The Milk Carton Kids – Snake Eyes (Guitar Tab)
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Artist: The Milk Carton Kids
Song: Snake Eyes
Album: The Ash and Clay (2013)
Timing: 3/4 (Gentle waltz feel to it)
Tabbed by: Ste Sykes
This was obviously played by two guitars. Here it's combined it into one tab but
you can separate it out for two guitars - chords are marked up alongside the tab.
Solo - There are plenty bass notes and strums so it sounds ok with one guitar
(and it helps keep you in 3-beat time) but the chord progression is there so, again,
you can separate it out for two.
EbDim - note on this chord - it's a bit of a leap to reach it but B7 in first position
sounds fine so you can swap it out.
If you haven't seen it, check out a live performance of it - a studio rehearsal for
a Coen Brothers & T Bone Burnett concert off the back of their Inside Llewyn Davis
film. They make Marcus Mumford cry lol, it's beautiful.
[CHORDS]
Em G7 C B7 Am G Am7 D Cm Cm/G A7 C/G D7 B7/F# EbDim
e|--0----1----0----2----0----3----0-----2----3----3----0----0----2----2------------|
B|--0----0----1----0----1----0----1-----3----4----4----2----1----1----0------7-----|
G|--0----0----0----2----2----0----0-----2----5----5----0----0----2----2------8-----|
D|--2----3----2----1----2----0----2-----0----5----5----2----2----0----1------7-----|
A|--2----x----3----2----0----x----0----------3----x----0----3---------x------6-----|
E|--0----3-------------------3--------------------3---------3---------2------------|
[Verse 1]
Swing low Swing low for to carry me home in fire the skies of red
Em G7 C B7 Am B7 Em
e|----0-0-------1-1----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0-0-------0-0------1-1-------0-0------1-1------0-0--0------------------|
G|----0-0-------0-0------0-0-------2-2------2-2------2-2--0-------0----------|
D|--2---------3----------2-2-------1-1------2-2------1-1----2/-4--5--4\2--0--|
A|---------------------3---------2--------0--------2-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------0------------------|
My breath's gone cold, a kiss from the coal, a blanket of snow overhead
C G C B7 Am7 D G G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1---1-------0----------1-------0-0------1-1------3-3---------------------|
G|--0-0-0-----0-0-0------0-0-------2-2------0-0------2-2------0-0------0-0---|
D|----2-------0---0------2---------1-1------2-2----0----------0-0------0-0---|
A|--3------------------3---------2--------0----------------------------------|
E|------------3---------------------------------------------3--------3-------|
Slow holy roller it's just rock and roll
Cm Cm/G G G A7 A7/E D EbDim (B7)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----4-4-------4-4------0-0----------------2-2------2--------3-3----7-------|
G|----5-5-------5-5------0-0-------0--------0-0------0-0------2-2----8-------|
D|----5-5-------5-5------0-0-------0--------2-2------2-2----0--------7-------|
A|--3----------------------------2---3----0--------------------------6-------|
E|------------3--------3---------------------------0-------------------------|
[Verse 2]
Hold your tears where they've hung all these years, down from the heavens
above
Em G7 C/G B7 Am B7/F# Em
e|----0-0-------1-1-----------------------------------------0----------------|
B|----0-0-------0-0------1-1-------0-0------1-1------0-0----0----------------|
G|----0-0-------0-0------0-0-------2-2------2-2------2-2----0----------------|
D|--2---------3----------2-2-------1-1------2-2------1-1------2/-4--5-----0--|
A|---------------------3---------2--------0----------------------------------|
E|--0---------3--------3---------------------------2--------0----------------|
[Solo]
The solo follows the chord progression of the lines
"My breath's gone cold..." and "Slow holy roller..."
C G C/G B7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-1------------0-0-----------------------------------------------------|
G|----0-0------------0-0-------------------------------2-2-------------------|
D|--2---------4/5--0--------------2---2--------------1-1-1-------------------|
A|--3------------------------1p0--3-0----1/2-1/2-------2-2-------------------|
E|-----------------3--------------3------------------------------------------|
Am7 D G G Cm Cm/G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------1-----/-4-4-\----1------|
G|----------------------------0------------------------0-----0-0------0------|
D|----------------------0-----------0-0----0-0-------1-------5-5----1--------|
A|------5--0---------5------7-------2-2----2-2-----3-------------------------|
E|--0-3----------5/7--------------3------3-----------------------------------|
G G A7 A7/E D B7
e|-----3-\-2-/-3--/-8--7-----7---5---------------------------------------2--|
B|--0------------------------------5---5---0---0---0---------------------0--|
G|-----4-\-3-/-4--/-8--7----7-7------7---6---4--\2--\0-----------2-4-5-7-2--|
D|--0--------------------------------------------------0-2h3h4-5---------1--|
A|-------------------------------0---------------------------------------2--|
E|-------------------------------------------0------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
Oh snake eyes, you had better disguise, all that appears of thee
Em G7 C B7 Am B7/F# C/G C
e|----0-0-------1-1----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0-0-------0-0------1-1-------0-0------1-1------0-0------1-1----1-1-----|
G|----0-0-------0-0------0-0-------2-2------2-2------2-2------0-0----0-0-----|
D|--2---------3----------2-2-------1-1------2-2------1-1------2-2----2-2-----|
A|---------------------3---------2--------0------------------------3---------|
E|--0---------3------------------------------------2--------3----------------|
Pray for love from the heavens above, laid in the ashes below
C G C B7 Am7 D G G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-1-------0-0------1-1-------0-0------1-1------3-3------0-0------------|
G|----0-0-------0-0------0-0-------2-2------0-0------2-2------0-0------0-----|
D|----2-2-------0-0------2-2-------1-1------2-2----0-------------------0-----|
A|--3------------------3---------2--------0--------------------------2---1---|
E|------------3---------------------------------------------3----------------|
Laid in the ashes below Laid... in the ashes... Be-
Am7 D G G7 A7 D
e|-------------2-2---------------1-1----0--------------2-----------------|
B|----1-1------3-3------0-0------0-0----2--------------3-----------------|
G|----0-0------2-2------0-0------0-0----0--------------2-----------------|
D|----2-2----0----------0-0----3--------2--------------0-----------------|
A|--0-----------------------------------0--------------------------------|
E|--------------------3--------------------------------------------------|
-lo........o........o.........ow
Em G7 C B7
e|----0-0-------1-1----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0-0-------0-0------1-1-------0-----------------------------------------|
G|----0-0-------0-0------0-0-------2-2---------------------------------------|
D|--2---------3----------2-2-------1-1---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------3---------2-------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Laid... in the ashes....below...
Am7 D7 G
e|--0--------------2------------------3---0----------------------------------|
B|--1--------------1--------------------3---0--------------------------------|
G|--0--------------2------------------------0----0---------------------------|
D|--2--------------0--------------------0--------0---------------------------|
A|--0--------------------------------------------2---------------------------|
E|------------------------------------3----------3---------------------------|************************************
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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