"Flesh"  by David Gray.  Flesh, 1994.
Tab by Chris Campbell, 2001

Guitar is tuned to Open E tuning

(this song is in open E, and many more than half of the chords used in this tab are variations on E, so I will be numbering the E chords because there are so many of them.  The number should in some way correspond to the sequence in which they occur in the song.  Once you get the hang of playing these E variations, the song is really not that difficult)

Chords: (names are inexact, and given in Open E tuning)

 E1 E2 E3  E/B E5  E6  E9  E10 E11 E12 B7   A  E13 G#m  E
--------0---0-------0-------0---0-------7---5---0---0---0---
--------0---0---0---2---4---2---4---4---7---5---0---0---0---
--------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---1---7---5---1---0---0---
-5--2---4---4---4---4---7---0---0---2---5---0---0---0---0---
-7--4---5---5---7---5---5---2---4---0---0---5---2---5---0---
-0--0---0---7---0---0---0---0---0---0---7---5---0---4---0---


Helpful Riffs:

Intro Tabbed :          (main riff)
E1 E2  E3  E1 E2 E3     E3   E/B    E5 E3
-------------------------0-------------0--
-------------------------0---0--0------0--
--------0----------------0-0-0000000-0-0--
-5--2-2/4---5--2--2/4----4-4-4444444-4-4--
-7--4-4/5---7--4--4/5--4/5-5-5555555-7-5--
-0--0---0---0--0--0------0---7777777-0-0-- (repeat main riff)

(riff #2)
E10 E  E11 E1 E3 E2 E10 E12
-0-------------------0---0---
-2----2/4--0--0--0---2---4---
-0------0--0--0--0---0---1---
-0--0---0--5--4--2---0---2---
-2--0-2/4--7--5--4---2---0---
-0--0---0--0--0--0---0---0---


Playing Notes:
The main riff is just a quick shift, taking the E3 chord, adding the pinky to the low E string at the 7th fret for th E/B chord, then moving the pinky quickly to the A string for one play of the E5 chord (one pick strum only).

 

(main riff)
E3                          E/B  E5 E3  E/B E2
As the bell must strike the hour,
E3                         E/B E5 E3 E/B E5
as the west must stab the sun,
E3                             E/B E5 E3 E/B E5
so our hearts must heed the flow
E3                         E/B E5 E3 E/B E5
of deeper tides that run,
  E10 (riff 2)         E E11
far beyond the bare indifference
      E1 E3 E2  E10  E12
that prosperity esteems,
E3                                          B7            E3   E/B E5  E3
where the spirit raves and dances through our very veins.
 

(main riff)
E3                         E/B E5 E3 E/B E5
At winters edge you found me,
E3                         E/B E5 E3 E/B E5
by the fields of wild gold,
    E6                            E9
my hands still filled with ashes
      E3             E/B E5 E3 E/B E5
from fires long cold,
E10 (riff 2)               E  E11
you pulled me from the wreckage
    E1 E3 E2  E10 E12
of bitterness and blame,
E3              E/B               B7                    A    E3  E/B E5 E3
flung open the page and put some flesh on the bones of my dreams.

Interlude (hammer on the E13 chord)
G#m  E   G#m  E  E13  G#m  E  G#m  A

(Main Riff)
E3                            E/B E5 E3 E/B E5
On the streets the blossom snowing
E3                         E/B E5 E3 E/B E5
and the drum is beating slow,
         E10 (riff 2)                          E  E11
and I hear you speak so clear well I'm slicing through the fear
E3                         E/B E5 E3 E/B E5
setting all the beacons blazing, baby oh!
       E10 (riff 2)           E11
it's staring out plainer than ever,
              E1      E3     E2   E10   E12
brighter than all the fools gold that gleams,
             E3       E/B          B7                  A           E3       E/B E5 E3
it's simply now or never putting flesh on the bones of these dreams,
E3                      B7     A   E3     E/B E5 E3
Putting flesh on the bones of my dreams,
E3                      B7     A   E3   E/B E5 E3
putting flesh on the bones of my dreams.

(main riff)
E3                                   E/B E5 E3 E/B E5
And they can plunder the cave of sorrows,
E3                           E/B E5 E3 E/B E5
they can strip the gallery bare,
E10 (riff 2)                      E11
try to build a fence around the visions in my heads,
             E3           E/B E5     E3 E/B E5
choke every spark in a cloak of despair
E10 (riff 2)                  E  E11
but we got something they can't stifle
             E1    E3  E2   E10     E12
with their price tags and picture frames,
E3            E/B                      B7                  A    E
got a flower for every rifle putting flesh on the bones of my dreams
E3                      B7     A   E3     E/B E5 E3
Putting flesh on the bones of my dreams,
E3                      B7     A   E3   E/B E5 E3
putting flesh on the bones of my dreams,

Outro (same as intro riff, played with more vigour, and striking all notes)