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 x7999x
B7 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 9
Bb/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.