Kevin Devine – Murphys Song (Guitar)

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I tabbed this from a live recording (link at the bottom of the page) - Kevin changes it every so often and adds little licks here and there, but this tab is accurate for sure. CHORDS:

  Dbmaj7 Ebm  Fm   Gb  Bbm  Ab  Gb*  Db  Fm* Bbm* Eb
e|--4-----6---8----9----6---4----2---4----1---1---6--|
B|--6-----7---9----11---6---4----2---6----1---2---8--|
G|--5-----8---10---11---6---5----3---6----1---3---8--|
D|--6-----8---10---11---8---6----4---6----3---3---8--|
A|--4-----6---8----9----8---6----4---4----3---1---6--|
E|--4-----6---8----9----6---4----2---4----1---1---6--|

(Note: Kevin uses a lot of bar chords that can be simplified; for the most part, any with an asterisk [*] after it is the simplified version, when he chooses to specifically play it.) SHORTHAND: Dbmaj7: 446564 Ebm: 668876 Fm: 8 8 10 10 9 8 Gb: 9 9 11 11 11 9 Bbm: 688666 Ab: 466544

Gb*:    244322
Db:     446664

Fm*: 133111

Bbm*:   113321
Eb:     668886

          Dbmaj7            Ebm
A quieter boat, dog's dying day

             Fm            Gb
A bone in a bowl, a watery grave

             Ebm                  Dbmaj7   Bbm
See, I am a sailor, but I'm not so great

                   Ebm     Ab                   Gb*    Db
I keep fishin' for roadkill, passin' out on the waves

(repeat chords above) A shimmering sea, stretched end to end A shivering bowl, a flickering friend See, that's Mr. Murphy, my leathery brave He's whimpering "Taps" now, for his plank-walk parade

      Fm*         Bbm              Db         Ab             Eb
I've never been a joiner, no, I've quit every team I've been on

        Gb*           Bbm*               Gb*            Bbm*
Now I'm crying in my coffee, that's not sea salt in my eyes

               Gb*                  Bbm*            Gb*     Ab        Db
Cause me and Murphy, we have been through it, and I hate watching him die

(whistling) (repeat the pattern in the verse) So I wait for my wisdom, like I wait for my wife Like I wait for a story, helps me wait out the night Like when I was an archer, but I couldn't shoot straight I broke all of ma's windows, I poked holes through her drapes And I laugh to myself, but I can't tell you why The hung-over sun sneaks back in the sky But Murphy went peaceful, he went decent and right At least better than I will, when it's my turn to die And I wear his collar on my wrist and I bury him down at the beach No crying, no coffin, just a body in a hole No praying, no singing, no saving any souls The only thing I'm saving, yeah Is a bone... inside... a bowl (Note: at the end of the outro, Kevin plays Gb to Gbm before ending on Db.) Tab taken from the following video: