Slaughter Beach, Dog – Building The Ark (Guitar)

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The song is played in standard tuning with no capo. The chord voicings used throughout the song are given below. Be mindful of the distinction between the F#7add4 and F#7sus4 chords that appear during the chorus.

    B  B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4 E Badd4 Aadd9 G#m7 F#7sus4 Esus2 B5/F B5/E B5 F# F#5 B * B/E  C#m9/F#
E|----------------0-----0------0--0-----0------------0-------0-------------------------------------|
B|--4---4----4----4-----0------0--0-----0-----0------0-------0----------------------4---4----4-----|
G|--x---x----4----4-----3------1--8-----6-----4------4-------4---------------3------4---4----4-----|
D|--4---4----2----2-----4------2--9-----7-----4------4-------4---4----4---4--4---4--4---4----x-----|
A|--2---x----4----2-----4------2--9-----7-----x------4-------2---2----2---2--4---4--2---2----4-----|
E|------4---------0-----2------0--7-----5-----4------2-------0---1----0------2---2------0----2-----|

[Intro] B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4 B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4 [Verse 1]

B   B/G#    C#m9          Emaj7
  I open my eyes and it's November

              F#7add4
And I am in a freight elevator

B         B/G#   C#m9   Emaj7               F#7add4
  And I'm in Las Vegas,       but I haven't won any money

B     B/G#     C#m9            Emaj7           F#7add4
  And everyone here is wearing clothing that I find confusing

B B/G#       C#m9              Emaj7   F#7add4
       And I wonder if they've won any money

[Chorus 1]

E            F#7add4         Badd4
  Jeff tells me it's not the drugs

            Aadd9                      G#m7
It's Monday morning and you can't get up

          F#7sus4           Esus2                  F#7sus4
When your degree is staring daggers from the wall

E             F#7add4          Badd4
But somewhere sunk inside your heart

           Aadd9       G#m7             F#7sus4                B5/F B5/E F#
There is a teensy tiny part of you that sure could use some coffee

[Verse 2] B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4 B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4

B   B/G#    C#m9           Emaj7
  I open my eyes, and I am sweating

  F#7add4
I must have been dreaming

B B/G#      C#m9             Emaj7                   F#7add4
       That punch I threw was      just embarrassing

B     B/G#   C#m9              Emaj7        F#7add4
  And all my dreams are always violent, but I'm not violent

B    B/G#  C#m9              Emaj7   F#7add4
  So in my dreams I'm not so good at fighting

[Chorus 2]

E              F#7add4           Badd4
  There's this one where you and I

           Aadd9          G#m7          F#7sus4     Esus2 F#7sus4
Are making brilliant love inside a 7-11 outside the city

E             F#7add4           Badd4
  And I can't save us when that guy

            Aadd9          G#m7
Gets up and jumps out from behind the counter

F#7sus4                  B5/F B5/E F#
Gun in hand and grinning

[Bridge] B5 B5/E F#5 B5/E B5 B5/E F#5 B5/E

B5        B5/E        F#5      B5/E
  Tell my sister I am with her wherever she may go

B5       B5/E                F#5             B5/E
  If not pulpit then sure as shit, where she leads I'll follow

B *         B/E          C#m9/F#
  Watch the corn grow in Ohio

        B/E
Let our kids grow strong and smart

B *       B/E        C#m9/F#         Emaj7
  Playing intramural sports while we build the ark

[Outro] B * Emaj7 C#m9/F# Emaj7 B * Emaj7 C#m9/F# Emaj7 B * Emaj7 C#m9/F# Emaj7 B * Emaj7 C#m9/F# Emaj7 B *