Tab by Chris Campbell, 2001
Standard Tuning
Chords used in the song (names are obviously inexact):
E E1 B B1 C#m A
A? F#/G
-0---0---7---0---9---5---9-----0----
-0---7---7---0---9---5---9h10--0----
-1---9---8---8---9---6---9-----2----
-2---6---9---9--11---7---9-----2----
-2---7---9---9--11---7---0-----0----
-0---0---7---7---9---5---------2----
E1 can also me played more easily as:
--0--
--7--
--x--
--6--
--7--
--0-- muting the G string
intro and main riff
E1 A?
-0------9--9-9--9-9-9--
-7------9-10-9-10-9-9--
-9-8-9--9--9----9-9-9--
-6-6-6--9-------9-9-9--
-7-7----0-----------0--
-0---------------------
E1
A?
E1 A?
I love your nervous fingers won't you fumble all night long
E1
A?
E1 A?
Let the morning air sting us to rise and stumble on
E1
A?
E1 A?
and down the crooked pavements the wind blows my thoughts like
a leaf
E1
A? E1
A?
the brittle bell chimes and fortune smiles with its broken teeth
B
C#m
And the many-rivered land
A
B1
grateful for the rain
B1
C#m A
I'd be grateful for for one morsel
E1
A? E1
A?
of your loving again
E1
A?
E1 A?
summer restless summer won't let sleeping dogs lie
E1
A?
E1 A?
your barbed voice re-awakens time gone by
E1
A?
E1
A?
owls face fine bones parched land dry stone thunders muttered
promise
E1
A?
E1
A?
impatient gull on the scented wind your grey eyes startling
rain nearly upon us
B
C#m
And the many-rivered land
A
B1
grateful for the rain
B1
C#m A
I'd be grateful for for one morsel
E1
of your loving again
(Musical interlude)
F#/E E F#/E E
B
C#m
And the many-rivered land
A
B1
grateful for the rain
B1
C#m
I'd be grateful for for one morsel
B1
C#m
I'd be grateful for for one morsel
B1
C#m A
I'd be grateful for for one morsel
E1
A? E1
A?
of your loving again