Calexico – The News About William (Guitar)

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Album : Carried to Dust (2008)
Tempo : 3/4  134
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg

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

Csus2/D : xx001x Am7 : x02213 C/G : 332010 Cadd9/G : 330010 E7 : 020100

Am/C    : xxx555
C       : x32010 with  x30010

[Intro] Csus2/D Am Repeat Am Am7 C/G Cadd9/G C/G Am Am7

C/G  Cadd9/G C/G  
G [Riff 1] Dm

Am E E7 Csus2/D Am Repeat [Verse]

Am              C                       Am
   Four in the morning the sidewalk's asleep

C [Riff 2] G Dogs on the porch and spiders on the leaf [Riff 1] Dm [Riff 3] Am Shipwrecked by night, sailing through days

[Riff 4] E       E7            Am
Nobody   noticed that slipping away

[Instrumental] Csus2/D Am Repeat Am C Am C [Verse]

Am                C                       Am
   Connecting the dots with thorns in his side

C [Riff 2] G Boarded up the windows with pain and with pride [Riff 1] Dm Am The music box broken that once was his soul

    [Riff 4]    E        E7             Am
It's sad little song spinning out of control

Am Am7 C/G Cadd9/G C/G Am Am7 C/G Cadd9/G C/G Am Am7

C/G  Cadd9/G C/G  
G [Riff 1]

[Bridge]

G               C/G                         G 
  Then came the storm that washed the roads out

                C/G                       G 
Closed both his eyes and pointed straight south

[Riff 1] Dm Am Second line drums marched into the sea

                     E              Am
While the clouds overhead cried mutiny

                E                    Am
They parted for Cathy and her bitter news

             Dm                   Am
As her words failed, the sky grew dim

             E                       Am
Recalled how close to that exit I've been

[Instrumental]

Am   C/G   x3
G [Riff 1] Dm

Am E E7 Am [Verse]

C/G               Am   C/G                Am
    Ours not to reply,     ours not to reason why

C                      G
  Well, the news about William

    F          C         C              F
The lifeline resist, the desire for the breeze

    Am
The thorns in his side

[Outro] Am/C