The Tailor

Tuning: Standard EADGBe ********************************************************************* CHORD REFERENCE: GBCDFGm e --3-------0---1---1---3--- B --3---3---1---3---1---3--- G --0---3---0---2---2---3--- D --0---3---2---0---3---5--- A --2---1---3-------3---5--- E --3-------3-------1---3--- G --- G I'm a long way from my home Bb C Dm I was borne on the raging sea F Bb C F And when I first struck land, with my head in hand Dm F C I built a house out of an old oak tree Dm F C Gm And raised a family out of earth and electricity --- G And I was king of my domain Bb C Dm But my fortitude approved in vain F Bb C F And when the locust came like a summer rain Dm F C Devouring everything that I held dear Dm F C And all I'd worked for simply disappeared F Bb C F So I crept away, for I had debts to pay Dm F C And joined the army as a privateer Dm F C Gm Yeah, it was then, the wind had whispered, but I would not hear --- Acoustic guitar solo (chords written above the bar): GGm e ----------------- ----------------- ------------------ -8---------------- B -------------5-7s 10-7s5----------- -----------6-8s10- ---10s8-6--------- G -----0---4-7----- -------7-4p0----- -----0---5-------- ----------7p0----- D -0h5---5--------- -------------4--- -0h5---5---------- --------------7--- A ----------------- ---------------5- ------------------ ------------------ E ----------------- ----------------- ------------------ ------------------ F e --------------8-10s 13-10s8------------ B -------6-8s10------ --------10-8-6----- G -----7------------- ---------------7-5- D -5h7--------------- ------------------- A ------------------- ------------------- E ------------------- ------------------- --> repeat solo twice. --- G So we sailed out across the land Bb C Dm Through an ocean made of sinking sand F Bb C F And though I lost my men, I was born again Dm F C As a tailor in an unknown land F Dm C With a needle and some thread in hand F Bb C F Mending suits and slacks, stitching up the cracks Dm F C In the backs of my neighbour's heads Dm F C Gm And soon the word, yeah, of my work had spread through the town --- INTERLUDE SYNTH: e ---------------------- ------------------- B -3s10-8----8---------- ------------10-8--- G --------10---7-10-9-7- -9------9-7------7- D ---------------------- ---10-7------------ A ---------------------- ------------------- E ---------------------- ------------------- ACOUSTIC GUITAR: GDAFC e ---0-----0---------1-----1------- ---0-----0---------0-------0----- B -----3-----3---------3-----3----- -----1-----1---------3-------3--- G -------3-----3---------2-----2--- -------2-----2---------2-------2- D -----------------0-------------0- -----------------3--------------- A --------------------------------- -0-------------0---------3------- E -3-------------3----------------- --------------------------------- --- G So before the king I stood Bb C Dm I said, I come from the raging sea F Bb C F And let the truth be told, I am not so old Dm F C As you might first have taken me to be F Dm C For numbers never could apply to me F Bb C F For I'm as old as time, and maybe half as blind Dm F C What some of you might call infinity Dm F C Gm Yeah, I'm the tailor of the earth and electricity --- **Repeat acoustic guitar solo --- End with this solo (time signature changes to 7/8) e --------------- ---------------- B -------------5- -7s10-7s5------- G -----0---4-7--- ----------7-4p0- D -0h5---5------- ---------------- A --------------- ---------------- E --------------- ---------------- --> fade out ========================================================================= NOTATION LEGEND: s slide h hammer-on p pull-off =========================================================================