Ivy Cifras

BPM 75
 
| % | = previous chord is played for another bar.
 
Verse picking:
   Am7        Gsus4     Fadd9     D9        C/E       Fsus2     Gsus4/D   Gsus4
e|----------|---------|---------|-----0---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|-----1----|-----1---|-----1---|-------1-|-----1---|-----1---|-----1---|-----1---|
G|-------0--|---0---0-|---0---0-|0--2-----|---0---0-|---0---0-|---0---0-|-------0-|
D|---2------|---------|---------|-0-------|-2-------|-3-------|-0-------|---------|
A|-0--------|---------|0--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|----------|-3-------|-1-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---3-----|
                       *         *
 
The starred notes are picked on the 4+-beat of the previous bar.
This sequence is really fast, it mimics the base movement.
For playability, you might just leave them out, without losing a lot.
 
The Base note D of the Gsus4/D doesn't sound quite right because it's one octave to high (I think),
but with just one guitar, you have no other choice.
 
In the Pre-Chorus, the vocals speed up a bit compared to the guitar;
there aren't same pauses you'd have expected before.
 
If you choose to strum, the following chord voicings differ from what is suggested by the site:
 
Gsus4 3x001x
Fadd9 10301x
     (t)
C/E   xx2010
 
[Verse 1]
Am7          Gsus4     Fadd9              D9
How's one to know? I'd meet you where the spirit meets the
 C/E        Fsus2          Gsus4/D  Gsus4
bones, in a faith forgotten   land
Am7         Gsus4      Fadd9                  D9
In from the snow, your touch brought forth an incandescent
C/E   Fsus2          Gsus4    | % |
glow, tarnished, but so grand
 
[Pre-Chorus]
        Am7       Fsus2             Gsus4            D9
And the old widow goes to the stone every day, but I don't,
       C/E                Fsus2             Gsus4 | % |
I just sit here and wait; grieving for the living
 
[Chorus]
C       Fadd9   Gsus4               Am
Oh, goddamn, my pain fits in the palm of your freezing
C      Fadd9           Gsus4
hand, taking mine, but it's been promised to another
C      Fadd9 Gsus4           Am
Oh, I can't stop you putting roots in my
      C        Fadd9               Gsus4
dreamland. My house of stone, your ivy grows and now I'm covered in
Am7 Fadd9 Gsus4 Fadd9
yooooooouuuuuuuu
C   Fsus2 Gsus4 | % |
 
[Verse 2]
Am7       Gsus4    Fadd9           D9
I wish to know the fatal flaw that makes you long to
C/E    Fsus2   Gsus4/D   Gsus4
be magnificently cursed
Am7         Gsus4      Fadd9         D9
He's in the room, your opal eyes are all I wish to
C/E     Fsus2           Gsus4   | % |
see, he wants what's only yours
 
[Chorus]
C       Fadd9   Gsus4               Am
Oh, goddamn, my pain fits in the palm of your freezing
C      Fadd9           Gsus4
hand, taking mine, but it's been promised to another
C      Fadd9 Gsus4           Am
Oh, I can't stop you putting roots in my
      C        Fadd9               Gsus4
dreamland. My house of stone, your ivy grows and now I'm covered
 
[Bridge 1]
D9            Am7            Fsus2                    D9
Clover blooms in the fields, spring breaks loose, the time is near
Am7              C           Fsus2      | % |
   What would he do if he found us out?
D9             Am7             Fsus2                    D9
Crescent moon, coast is clear, spring breaks loose, but so does fear
Am7             C              Fsus2      | % |
   He's gonna burn this house to the ground
 
[Verse 3]
Am7          Gsus4     Fadd9            D9
How's one to know? I'd live and die for moments that we
C/E      Fsus2          Gsus4/D     Gsus4
stole on begged and borrowed time
   Am7        Gsus4  Fadd9           D9
So tell me to run or dare to sit and watch what we'll
   C/E     Fsus2         Gsus4     | % |
become and drink my husband's wine
 
[Chorus]
C       Fadd9   Gsus4               Am
Oh, goddamn, my pain fits in the palm of your freezing
C      Fadd9           Gsus4
hand, taking mine, but it's been promised to another
C      Fadd9 Gsus4           Am
Oh, I can't stop you putting roots in my
      C        Fadd9               Gsus4
dreamland. My house of stone, your ivy grows and now I'm covered in
Am7 Fadd9 Gsus4 Fadd9
yooooooooouuuuuu     and I'm covered in 
C   Fsus2 Gsus4 | % |
yooooooooouuuuuu
 
[Bridge 2]
   C/G                        F                   G
So yeah, it's a fire, it's a goddamn blaze in the dark
            C/G                 F     G
and you started it, you started it
   Am                         F                    G
So yeah, it's a war, it's the goddamn fight of my life
            C/G                 F     G
And you started it, you started it
 
[Outro]
Am7   C/B   C                D9
Oh, I can't stop you putting roots in my
      Am7     C/B                  C
dreamland, my house of stone, your ivy grows and now I'm covered in
Am7 Fadd9 Gsus4 Fadd9
yooooooouuuuuuuu,   in
C   Fsus2 Gsus4
yooooouuuuuuuu,
Am7 Fadd9 Gsus4 Fadd9
yooooooouuuuu,  now I'm covered in
C   Fsus2 Gsus4   Fadd9
yooooooouuuuuuuu, in
Am7 Fadd9 Gsus4 Fadd9
yooooooouuuuuuuu
C   Fsus2 Gsus4
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