Frank Turner – Isabel (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Tabbed by guitaristu
Verse melody - play throughout G D/F# Em7 Cadd9 D e|-3-----------3-| |--------2----3----2-| B|-3-----------3-| |--------2----3----3-| G|-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-|x2|---0----0----0----2-| D|-0-----------0-| |-----4--2----2----0-| A|-2-----------2-| |--------2----3------| E|-3-----------3-| |--------0-----------|
Intro G
VERSE 1
G
So now the years are rolling byits not long since you and i
D/F# Em7 Cadd9 D G could have been train drivers or astronauts
and now we're stuck in furniushed ruts
and yeah the thing that really cuts
is we cant remember how we got caught
VERSE 2
filtered air computer screens
muffled sighs and might have beens
count your blessings then breathe and count to ten
and though it doesnt often show
we are scared because we know
that our forefathers were farmers and fishermen
CHORUS
Em7 D Cadd9 and so the world has changed D worse or better's hard to tell Em7 D Cadd9 but my hope remains D G within the arms of isabel
VERSE 3
so now our calloused hands once told
a story honest as it’s old
of sowing seeds and setting sail
but now our hands are soft and weak
and working seven days a week
at the salvations schemes that are bound to fai
CHORUS
Em7 D Cadd9 and so the world has changed D worse or better's hard to tell Em7 D Cadd9 but my hope remains D within the arms of isabel
MIDDLE 8
Am I'll admit that i am scared G Dsus2/F# of what i dont understand Am darling if you're there G Dsus2/F# gentle voices soothing hands Am to quiten my despair G Dsus2/F# Am to show off all my plans G/B C Cadd9 darling if you're there
EXTENDED CHORUS
Em7 D Cadd9 and so the world has changed
Dadd9* (slide Cadd9 up 2 frets)
and i must change as well
Em7 D Cadd9 The machines we’ve made D will damn us into hell Em7 D Cadd9 and the time will come D when all must save themselves Em7 D Cadd9 and i will save my soul D G within the arms of isabel
G Em7 C D x2 end on G