of Montreal – Empyrean Abattoir (Guitar)
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Written and performed by: of Montreal
Second single off the new record for 2015: 'Aureate Bloom'
Transcribed by: Alex Prodanovic
This is my first tab, I'd really appreciate your input!
Contact me at [email protected] for corrections, or music stuff
Official lyrics have not been released yet, so I made the best of fan
interpretations I think it's pretty close. I'll update it when I can
find the official lyrics. If you have them please contact me.
Chords:
Emaj9/G# 474444
C#m x46654
Am6 5x455x
E 022100 or x7999xB7 x24242
A7 x0202x
Amaj7 x02120
E 022100
B x24442
A x02220
G#m6 4x344x
G#7#5 4x455x
C# x4666x or 9 11 11 10 9 9Bb/A x03331
A6 x02222
F#m 244222
F#m7 244252
F#madd9 x9769x
B/F# 224442
F# 244322
G# 466544
Cmaj7 8799xx
Intro:
Emaj9/G#
Verse 1:
C#m Winter isn't much here Am6 E Just a flinching centigrade B7 Though the grasses all look jaundiced and the Amaj7 E Poplar branches flayed B A E Ooh-o-oh, the poplar branches flayed C#m Before your hysterical silence, Am6 E You came rapping at my door B7 With your body as a sacrament Amaj7 E Your mind a killing floor B A E Ooh-o-oh, your mind a killing floor
Refrain 1:
G#m6 G#7#5 I've been trying to quell my anger C# F# And not feel bitter about all the darkness you gave A Bb/A A But as always there's that device that I cannot disengage Bb/A / A6 / Oooh Bb/A / A6 / Oooh
Verse 2:
C#m Am6 E Just as a Red Terror, you tried to kill what you couldn't reign B7 Amaj7 E And now you're back in Knoxville masturbating your father's pain B A E Ooh-o-oh, masturbating your father's pain
Refrain 2:
G#m6 G#7#5 Stealing from his oration of filth, C# F# I repeat the wickedness to force reactions out of you A Bb/A A But it never hurts as deeply as I want it to Bb/A / A6 / mmm Bb/A / A6 / ooh Bb/A / A6 / oooh
Bb/A / A6 /
Verse 3:
C#m Am6 E I think I'll mix my medicine and explore it 'til I'm dull B7 Amaj7 E You made my sky a graveyard and my moon a funeral B A E Ooh-o-oh, my moon a funeral
Bridge:
F#m B F#m7 F#madd9 Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh F#m B/F# A A Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh
Chorus:
C# F# E F# C# G# Now it's just a system of subtraction, oh yeah! E B G B D C# I won't even turn around to notice your reaction C# F# E F# C# G# Now it's just a system of subtraction, oh yeah! E B G B D I won't even feel the hateful vibing of your faction C# F# E Now it's just a system of subtraction C# G# G# C# G# G# Whatever happened to your star now? F# G# F# F# G# F# F# G# C# No one cares who you are now, oh, oh, oh, F# B G# C# Oh-oh, oh-oh
Bridge 2:
B E You were once beloved, by my people Cmaj7 B Now it's bad luck to even say your name G# C# F# B G# C# Oho, oho, oho B E When I see you it feels so awkward Cmaj7 B I try to be cool but it's such a drag G# C# F# B G# C# Oho, oho, oho
Spoken Interlude:
Fm I waited for you on O'Farrell street E Smelling other people's piss
Bridge 3:
D# G# A# I bet you think you see me backwards, babe E A B You ain't even seen the blikk fang, babe D# G# C# It's not acrimonious
Final Chorus:
C# F# E F# C# G# 'Cause now it's only systems of subtraction, oh yeah! E B G B D I won't even turn around to look at your reaction C# F# E Now it's just a system of subtraction
Outro:
C# G# G# C# G# G# Whatever happened to your star now? F# G# F# F# G# F# F# No one cares who you are now C# G# G# C# G# G# You used to share my broken throne F# G# F# F# G# F# / C# (barre at 9th fret on the E) Now you sing flat alone now, oh, oh, oh, oh.