Devendra Banhart – Surgery I Stole (Guitar Intro Tab)
Capo 6
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Track #2, The Black Babies EP
A dear favorite of mine from a very overlooked EP from Devendra.
As always with Devendra's music, improvise and play around with the loose structure outlined below.
[Intro]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-0-----0-------0-----0-----------------------------------------------------| G|---2-----2-------2-----2-------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------| D|-----2-----2-------2-----2---4---0-4--------4---0-4------------------------| A|-0-------------0-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------3--------(3)---3--------(3)-------------------|
[Verse 1]
That high-e note is only played occasionally. Modify the rhythm accordingly.
e|--------------------(0)----------------------------------------------------| B|-0-----0-------0-------0---------------------------------------------------| G|---2-----2-------2-------2-------0-----0--------0-----0--------------------| D|-----2-----2-------2-------2---4---0-4--------4---0-4----------------------| A|-0-------------0-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------3--------(3)---3--------(3)-----------------|
Surgery I stole from you
Surgery you stole from me
Have believe in apathy
Orange tree could be all a dream
All that I have seen of him
His money is such a lucky sin
Your eyes see sweet but your mouth tastes tin
[Bridge]
Begin to strum two chords, D and G, as follows.
D G
e|--x------x---|
B|--0------0---|
G|--2------x---|
D|--0------4---|
A|-(0)-----2---|
E|--2------3---|Occasionally, feel free to use the hammer-on 0h2 on the G-string for the D chord.
Occasionally, feel free to use the hammer-on 0h2 on the A-string for the G chord.
The G-chord also has another variant, shown below, which you can choose to use every once in a while.
G*
e|--x--|
B|--3--|
G|--x--|
D|--4--|
A|--2--|
E|--3--|The toothbrush is black
That's the place where you're at
And a snake holds the knife
And a snake holds a knife
[Transition]
Play this once to transition out of the bridge...
e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|------0-----0---0-------0-----0---0--| D|----4---0-4---0-------4---0-4---0----| A|-------------------------------------| E|--3-----------------3----------------|
[Verse 2]
Then it's back to that heartbreaking, two-chord pattern, for the rest of the song.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-0-----0-------0-----0-----------------------------------------------------| G|---2-----2-------2-----2-------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------| D|-----2-----2-------2-----2---4---0-4--------4---0-4------------------------| A|-0-------------0-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------3--------(3)---3--------(3)-------------------|
All I see brings you close to me
All I do brings me close to you
Summer snake dance for dance's sake
Into faraway, into faraway, faraway
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| x Dead note
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
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