Kevin Devine – She Stayed As Steam (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
This song is in standard tuning in the demo, and tuned a half step down when
played live. (pretty accurate, definitely not perfect)
(All the chords in this section are palm muted power chords)
F C all that music in your mouth G Am rivers rushing at your teeth Bb F cresting waves through wading valleys Bb F flooded language tributaries Bb F C/G connect and cover over me F C tensing jaw & cork screw eyelids G Am as if you couldn't bare to see Bb F all that water pouring from you Bb F collecting clouds inside the ballroom Bb F C/G Bb over people who don't know you
but darling i do
On 'do', begin this riff: |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |----2-0-2---2---2------0-2---2---2-----0-2---2---2--------3-3333333--| |----3----------------3-------3---3---3---------------3--3-3-3333333--| |--11-1-1-111-111-1/55-5-5-555-533-011-1-1-111-111-155-5555--1111111--| |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Return to palm-muted power chords)
F C you trance yourself back towards the city G Am blood not moving to your feet Bb F your foot falls tentative and muffled Bb F automatic listless shuffle Bb F C/G your sidewalk scatter brain, cry uncle F C you paint yourself back in your corner G Am and look for her on your t.v. Bb F it's friday night and i am hungry Bb F for a hand, a mouth, a body Bb F C/G Bb a love i wouldn't have to carry
(For the next section, either play the riff or the chords below)
..Mouth ..now ..canal ..town
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|----2-0-2---2---2------0-2---2---2-----0-2---2---2--------3-3333333--|
|----3----------------3-------3---3---3---------------3--3-3-3333333--|
|--11-1-1-111-111-1/55-5-5-555-533-011-1-1-111-111-155-5555--1111111--|
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F/Bb
a stitch in my mouth
Dm
and i'm untying now
F/Bb
a concrete canal
Dm G A
in a bomb border town(return to palm muted power chords again)
Bb Am an echo in the rafters Dm G reminding you there was a sound (D)|-7-----5---3-| Dm but you killed her in waves C F C she stayed a steam to hiss at you now (Stop palm muting here) G Gadd9 Am Bb F Am Bb F Am Bb F C/G C7 |-33335555555555556666-----111110001111----111110001111111100000000-| |-33333333555555556666-----111111113333----111111113333111111111111-| |-44444444555555557777-----222222223333----222222223333222200003333-| |-555533337777777788888----333332223333----333332223333333322222222-| |-5555555577777777888883---33333000111110--333330001111333333333333-| |-333333335555555566666--3-11111---------3111111-------11113333-----| Bb F he killed her in waves Am Dm but that's not today
(back to palm muting again)
Dm so you breathe through your mouth Bb try to calm yourself down F and keep what you found A and shout it out loud
(And stop palm muting again)
Dm she can hover and hurt Bb or dissolve to dirt F A some prayer in you mouth G and she might stay a steam C so get to the beams F A let you figure her out
G, Dm, Bb, F, Bb, F, Bb, C/G, C7, F