. This riff is played with lots of delay added. This is the riff played by the guitar throughout the verse - check record for exact rhythm. The bits in {} are bass bits for bass guitar!) Gm {G F# F D G (lo)} I set out on Monday the night was cold and vast (Guit Riff 1) and my brother slept Gm and though i left quite quietly { G F# F D F(lo)} (guit Riff 1) my father raged and raged and my mother wept Gm now, my life was like a river all sucked into the ground G# Gm and then the hammer came down, Lord the hammer came down Repeat until: Gm Then I came upon a river and I laid my saddle down G# Gm and then the hammer came down, lord, the hammer came down F Eb it knocked me to the ground and I said "please please, G# Gm take me back to my home town", Lord, the hammer came downTable of Contents
LAMENT Fm I've seen your fairground hair, your seaside eyes Gm Fm your vampire tooth and your little truth, your tiny lies Fm I know your trembling hand, your guilty prize Gm Fm your sleeping limbs, your foreign hymns your midnight cries. G# C# Eb G# So dry your eyes and turn your head away C# Eb G# Eb Bb now there's nothing more to say, now you've gone away. Repeat over remaining lyricsTable of Contents
THE WITNESS SONG Ok, The bass in this is sort of playing { D D(octave higher) C A G } behind the vocals. Listen to the record and hopefully all will become clear! C / Am / G / D Yeah, yeah, well well I took a walk down to the port D where strangers met and do consort D All blinkered with desire D and a winter fog moved thickly on C a winter fog moved thickly on Am G D a winter fog moved thickly on. D Now who will be the witness, who will be the witness, who will be the witness when the fogs too thick to see. Repeat a lot. Middle Bit: D and time gets somewhat muddled here but no matter, no matter here comes the events all tumbling down ................. and she said"well are you healed?" and I said "yes, i'm healed" and she said "well, yes I'm healed then too" Dm and I said "babe you are a liar" "babe you are a liar" "babe you are a liar" C "babe you are a liar" Am G "babe you are a liar too" D (with bass bit) repeat D until end.Table of Contents
LUCY G Em Last night I lay trembling G Em the moon it was low G Em it was the end of love Am D of misery and woe G Em then suddenly above me G Em her face burned in light G Em came a vision of beauty Am Em all covered in white G D now the bell tower is ringing G D and the night has stole past Em C O Lucy, can you hear me? Am D wherever you rest. Repeat over remaining words.Table of Contents
HELPLESS D A G D A G D A G There is a town in north Ontario, D A G With dream comfort memory to spare, D A G and in my mind I still need a place to go, D A G All my changes were there, Blue, blue windows behind the stars, Yellow moon on the rise, Big birds flying across the sky, Throwing shadows on our eyes. D A G Helpless, helpless, helpless D A G Baby can you hear me now? D A G The chains are locked and tied across the door, D A G Baby, sing with me some how. D A G D A G Blue, blue windows behind the stars, Yellow moon on the rise, Big birds flying across the sky, Throwing shadows on our eyes. (repeat and fade) D A G Helpless, helpless, helplessTable of Contents
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