mewithoutYou – Mexican War Streets (Guitar)
Capo 5
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Chords Used: Am Em F G Dm C
F *, C *, Am *, Dm *, C **, G *, Aadd9 *
F * C * Am * Dm * C ** G * Aadd9 * e|-1-| e|-0-| e|-x-| e|-x-| e|-x-| e|-x-| e|-x--| B|-1-| B|-1-| B|-1-| B|-3-| B|-5-| B|-3-| B|-0--| G|-x-| G|-x-| G|-2-| G|-2-| G|-5-| G|-4-| G|-2b-| D|-x-| D|-x-| D|-x-| D|-x-| D|-x-| D|-x-| D|-x--| A|-x-| A|-x-| A|-x-| A|-x-| A|-x-| A|-x-| A|-x--| E|-x-| E|-x-| E|-x-| E|-x-| E|-x-| E|-x-| E|-x--|
Intro:
e|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------|
Em
Am Em Though by the path I lead Am Em The passing of time and the pouring of tea Am Em Are all I've lately seen F G O my soul Am Em Until the temporal bridge be burned Am Em Until our anchor stocks hold firm Am Em Where the hands of clocks don't turn F G O my soul Am Em May our lips remain discreet Am Em While your traps are beneath our feet Am Em But how long before our tails are caught F G By our quote free endquote thought? F G Sugar in the cane, candles low F G Kettle on the flame for the teapot? No Dm C I tremble at the thought F G Sugar in the cane, candles low F G Southside Flats where the upscale go Dm C I tremble at the thought! Dm C I tremble at the thought!
(palm muted)
Am Em On the Streets of Mexican Wars Am I battle with the memory of a first fight Em Am In our contemptible youth
I quoted White Nights
Em Thinking that'd get rid of you Am Em And waited with a stone in my hand
But you were quite right:
Am Nature had another plan Em (& failed to run it by me) Am Nature had another plan Em Am Some other surrogate self Em Am To live in the sediment of so many somebody elses' Em Innumerable lives and you were right: F It's not a person who dies G But worlds die inside us F G Sugar in the cane and the candles are low F G On the West End Bridge looking down at the Ohio Dm C I tremble at the thought of what's often referred to as 'karma.' F G The sugar and the candles are gone F G You panic like a mouse when the lights go on Dm C (I ADMIT, IT WARMS MY HEART
TO WATCH YOUR WORLD FALL APART)
F G The colorful hills talked me down from the bridge: F G To heck with all the drugs my parents did Dm C I'd like to meet whoever said the words we print in red Dm C With a coin in my teeth on the Mexican War Streets
Bridge:
F * , C * , Am * , Dm *
C ** , G * , Am * , Aadd9 *
F * C * Am * Dm * C ** G * Aadd9 * e|-1-| e|-0-| e|-x-| e|-x-| e|-x-| e|-x-| e|-x--| B|-1-| B|-1-| B|-1-| B|-3-| B|-5-| B|-3-| B|-0--| G|-x-| G|-x-| G|-2-| G|-2-| G|-5-| G|-4-| G|-2b-| D|-x-| D|-x-| D|-x-| D|-x-| D|-x-| D|-x-| D|-x--| A|-x-| A|-x-| A|-x-| A|-x-| A|-x-| A|-x-| A|-x--| E|-x-| E|-x-| E|-x-| E|-x-| E|-x-| E|-x-| E|-x--| F * C * Rivers of sadness and mutual need Am * Dm * In the loud desperation of social routine C ** G * The rock of salvation, lightly esteemed Am * Aadd9 * And distance surging like oceans between us F * C * Suspended by strings Over rotating wheels Am * Dm * Via magnets and springs Of Carnegie steel C ** G * With 'representation' our fashionable theme Am * Aadd9 * And unfathomably powerful forces Like oceans between us F * C * We have all the signs we need Am * Dm * C ** Do we decide not to read? My will: And those who precede: C ** G * Am * the relation between Is listening beside me Aadd9 * At night like some seismic machine F * C * While the metal vibrations of petrified men Am * Dm * Are etched in translation by pendulum pens C ** G ** And the movements of underground plates Am * Do nothing to bridge or exacerbate Aadd9 * Oceans between us