Tabs for White Ladder

White Ladder
Sorrowful Moon

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For this self-financed effort, necessity was the mother of invention. The forced intimacy of recording an album in Gray's living room with guitar, keyboards, samplers, and drum machines gives White Ladder a haunting power. The mechanized beats and synthesized washes of melody don't dull the edges, but throw into greater relief the passion and vulnerability in Gray's gritty voice. The record's lush simplicity puts posher productions to shame. Gray gets further props for spinning a vintage Soft Cell number, "Say Hello Wave Goodbye," into the disc's melancholy climax; along with some canny Van Morrison nods, it makes musical and emotional connections that no one had previously imagined.

Please Forgive Me (guitar fills only)
Babylon
My Oh My
We're Not Right
Nightblindess
Silver Lining
White Ladder
This Year's Love
Sail Away
Say Hello Wave Goodbye