Anaïs Mitchell – Tailor (Guitar Tab)

Capo 3

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Some segments are fingerpicked. My pattern is:

e|---------------------|
B|--------3---------3--|
G|--------------0------|
D|------0---------0----|
A|--3---------3--------|
E|---------------------|
    1 e + a   2 e + a

Intro:

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----3------3------3------3--|
G|-----0------0------0------0--|
D|-----0------0------0------0--|
A|---------3------2------------|
E|--3---------------------2----|

Verse: "When he said, when he said, that he..."

e|-----------1--|
B|-----3-----3--|
G|-----0-----0--|
D|-----0--------|
A|--------------|
E|--3-----3-----|

"liked my cut of hair, I became a barber."

e|------------------------------|
B|-----3------3------3-------3--|
G|-----0------0------0-------0--|
D|-----0------0------0-------0--|
A|--3------2--------------------|
E|-----------------2------3-----|

D, G, and B are generally picked simultaneously, but seemingly randomly one will be fingerpicked. Chorus: Fingerpicked. "And I sewed a party dress..."

e|------------------------------|
B|-----3------3------3-------3--|
G|-----0------0------0-------0--|
D|-----0------0------0-------0--|
A|--3------2--------------------|
E|-----------------2------3-----|

"In my head, the thought of him, in and out."

e|----------------------|
B|-----3------3-----3---|
G|-----0------0-----2---|
D|-----0------0-----0---|
A|--3------2------------|
E|---------------2------|

Bridge, Part 1: "Now that he's gone away, there isn't anyone to say if I'm a lady gay, or a crazy woman."

e|------------------1--|------------------------------|
B|-----3-----3------3--|-----3------3------3-------3--|
G|-----2-----0------0--|-----0------0------0-------0--|
D|-----0-----0---------|-----0------0------0-------0--|
A|---------------------|--3------2--------------------|
E|--2-----3------3-----|-----------------2------3-----|

Bridge, Part 2: "Didn't I glean in my father's eye?"

e|--------------|
B|-----1-----3--|
G|-----2-----0--|
D|-----3-----0--|
A|--------------|
E|--1-----3-----|

"Didn't I split my mother's side?"

e|--------------|
B|-----3-----3--|
G|-----2-----0--|
D|-----0-----0--|
A|--------------|
E|--2-----3-----|

"Didn't I drink her nipple dry?"

e|----------------------|
B|-----3------1------1--|
G|-----0------0------2--|
D|-----0------0------3--|
A|--1------0------------|
E|----------------1-----|

Bridge, Part 3: "And no one taught me how to cry."

e|--------------|
B|-----3-----1--|
G|-----0-----2--|
D|-----0-----3--|
A|--------------|
E|--3-----1-----|

"How to cry for what I wanted in the night. Who am I?"

e|--------------------|
B|-----3-----3-----1--|
G|-----2-----0-----2--|
D|-----0-----0-----3--|
A|--------------------|
E|--2-----3-----1-----|

"Didn't I cry and cry? Who am I?

e|----------------------|-----|
B|-----3------1------1--|--3--|
G|-----0------0------2--|--0--|
D|-----0------0------3--|--0--|
A|--1------0------------|-----|
E|----------------1-----|--3--|