- Matt J. H. - dumbjaw@comcast.net #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# BAND - Bright Eyes ALBUM - Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil Keep Your Ear To The Ground SONG - The Big Picture Tablature by Matt - 03/04/03 G? - 32003X C? - X3021X D? - XX023X Take note that the high E string doesn't appear to be used in this song. G The picture is far too big to look at, kid, your eyes won't open wide enough G And you're constantly surrounded by the swirling stream of what is and what was C G Well, we all made our predictions but the truth still isn't out D G But if you wanna see the future, go stare into a cloud G And keep trying to find your way out of that maze of memories G It all sorta looks familiar, until you get up close and it's different clearly C G But each time you turn a corner, you're right back where you were D G And your only hope is that forgetting might make a door appear G Well is it your fear of being buried that makes you so afraid to speak? G An avalanche of opinions like the one that fell that I'm now underneath C G It was my voice that moved the first rock and I would do it all again D G So I mean it's cool if you keep quiet but I like singing D So I'll be holding my note G And stomping and strumming and feeling so very lucky D And there is nothing I know G Except that this lifetime is just one moment and wishing will just leave me empty G So you can try and live in darkness but you will never shake the light G It will greet you every morning and it will make you more aware with its absence at night C G When you're wrapped up in your blankets, baby, that comfortable cocoon D G But I've seen the day of your awakening, boy, and it's coming soon G So go ahead and lose yourself in liquor and you can praise the clouded mind G But it isn't what you're thinking, no, it's the course of history, your position in line C G You're just a piece of the puzzle so I think you'd better find your place D G And don't go blaming your knowledge on some fruit you ate G 'Cause there's been a great deal of discussion, yes, about the properties of man G Animal or angel? You were carved from bone, but your heart, it's just sand C G And the wind is going to scatter it and cover everything with love D G So if it makes you happy then keep kneeling, mama, but I'm standing up G Because this veil, it has been lifted, yes, my eyes are wet with clarity G I've been a witness to such wonders, oh, I've searched for them all across this country C G But I think I'll be returning now to that town where I was born D G And I understand you must keep moving, friend, but I'm headed home D Yeah, I'm gonna follow the road G And let the scenery sweeping by easily enter my body D Now I'll send you all this message in code G Underground, over mountains, through forests and deserts and cities C C All across the electric wire, it's a baited line C C Yeah, the hook's in deep, boys, there's no more time C C So you can struggle in the water and be too stubborn to die C C D Or you could just let go and be lifted to the sky #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# BAND - Bright Eyes ALBUM - Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil Keep Your Ear To The Ground SONG - Method Acting Tablature by Matt - 03/04/03 Em - 022000 D - XX0232 C - X30210 G - 320033 Am - X02210 Em D There's no beginning to the story, a bookshelf sinks into the sand C G And a language learned and forgot, in turn, is studied once again Em D It's a shocking bit of footage viewed from a shitty TV screen C G You can squint out into snowy static to make out the meaning Em D And keep on stretching the antenna hoping that it will come clear C G We need some reception, a higher message, just tell us what to fear C D G D C 'Cause I don't know what tomorrow brings C D G D C It's alive with such possibilities C D G D C All I know is I feel better when I sing D Burdens are lifted from me Em D C G That's my voice rising Em D C G Em D So, Michael, please keep the tape rolling, boys keep strumming those guitars C G We need a record of our failures, yes, we must document our love Em D I've sat too long in my silence, I've grown too old in my pain C G To shed this skin, be born again, it starts with an ending C D G D C So thank you, friends, for the time we shared C D G D C My love stays with you like sunlight and air C D G D C And though I truly wish I could keep hanging around here D My joy is covering me Em D C G Soon, I will disappear Em D C G Am It's not a movie Em No private screening Am This method acting Em Well, I call that living Am It's like a fountain Em A door has opened Am We have a problem Em With no solution C D But to love and to be loved C D G D C So I've made peace with the falling leaves C D G D C I see their same fate in my own body C D G D C But I won't be frightened when I'm awoken from this dream D And returned to that which Em D C G Gave birth to me [Continue Em D C G throughout the rest of the song] Gave birth to me Gave birth to me Gave birth to me And the story goes And the story goes And it goes on and on and on and on It's going on and on and on and on It's going on and on and on and on It's going on and on and on and on It's going on and on and on and on It's going on and on and on and on It's going on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. Same big ole' disclaimer. No capo. Couple of things: Chords: B7(1) is x21202 B7(2) is x24242 For the E/A/E do the same trick that U2 did in Desire. It's not so much fully fingering the A chord as just dropping your ring finger across all the strings from the E. The chord only sounds for a beat and if you do that it gives it a nice bluesy feel. Listen to the CD for timing. Intro: E/A/E E You say that I treat you like a A book on a shelf. E I don't take you out that often B B7(1) because I Know that I completed you A E/A/E and that's why you are here. A E/A/E That is the reason you stay here. B7(2) A E/A/E How awful you must feel. You said you would be my dream. I could have you every night and if, by morning, I had forgotten you, well, no big deal, it would be all right because you are the reoccurring kind. You are the reoccurring kind. You never really leave my mind. Are you the love of my lifetime? Because there have been times I have had my doubts. We were just kids when I first kissed you in the attic of my parents house, and I wish we were there now. It took so long to figure out what this book has been about. Now I write when I'm away letters that you never read. You said go to explore those other women, the geography of their bodies but there is just one map you'll need. You are a boomerang. You see. You will return to me. E You will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. A You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. B7(1) E You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will! B7(1) E Because if you don't, then this book all is lies. B7(1) E If you don't, then my plans would be all ruined. A B7(1) If you don't, I'll start drinking like the way I drank before. A B7(1) E And I just wont have a future anymore. I'm still new at this tabbing thing so please send comments/corrections/questions to mimoore@alumni.indiana.edu #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# BAND - Bright Eyes ALBUM - Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil Keep Your Ear To The Ground SONG - Bowl Of Oranges Tablature by Matt - 03/04/03 C - X30210 G - 320033 F - XX3211 Am - X02210 Dm - XX0231 C G The rain, it started tapping on the window near my bed F G There was a loophole in my dreaming so I got out of it Am F And to my surprise my eyes were wide and already open Dm G Just my nightstand and my dresser where those nightmares had just been C G So I dressed myself and left then out into the gray streets F G But everything seemed different and completely new to me Am F The sky, the trees, houses, buildings, even my own body Dm G And each person I encountered I couldn't wait to meet C G And I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health F G I said, "There's nothing that I can do for you that you can't do for yourself." Am F He said "Oh yes you can, just hold my hand, I think that that would help." Dm G So I sat with him a while and then I asked him how he felt F Am G F Am G He said, "I think I'm cured. No, in fact, I'm sure of it. F Am G Dm G Thank you, stranger, for your therapeutic smile." C G F G Am F Dm G C G So that's how I learned the lesson that everyone's alone F G And your eyes must do some raining if you're ever gonna grow Am F But when crying don't help, you can't compose yourself, it is best to compose a poem Dm G An honest verse of longing or a simple song of hope C G That's why I'm singing, baby, don't worry 'cause now I got your back F G And every time you feel like crying, I'm gonna try and make you laugh Am F And if I can't, if it just hurts too bad, then we'll wait for it to pass Dm G And I will keep you company through those days so long and black C G And we'll keep working on the problem we know we'll never solve F G Of love's uneven remainders, our lives are fractions of a whole Am F But if the world could remain within a frame like a painting on a wall Dm G Then I think we'd see the beauty and we'd stand staring in awe F Am G F Am G At our still lives posed like a bowl of oranges F Am G Dm G Like a story told by the fault lines and the soil C G F G Am F Dm G End on G Tabbed By Sean Band: Bright Eyes Title: Don't Know When But I Day's Gonna Come Album: LIFTED or The Story Is In The Soil Keep Your Ear To The Ground e-|------0--0-----------0--0----------------------------- B-|-------3--3-3---------3--3-3------3--------3-----3---- G-|-----2--2--2--------2--2--2------2-2-2----0-0-0-0-0-0- D-|--0----------3-2-0----------3-2-----2-3-2----0-----0-- A-|--------------------------------3--------2-----1------ E-|------------------------------------------------------ repeat x infinity p.s.- i know this isnt exactly right but its pretty close and once you get the idea you can improvise.