Big Thief – Velvet Ring (Guitar Tab)
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I think live she plays it an open tuning possibly with a capo,
but you can play it in standard too and it sounds the same.
[Intro]
G (Bar chord) B C e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| (x3) A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D|-4-----------3-----------2-----------1-----------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
G (Bar chord) B C e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "Chilled in the kitchen of a city tomb" e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "The light would flicker like a violent womb" e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "The night was thicker than a smoky fume" e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D|-4-----------3-----------2-----------1-----------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| "Elize waited in her room.."
[Verse 2]
G B C e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "Ben, he loved her like he loved no one" e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "The way she laughed and held a smoking gun" e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "The way she always said 'What's done is done'" e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D|-3-----------2-----------1-----------0-----------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| "And he is not the only one..."
[Chorus]
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2----3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---------3-----------3--------3---------------------|
"Love is a gentle thing"
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D|-----------0------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------------------2--------3---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring"
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3--------------------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0------------------------|
D|-----------0------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------------------2------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring.."
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------3-----------3--------3---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|[Verse 3]
G B C e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "A victim here with a sharp, sharp blade" e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "And Ben, he knew how she was getting paid" e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "Her water broke and they would have to wait" e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D|-5-----------4-----------2-----------1-----------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 4]
G B C e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "And when he knew that she was fooling" e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "He faced the mirror to avoid the thing" e|-----------------------------------| B|---------3------------0--------0---| G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-| D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| A|------------------2--------3-------| E|-3---------------------------------| "We're out of money and we've sold the bling" e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D|-4-----------3-----------2-----------1-----------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| "And I just wanna take you home" e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D|-3-----------2-----------1-----------0-----------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| "I just wanna take you home..."
[Chorus]
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2----3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---------3-----------3--------3---------------------|
"Love is a gentle thing"
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D|-----------0------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------------------2--------3---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring"
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3--------------------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0------------------------|
D|-----------0------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------------------2------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring.."
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------3-----------3--------3---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
"And I'm wondering"