Marriage Tree Tab

"Marriage Tree" by Throwing Muses
 
by kristin hersh
from 'house tornado'
performed by throwing muses
transcribed by edmond hum (ehum@inforamp.net) - .oct.29.95.
 
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define that tricky fingerpicking part in the beginning...
 
 
     [ Intro: A ]
     (first part)              (second part)
 e-------------------------|---------------------|
 b-------------------------|---------------------|
 g-----------0-------------|---------------------|
 d-----3---3---3-0h3---3---|---------------------|
 a---3---0-----------3-----|---2---2h3---2h3-----|
 e-------------------------|-----0-----0-----0---|
 
 
     [ Intro: B ]
 e-------------------------|---------------------|
 b-------------------------|---------------------|
 g-----------0-------------|---------------------|
 d-----3---3---3-0h3---3---|-------2---------2---|
 a---3---0-----------3-----|---2-------2-2-------|
 e-------------------------|-----0---------0-----|
 
 
   [fret position #3 ]    [fret position #5 ]
 e---------------------|-------------------------|
 b---------------------|-------------------------|
 g-------0---------0---|-------0------0----------| :) ..see the chord pattern?
 d-----3---------2-----|-----5------4------------|
 a---3---------3-------|---5------5--------------| :) ..easy huh?
 e---------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
   [fret position #10 ]   [fret position #8 ]
 e---------------------|-------------------------|
 b---------------------|-------------------------|
 g---------0-------0---|-------0------0----------| :) ..see the chord pattern?
 d------10-------9-----|-----8------7------------|
 a---10-------10-------|---8------8--------------| :) ..easy huh?
 e---------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
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pattern breakdown - for you 'picky' types
the numbers represent the fret position for the chord pattern
 
.intro:  A
.intro:  B
 
.fret:   3 - 5 - 3 - 5--|
.fret:  10 - 8 - 10 - 8-|
.fret:   5 - 3 - 5 - 3 - 5 - 3
 
.intro:  A
.intro:  B
 
.fret:   3 - 5 - 3 - 5-|
.fret:  10 - 8 - 5 - 3-|
.fret:  10 - 8 - 5 - 3-|
.fret:  10 - 8 - 5 - 3-|
.fret:  10 - 8 - 5 - 3-|
 
.intro: A  -> (first part)
 
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---start---
 
...fingerpicking guitar part defined above...
 
like an old man in a dress
treat me like a twelve year old man
no more hearts
 
don't know what twenty is
don't know where the tree stands
only follow these hands
 
...start strumming...
 
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Em
F Em
F Em
F - G Em
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Em
at midnight I reach for the blind
            A               open     B D Em
toward your head but don't touch it
 
I'll wish I had but when I'm dead
   A           open         B    D      Em
at midnight I hit your song - it sings again
 
don't know what age is
 
don't know where the tree stands
A         open        B     D Em
  I only follow these hands
 
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F Em
F Em
F - G Em
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Em
I couldn't make you crazy if I tried
           A         open           B     D   Em
we've been swinging around the tree - for how long now?
maybe she wants to be cared for
stay home a month here a month there
maybe take to their open roads
maybe take to their open roads
maybe take to their open roads
 
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A open B D Em
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at the marriage tree
at the marriage tree
at the marriage tree
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