Amen (tabs)
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| Amen
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| Tabbed by | BreAnn S |
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| 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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Ah............. ............... Mehhh.......... ehh............
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ehh..........n Aa...menn...... ............... ...............
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Al............. le.....lu...... iah............ ........
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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)