Iron & Wine – The Truest Stars We Know (Guitar)
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Tabbed by: Mohamed Awad (Cairo, Egypt. Sept 5th, 2017)
Another gem from Iron & Wine's new album.
The song is built around a simple pattern you hear in the intro. For a 4 count measure, F# is picked for
three counts, then B for the last count, and repeat.
I play this without a capo.
[Intro]
F# B
[Verse]
F# B F# B Someone gets to be the river, someone is the sea F# B F# B Someone gets to be the fire, someone is the leaves F# B F# B And someone's walking in the morning light and calling to it cold F# B F# B Everybody moves beneath the truest stars they know
[Chorus]
G#m B F# B F# B Jesus and his trophy wives are praying for the suicides and the orphans G#m B C# B C# Save us all from what we want, beautiful and beaten back to life
F# B
[Verse]
F# B F# B Someone has the door to heaven, someone has the lock F# B F# B Someone has to be the dove, when someone is the hawk F# B F# B And someone's talking to the miles around and hearing them for good F# B F# B Everybody's branch is falling harder than they should
[Chorus]
G#m B F# B F# B And I know Jesus and his trophy wives are praying for the broken to be noticed G#m B C# B C# Save us all from what we want, beautiful and beaten back to life
F# B
E B F# B Back to life E B F# B Back to life