The New Wild West (tabs)
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| The New Wild West
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| Tabbed by | BreAnn S with assistance from Jewel Boxx |
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| Tuning | Dropped D tuning (DADGBE) |
| Capo | None |
6/8 Time felt in 4, Quarter Note = ~60 (metronomeonline.com)
| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - |
| 1-2-3--4-5-6--1-2-3--4-5-6|
Chords: Dm9 = 000560 D = 000232 Fmaj7 = X03210
C/E = X02010 C/F = 3X2010 C = X32010
Cmaj9 = X20010 G/D = 320033
Intro: Strum using pattern below as a guide
for notes that should "stick out"-
she usually palm mutes the verses a bit
Dm9 D
E-----------0----- -----------2--------
B-----6--------6-- -----3--------3-----
G--------5-------- 4X --------2----------- 4X
D----------------- --------------------
A----------------- --------------------
D--0-------------- --0-----------------
Verse 1:
Dm9
You see the ghosts of the buffalo
Moving both fierce and slow
Like glittering prophecies
D
On the edge of the ho_rizon
Dm9
As you drive shimmering (glittering) highways
And beaten-up bi-ways
That straddle and girdle
D
Our great and many-faced nation
Dm9
You see the lambs in the ghettos
Who worship their Gepettos
Believing in, though never seeing,
D
The strings they think bind them
Dm9
So we write to our congressmen
With bleeding pens of the sorrow within
Dm9
And in return, they just send
D
Tickets to the latest Tom Hanks (Cruise) show
Chorus:
Fmaj7 C/E C/F D
Welcome to the new wild west
Fmaj7 C/E C/F D
Each man for him - self
Fmaj7 C/E
A nation of civilized steeples
C Cmaj9
And lo- - ne-ly people
Fmaj7 C/E C/F D
Welcome to the new wild west
Verse 2:
Dm9
There are so many factions and cue-card reactions
It's hard to keep clear the possibilities here
'Cause there's
D
No force to unite them
Dm9
Privilege has ruled for thousands of years.
Wars have been fought with bibles and tears.
Yet liberation can't deny the temptation
D
And soon becomes the oppressor.
Dm9
Show me a leader who's fit to lead
Who don't sow his seed
In anything wounded enough to breed
Because after all, what fun is power if you can't
D
Act like a rock star?
Chorus:
Fmaj7 C/E C/F D
Welcome to the new wild west
Fmaj7 C/E C/F D
Each man for him - self
Fmaj7 C/E
A nation of civilized steeples
C Cmaj9
And lo- - ne-ly people
Fmaj7 C/E
Welcome to the new...
Bridge:
Fmaj7 C/E C Cmaj9
Wi--------Ah-ah-i----ah-ah-i--ah-ah-i-i-ld
Fmaj7 C/E C Cmaj9
Wi--------Ah-ah-i----ah-ah-i--ah-ah-i-i-ld
Verse 3:
Dm9
As for me, I've been cruel, I've been petty
Oh, and unkind, but I know my own mind
And since it seems clear there's no one leading us here
The only thing left, it appears
Is to task ourselves to be better each time,
D
Than those before us
Dm9
We'll be an army of thieves, of self-freed slaves,
Of mild-mannered maids
We'll fight with whispers and blades
D
So get ready, a new day is daw-------ning
Chorus:
Fmaj7 C/E C/F D
Welcome to the new wild west
Fmaj7 C/E C/F D
Each man for him - self
Fmaj7 C/E
A nation of civilized steeples
C Cmaj9
And lo- - ne-ly people
Fmaj7 C/E C/F D
Welcome to the new wild west
Fmaj7 C/E C/F D
Welcome to the new wild west