The Builders and the Butchers
"Black Elevator"
Where the Roots All Grow
tabbed by: smcclure09@yahoo.com
Standard Tuning
Intro:
e---------------------------------|
B--------1-3-3--3-3-4p3--4p3p1----|
G-2-0-2------------------------2--|
D---------------------------------| (melodica arr for guitar)
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|
A
e----------------------------|
B-----------1-1-3-4-3-1------|
G-2-2-2-0-2-------------2-0--|
D----------------------------| (Riff A - banjo arr for guitar)
A----------------------------|
E----------------------------|
VS (while banjo plays variations on riff A):
A C
There's no using the stairs tonight. Black box will take you right
G A
Many floors down where the earth is fire and molten
A C
And the bell man tips his hat. You try not to notice that
G D
His tail is long, his legs are made of wood
Pre-Chs:
C G D
And no one here knows your name. And you won't be coming home.
Chs:
A C A
You're going down in the black elevator.
G D
You tried to drink the water. The water wouldn't save
A C A
You're going down in the black elevator.
G D A (with Riff A on banjo)
You're rowing up that river tonight
Repeat VS, Pre-Chs, Chs
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/the-builders-and-the-butchers/246729.html ]
Bridge:
C G D A
And I know a better place. It's so much further down
C G D A
You'll ever be mine in there. With a hammer coming down
C G D A
And you ever work the earth. And your hands turn to stone
C G D
No one here knows your name. And you won't be coming home
Chs:
A C A
You're going down in the black elevator.
G D
You tried to drink the water. The water wouldn't save
A C A
You're going down in the black elevator.
G D A
You're rowing up that river tonight
G D A
I said you're rowing up that river tonight
G D A
I said you're rowing up that river tonight
Outro riff (banjo arr for guitar):
A
e-3-5-3-5-3---3------------------------------|
B-----------5---5-3-1-3-1--------------------|
G-------------------------2-0-2--------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------- (x4) then --|
e----------------------------|
B---1-0----------------------|
G-2-----2-0--2--2-0-2--2-0-2-|
D----------------------------|
A----------------------------|
E----------------------------| (x4) then back to the other riff
Then freestyle into "Black Dresses"