going for the gold by bright eyes/from oh holy fools ep. transcribed by laura sharps plural (marmorealuna@hotmail.com) chords: G* Gb? F? Em+2 D7 Dsus2 C D G Bm Em Gb7 Asus2 E -(5)---(5)---3----2----2----0----0---2---3---2---0---0----0-- B --5-----5----0----0----1----1----1---3---3---3---0---2----0-- G --4-----4----0----0----2----2----0---2---0---4---0---3----2-- D --5-----4----3----2----x----x----2---0---0---4---2---4----2-- A --x-----x----x----x----x----x----3---x---2---2---2---4----0-- E --x-----x----x----x----x----x----x---x---3---x---0---x----x-- notes in parentheses are "hammer on" notes, to add when appropriate. string should be muted otherwise. *=bizarre voicing (but still a complete triad). standard open G chord won't sound right. ?=i have no idea what the proper chord call is, so i'm calling it by the bass note. if you can improve on this chart please email me! i'm pretty sure almost all of the chords are right, but nobody's perfect! ;) ----------------------------------------------------------------- G* Gb? F? There's a voice on the phone telling what had happened Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 some kind of confusion, more like a disaster G* Gb? F? and it wondered how you were left unaffected Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 but you had no knowledge, no the chemicals covered you G* Gb? F? and so a jury was formed as more liquor was poured Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 no need for conviction, they're not thirsting for justice G* Gb* F? but I slept with the lies I keep inside my head Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 I found out I was guilty, I found out I was guilty G* Gb? F? but I won't be around for the sentencing Em2 D7 Dsus D7 cause I'm leaving, on the next airplane C D G Bm and though I know that my actions are impossible to justify C D G they seem adequate to fill up my time C D Bm Em and if I could talk to myself like I was someone else C D G Bm Em then maybe I could take your advice C and I wouldn't act like such an D G* Gb? F? Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 asshole all the time G* Gb? F? Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 G* Gb? F? there's a film on the wall makes the people look small Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 who are sitting beside it, all consumed in the drama G* Gb? F? they must return to their lives once the hero has died Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 they will drive to the office, stopping somewhere for coffee G* Gb? F? where the folk singers, poets, and playwrights convene Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 dispensing their wisdom, oh dear amateur orator G* Gb? F? they will detail their pain in some standard refrain Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 they will recite their sadness, like it's some kind of contest Gb7 Bm well if it is, I think I am winning it G Asus2 all beaming with confidence, as I make my final lap Gb7 Bm the gold medal gleams, so hang it around my neck G Asus2 cause I am deserving it, the champion of idiots C D G Bm but a kid carries his walkman on that long bus ride to omaha C D G I know a girl who cries when she practices violin C D Bm Em cause each note sounds so pure, it just cuts into her C D G Bm Em and then the melody comes pouring out her eyes C now to me everything else it D G* Gb? F? Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 just sounds like a lie. uh huh, uh huh, uhh huh! G* Gb? F? Em2 D7 Dsus2 D7 Band: Bright Eyes Song: Kathy with a K's Song Album: Oh Holy Fools Tabbed by: Ed Yoon (dareagumby@hotmail.com) A D Love is real, it is not E A just in novels or the movies A D It is fact And it is standing here E right in front of you So if you open your eyes oh what a sweet discovery There is hope, and there is joy and there is acceptance D E So now let all of the light that collects on your plants C#m A Keep you warm, make you smile D E And I will be there with this pen in my hand C#m7 A To record all the while D E C#m7 B7 You'll be laughing so loud that the house would shake with sound D E A And everything will be as new as the day it was found Bm C#m D E Love is real it is not just in long distance commercials Or something that you thought you felt back in high school So I will turn black and white Become that horoscope you're reading It predicts something good is on its way D E Oh, and then I will send you the world green and blue C#m A In a box through the mail D E You can open it up, hold it right in your hand C#m7 A And be glad that it's there D E And be glad that you're there C#m7 B7 Now you can feel all the knots in your stomach start to untie D E A And suddenly it's not so hard to say you're all right Bm C#m D E Love is real, it is not just in poetry and stories It is truth, and it will follow you Everywhere you go from now on So if you'd just cast off your doubt Then your lips would answer for you Oh my darling, when you smile, it is like a song And I can hear it now Tabs/Chords by Chris Mockler This is my first attempt EVER at interpreting a song. I just absolutely love Bright Eyes, and was fortunate enough to hang out with Conner one night! He is an amazing songwriter and after listening to this song over and over I think I figured out "the roots" of what he was playing. This is a brilliant song, I hope my efforts suit you. Bright Eyes - Oh, You are the Roots That Sleep Beneath my Feet and Hold the Earth in Place D Bm I met you through a common friend G D in the attic of my parent's house D Bm and though I didn't know it then G A I soon was finding out Bm G you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet D A and hold the earth in place Bm each time a faucet opens G words are spoken D A the water runs away G and I hear your name D no, nothing has changed D Bm G D D Bm there was this book I read and loved G D the story of a ship D Bm who sailed around the world and found G A that nothing else exists Bm beyond his own two sails G and wooden shell D A and what is held within Bm all else is sure to pass G we clutch and grasp D A and debate what's truly permanent G but when the wind starts to shift D there's no argument [Interlude] D Bm I sing and drink and sleep on floors G A and try hard not to be annoyed D Bm G by all these people worrying about me D Bm so when I'm suffering through some awful drive G A you occasionally cross my mind D Bm G it's my hidden hope that you are still among them well are you? [Interlude] Bm G Oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet D A and hold the earth in place Bm each time a curtain opens G sunlight pours in D A a lifetime melts away G and we share a name D on some picturesque grave