Amen (tabs)

Lyrics & Info	Tabs	Performances (54)

Amen
Tabbed by	BreAnn S
Tuning	DADF#AD DbAbDbFAbD
Capo	None

Tuning, Db Ab Db F Ab Db (on "Pieces of You") 
        (6/8 Time, Dotted Half note = 54) 

	D  A  D  F# A D  (performed live) 
        (6/8 Time, Dotted Half note = 76)
	-she plays it much faster live

Intro: Play first two lines of verse pattern below

Verse 1: 


        You're mother's     child,
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But night      lays     you   down,
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        Hair a-flame   Wild look in your eyes
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         Naked belly to the ground
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(Repeat verse pattern again)

A forest fire,
Nibbles at your veins,
Crawls up your arm, runs away with your mind,
And burns dry thoughts like leaves


Chorus: play once through


   Ahh.......... Ah.....Ah..... Ah.....Ah..... Ah............
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 -meh....eh..... eh.....eh..... .ehhhhhn
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Verse 2: Repeat same pattern as first verse twice


Eyes stare up, 
But something's in the way
In the Bible, only angels have wings
And the rest must wait to be saved.

A dry tongue,
Screams at the sky,
But the wind just breathes words in
As a strange bird tries to fly.


(Repeat Chorus)


Verse 3: Play verse pattern three times through


Pieces of us die everyday
As though our flesh were hell.
Such and injustice as children we were told that
From God we fell.

Where are my angels?
Where's my golden one?
And where is my hope now that my heroes have gone?

Some are being beaten,
Some are being born,
And some can't tell the difference anymore.


(Repeat Chorus Twice...second time singing one ocatve higher)


Coda:


  Ah............. Ah.....Ah...... Mehhh.......... ehh...........n
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  Al............. le.....lu...... iah............ ........	
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(Single strum-if you use some nail here,
  you'll get that neat tone quality)