James Vincent McMorrow – This Old Dark Machine (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Gavjones I took these chords from a live video I saw, so it might not be exactly the same as on the album. E A D G B E
Am    0-0-2-2-1-0-|
Am7   0-0-2-0-1-0-|
Em    0-2-2-0-0-0-|
D     0-0-0-2-3-2-|
C     3-3-2-0-1-0-|
G/C   3-2-0-0-1-0-|

[Fill]
e|--------|
B|-1------|
G|-0--00--|
D|-0--00--|
A|-0--00--|
E|-0h333--|
Am Fill [Verse 1]
Am                      Em
Spring it came upon us, every insect filled the air

D                                    Am                        Fill
Dropped their wings upon my brother, cast their shadows on his hair

Am                                  Em
If we follow where they're leading, We will surely come before

D                               Am                       Am7
some unseen and wondrous magic, made of visions to explore
[Chorus]
D                                   Am                      Am7
Near the town where we were living, was an old abandoned farm

D                                Am                        Am7
Every year we'd plant an orchid, in the shelter of it's arm

D                               Am                       Am7
To protect us from the madness, of the future still to come

Em                            C                            D
It will be like this forever, I will keep you safe from harm
[Bridge] Am Em D Am Fill [Verse 2]
Am                                 Em
Then they caught us in the summer, dressed in fathers finest clothes

D                              Am                         Fill
You the hat he wore to market, I the jacket filled with holes

Am                                   Em
I've been searching all these hours, for a hand as pale as bone

D                                       Am                            Am7
That would keep the strongest sunlight, and reflect the brightest stone
[Chorus]
D                                   Am                           Am7
Near the town where we were living, was a warm and fragrant smell

D                             Am                       Am7
Of the orchid we had planted, now a forest tall and well

D                               Am                       Am7
What a statue to our greatness, what a story all will tell

Em                           C                           D
They'll remember us forever, they'll remember where we fell
[Bridge] Am Em D Am Fill
Am
This old dark machine, it shakes and it shudders

G/C
Pulls to the left, then dies near the gutter

D
But still in the road, the traffic is silent

Am
The people they stare, and then they turn violent

F
If they should touch, the hem of your dress

Am
I would rise like a lion, strike out again

C
The faithful they wait, the faithful they wait

G/C
By the sign
[Chorus]
D                                   Am                         Am7
Near the town where we were living, came a loud and joyous sound

D                                Am                             Am7
As the earth and all her beauty, picked us up from off the ground

D                                Am                     Am7
Carried far across the mountain, to a kingdom never bound

Em                              C                D
We will live like this forever, I will love you, I will love you
[Bridge](x2) Am Em D Am ************************************ | h Hammer-on ************************************