The Milk Carton Kids – Deadly Bells (Guitar Tab)

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From the album Monterey This is a tab I made by listening to the song. It's by no means perfect but it's far better than the other chords currently available on this website. Listen to the original recording for all the particular embellishments, I've included a few but there's more that I found hard to pick out with the singing overpowering the guitar's sound. In the recording, the guitar is tuned down a semitone, to D#-A#-F#-C#-G#-D#. Note that the chords listed are relative to the tuning, and are not strictly correct. So what is listed as Em is actually D#m, but is listed as Em because it is the Em shape, and because I mistyped it and it's more work than I can be bothered to do to correct all of them. [INTRO]
Eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|--------------------7-9----|
Db|----------4-5-7-8-9--------|
Ab|---4-5-7-------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|
[Verse]
     [Em]                      [Bm]                       [D]                        [Am]
Eb|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----2--2---------2--2----|------------------------|
Bb|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----3--3---------3--3----|-----3--3---------3--3----|-----1--1---------1--1--|
Gb|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----4--4---------4--4----|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----2--2---------2--2--|
Db|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----4--4---------4--4----|--0-----------------------|-----2--2---------2--2--|
Ab|---------------2----------|--2-----------------------|---------------0----------|--0------------0--------|
Eb|--0-----------------------|---------------2----------|--------------------------|------------------------|
 Up Above            you'll on   -   ly  see    the sky     /      An ocean of grey in the air  nothing to 

     [D]                       [Gm]          [Bm]         [D]           [G7]         [C]           [D]
Eb|-----2--2---------2--2----|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------2--2--|
Bb|-----3--3---------3--3----|-----0--0---------3--3----|-----0--0-----------------|-----1--1---------1--1--|
Gb|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----0--0---------4--4----|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----0--0---------2--2--|
Db|--0-----------------------|-----0--0---------4--4----|-----2--2---------3--3----|-----2--2------0--------|
Ab|---------------0----------|---------------2----------|------------------2--2----|--3---------------------|
Eb|--------------------------|--3-----------------------|--0------------3----------|------------------------|
 bother you there / no one to raise any hell / no more farewells                   under the   deadly 

     [G]                       [Em]                       [Bm]                       [D]
Eb|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----2--2---------2--2--|
Bb|-----0--0---------0-------|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----3--3---------3--3----|-----3--3---------3--3--|
Gb|-----0--0---------0-------|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----4--4---------4--4----|-----2--2---------2--2--|
Db|-----0--0---------0-------|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----4--4---------4--4----|--0---------------------|
Ab|---------------2----------|---------------2----------|--2-----------------------|--0------------0--------|
Eb|--3------------------2----|--0-----------------------|---------------2----------|------------------------|
 bells          /           down below                  han-ging   on   for life   /         the echoes of

     [Am]                      [D]                         [G]          [Bm]           [Em]        [G]
Eb|--------------------------|-----2--2---------2--2----|--------------------------|------------------------|
Bb|-----1--1---------1--1----|-----3--3---------3--3----|-----0--0---------3--3----|-----0--0---------------|
Gb|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----0--0---------4--4----|-----0--0---------0-----|
Db|-----2--2---------2--2----|--0-----------------------|-----0--0---------4--4----|-----2--2---------3-----|
Ab|--0------------0----------|---------------0----------|---------------2----------|------------------2-----|
Eb|--------------------------|--------------------------|--3-----------------------|--0------------3-----3--|
 red goodbyes / sing on the wind in your eyes / begging the river to tell / watch as she swells /

      [C]          [D]             [G]                     [Em]                        [Bm]        
Eb|------------------2--2----|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
Bb|-----1--1---------1--1----|-----0--0---------0-------|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----3--3---------3--3--|
Gb|-----0--0---------2--2----|-----0--0---------0-------|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----4--4---------4--4--|
Db|-----2--2------0----------|-----0--0---------0-------|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----4--4---------4--4--|
Ab|--3-----------------------|---------------2----------|---------------2----------|--2---------------------|
Eb|--------------------------|--3------------------2----|--0-----------------------|---------------2--------|
 Under the deadly           bells               /       

      [D]                        [Am]                      [D]                        [G]           [Bm]
Eb|-----2--2---------2--2----|--------------------------|-----2--2---------2--2----|------------------------|
Bb|-----3--3---------3--3----|-----1--1---------1--1----|-----3--3---------3--3----|-----0--0---------3--3--|
Gb|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----0--0---------4--4--|
Db|--0-----------------------|-----2--2---------2--2----|--0-----------------------|-----0--0---------4--4--|
Ab|---------------0----------|--0------------0----------|---------------0----------|---------------2--------|
Eb|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--3---------------------|

     [Em]          [G7]         [C]           [D]           [G]                      
Eb|--------------------------|------------------2--2----|--------------------------|------------------------|
Bb|-----0--0-----------------|-----1--1---------1--1----|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----0--0---------0-----|
Gb|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----0--0---------2--2----|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----0--0---------0-----|
Db|-----2--2---------3--3----|-----2--2------0----------|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----0--0---------0-----|
Ab|------------------2--2----|--3-----------------------|---------------2----------|------------------------|
Eb|--0------------3----------|--------------------------|--3-----------------------|--3-----3------3-----2--|

     [Em]                       [Bm]                       [D]                        [Am]  
Eb|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----2--2---------2--2----|------------------------|
Bb|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----3--3---------3--3----|-----3--3---------3--3----|-----1--1---------1--1--|
Gb|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----4--4---------4--4----|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----2--2---------2--2--|
Db|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----4--4---------4--4----|--0-----------------------|-----2--2---------2--2--|
Ab|---------------2----------|--2-----------------------|---------------0----------|--0------------0--------|
Eb|--0-----------------------|---------------2----------|--------------------------|------------------------|
 Deep inside       you'll only          see      her  smile     /    waiting   alone all this time / trembling

     [D]                         [G]          [Bm]         [Em]         [G7]          [C]          [D]     
Eb|-----2--2---------2--2----|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------2--2--|
Bb|-----3--3---------3--3----|-----0--0---------3--3----|-----0--0-----------------|-----1--1---------1--1--|
Gb|-----2--2---------2--2----|-----0--0---------4--4----|-----0--0---------0--0----|-----0--0---------2--2--|
Db|--0-----------------------|-----0--0---------4--4----|-----2--2---------3--3----|-----2--2------0--------|
Ab|---------------0----------|---------------2----------|------------------2--2----|--3---------------------|
Eb|--------------------------|--3-----------------------|--0------------3----------|------------------------|
there on the vine / without a warning she fell / raising her hell                 under      the dead-ly

      [G]                          [Em]       [Am6]                    [G]
Eb|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------3----------||
Bb|-----0--0---------0-------|-----0--0---------1--1----|---------------0----------||
Gb|-----0--0---------0-------|-----0--0---------2--2----|---------------0----------||
Db|-----0--0---------0-------|-----2--2---------4--4----|--------0------0----------||
Ab|--------------------------|---------------0----------|-----2---------2----------||
Eb|--3------------3-----2----|--0-----------------------|--3------------3----------||
    bells