Andrew Bird – Alabaster (Guitar)

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Unusual chords: B7 x21202 Bm x24432 D7 xx0212 Emmaj7 021000 Please let me know your suggestions if this can be improved, especially the intro notes. Love the cosy introspective winter magic of this. [Intro]
N.C.
e|------------------------------------------7----5----12----14---|
B|----------------------8----7----10---8-------------------------|
G|--9----8----11---9---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
   Keep your lamp on   Keep your lamp on   Keep your lamp on

N.C.
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--9----8----11---9----|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
    Night,
[Verse]
        Am         D7        G
and the stars that hung all around us

C            Am          Bm
Light... the way to your door

          Em    Emmaj7   B7  Em 
Won't you pour 

     Am       D7      G       C
me a glass of pure alabaster? Come, 

    Am          Bm      D    G
sit down by the fire
[Chorus]
                 C      D    G
Days are growing shorter

                   C      D    G
Nights are growing longer

               C           D            G       B7
Gotta get much stronger to make it through
[Verse]
Em     Emmaj7    B7    Em 
True 

          Am          D         G
are these hearts that burn luminescent

C            Am        Bm   
Begging to invite you inside

Em     Emmaj7    B7    Em 
Wide 

        Am        D       G        C
are the arms that long to hold you tight

        Am       Bm       D
In this sleepy embrace
[Violin Solo] Em Emmaj7 B7 Em Am D7 G C
      Am   Bm         
(x2) then D
[Chorus]
G                   C      D    G
   Days are growing shorter

                   C      D    G
Nights are growing longer

               C           D            G       B7
Gotta get much stronger to make it through
[Verse]
Em     Emmaj7    B7    Em 
Night 

        Am         D7        G
and the stars that hung all around us

C         Am          Bm
Light the way to your door
[Outro] (use Intro) N.C. Keep your lamp on, keep your lamp on, keep your lamp on (end on Eadd9: 022102 )