The Zombies – Butchers Tale (Guitar Intro Tab)

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Song: Butcher's tale Artist: The Zombies Composer: Chris White Album: Odessey & oracle Tabbed by: DJ 15th Aug 2012 FINE TUNING INFORMATION: The old pedal organ on the original album track is quite sharp, so if you play along you will sound a little flat in comparison. To match it more closely you would need to tune all of your strings up approx. +30 cents above standard pitch. I would suggest using the voicings in the text column numbers below. Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the information at the bottom of the tab. Dm = xx0231 Am = x02210 Gsus4 = 320013 G = 320033 Asus2 = x02200 Cm7/Eb = xx1313 F = 133211 Dm/C = x30231 Cm6/Eb = xx1213 Bb = x13331 G/B = x20033 Cm/Eb = xx1013 A = x02220 G * = 320003 D/A = x00232 [For the Cm7/Eb and Cm6/Eb barre at the 1st fret]
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[Intro]
   Dm  G       Dm  G       Dm  G       Dm  G
e|---1-3-----|---1-3-----|---1-3-----|---1-3-----|
B|---3-3-----|---3-3-----|---3-3-----|---3-3-----|
G|---2-0-----|---2-0-----|---2-0-----|---2-0-----|
D|-0-0-0-3-2-|-0-0-0-3-2-|-0-0-0-3-2-|-0-0-0-3-2-|
A|-----2-----|-----2-----|-----2-----|-----2-----|
E|-----3-----|-----3-----|-----3-----|-----3-----|
[Verse 1]
  Dm       G         Dm     G
A butcher, yes, that was my trade,

        F      Bb          F      A
But the King's shilling is now my fee,

  Dm        G      Dm        G
A butcher I may as well have stayed,

        F         G      A     A  Asus2 A
For the slaughter that I see
[Verse 2]
        Dm        G      Dm       G
And the preacher, in his pulpit,

           F      Bb         F       A
Sermoned, "Go and fight!  Do what is right!"

    Dm       G       Dm         G
But he don't have to hear these guns,

         F      G         A      A Asus2 A
And I'll bet he sleeps at night
[Chorus]
    Am         Dm           Dm/C
And I----, and I can't stop shaking,

   G/B              Bb
My hands won't stop shaking,

   Dm              Dm/C
My arms won't stop shaking,

   G/B             Bb
My mind won't stop shaking,

  Am         G *     G *  Gsus4  G *
I want to go home,

        F         Cm7/Eb  Cm6/Eb  Cm/Eb        D/A
Please, let me go home-----------------, ...go home

[Break]
   Dm  G       Dm  G       Dm  G       Dm  G
e|---1-3-----|---1-3-----|---1-3-----|---1-3-----|
B|---3-3-----|---3-3-----|---3-3-----|---3-3-----|
G|---2-0-----|---2-0-----|---2-0-----|---2-0-----|
D|-0-0-0-3-2-|-0-0-0-3-2-|-0-0-0-3-2-|-0-0-0-3-2-|
A|-----2-----|-----2-----|-----2-----|-----2-----|
E|-----3-----|-----3-----|-----3-----|-----3-----|
[Verse 3]
    Dm     G      Dm        G
And I have seen a friend of mine...

     F      Bb         F        A
Hang on the wire, like some rag toy,

      Dm     G         Dm         G
Then, in the heat, the flies come down,

    F     G      A     A  Asus2 A
And cover up the boy
[Verse 4]
        Dm         G       Dm          G
And the flies come down in Gommecourt, Thiepval,

F      Bb       F            A
Mametz Wood and French Ver - dun,

       Dm       G        Dm        G
If the preacher he could see those flies,

          F              G        A      A Asus2 A
'Wouldn't preach for the sound of guns
[Chorus]
    Am         Dm           Dm/C
And I----, and I can't stop shaking,

   G/B              Bb
My hands won't stop shaking,

   Dm              Dm/C
My arms won't stop shaking,

   G/B             Bb
My mind won't stop shaking,

  Am         G *     G *  Gsus4  G *
I want to go home,

        F         Cm7/Eb  Cm6/Eb  Cm/Eb        D/A
Please, let me go home-----------------, ...go home
===================================================== For the closest GUITAR chord box diagrams to my chord legend suggestions you will need to manually select the following options by clicking on the forward/backward arrows below three of the diagrams. All the other chord boxes should be the default first option and don't need reselecting. G G/B Gsus4 <2 of 27> <2 of 21> <15 of 20>