Dispatch – Riddle (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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As recorded by Dispatch (From the 2004 Album ALL POINTS BULLETIN) Tune down 1/2 step (Eb Tuning) [Intro] Em [Verse 1]
Em                      G
Heard of a land held by untroubled hand

Em               G     D
Where the whisky runs cold

Em                G           D                C
Don't you dare go ask the newsman ‘cause he'll tell you everything

         Em
He don't know
[Verse 2]
Em                     G      D            Em
She was a child of the second American Revolution

            G         D           Em
Strong girl with a stones constitution

              G                     D
When she fell into the hands of the enemy

    C                           Em
She touch her hand and sank her ankles deep
[Chorus]
   G
So go riddle me over

      Bm
I'm a man got nothing to show for

               Em
My work in the ground

                    D
In this here London town

   G
So go riddle me over

      Bm
I'm a man got nothing to show for

               E
My work in the ground

            Bm                           C                B       Em    G Em
Got my back to the fire but it ain't the bridges that are burnin' down
[Verse 3]
                G           D
Ophelia used to swim in the rain

Em                         D
Ain't nothing she'd rather do

      Em                      G        D
I was besides myself when the news had came

           C                      N.C.
And it had nothing to do with you
[Verse 4]
Em                         G     D
They said they would never fight no more

Em                      G  D
After the day she went away

Em                           G      D
What in the world are we all askin' for?

      C
If we don't give they're gonna take
[Chorus]
   G
So go n' riddle me over

      Bm
I'm a man got nothing to show for

               Em
My work in the ground

                    G
In this here London town

   G
So go n' riddle me over

      Bm
I'm a man got nothing to show for

               E
My work in the ground

       D
Got my back to the fire and my feet on the ground

                 C                B      Em
But it ain't the bridges that are falling
[Chorus]
Em              A
Go n' riddle me over

      C                  D
I'm a man got nothing to show for

   B           Em
My work in the ground

             A                C
Go ahead and go and riddle me over

                 B                          Em
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down

Em        Am
Riddle me over

      C                  D
I'm a man got nothing to show for

   B           Em
My work in the ground

             A                C
Go ahead and go and riddle me over

                 B N.C.
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down

Em    D         A
Go n' riddle me over

      G                  D
I'm a man got nothing to show for

   B           Em
My work in the ground

             G#               Am
Go ahead and go and riddle me over

                 B                        Em
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down

Em        Am
Riddle me over

      F       D
I'm a man got nothing to show for

   B           Em
My work in the ground

             A      D         C
Go ahead and go and riddle me over

                 B                        Em  
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down
[Outro] Em Am C D Em Am C D Bm Em