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The other versions listed on this site sounded off to me, so I refined them in the key of E. I arranged this on my piano, so no guitar riffs (sorry!) Happy playing! Blood- The Middle East chords Intro: (Main riff 2x) Verse 1: E B C#m G#m A Older brother, restless soul, lie down. E B C#m G#m E Lie for a while with your ear against the earth. G#m B C#m You can hear your sister sleep talking, G#m B C#m A Say 'your hair is long but not long enough to reach Bridge: E A E Home to me, but your beard someday might be. Chorus 1: C#m B E And she'll wake up in a cold sweat on the floor C#m B E Next to a family portrait drawn when you were four C#m B E A and beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more C#m B E She'll lay it aside (Main riff 2x) [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/the-middle-east/384487.html ] Verse 2: E B C#m G#m A Older father, weary soul, you'll drive E B C#m G#m E Back to the home you made on the mountainside G#m B C#m E With that ugly, terrible thing G#m B C#m Those papers for divorce A And a lonely ring, Bridge 2: E A lonely ring. A Sit on your porch E and pluck your strings Chorus 2: C#m B E Oh, and you'll find somebody you can blame C#m B E C#m And you'll follow the creek that runs out into the sea B E And you'll find the peace with the Lord. (Main riff 2x) Verse 3: E B C#m G#m A Grandfather, weary soul, you'll fly E B C#m G#m E Over your life once more before you die G#m B C#m Since our grandma passed away G#m B C#m A You've waited for forever and a day Bridge 3: E Just to die. A And someday soon, E You will die. Chorus 3: C#m B E It was the only woman you ever loved C#m B E That got burnt by the sun too often when she was young C#m B E A And the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood C#m B E And there's nothing you can do about it now Outro: C G/C Am Em C x4 G C G x2 Outro: G C G x3 (Single strums) |