Biography:
Fleet Foxes are an American indie folk band formed in Seattle, Washington in 2006. The band consists of Robin Pecknold (vocals, guitar), Skyler Skjelset (guitar, mandolin, backing vocals), Casey Wescott (keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals), Christian Wargo (bass, guitar, backing vocals) and Morgan Henderson (upright bass, guitar, woodwinds, violin, percussion, saxophone).
Led by singer-songwriter Robin Pecknold, the band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP Sun Giant and their debut album Fleet Foxes on Sub Pop.
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Other songs:
- Blue Ridge
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Blue Spotted Tail
- Drops In The River
- He Doesn't Know Why
- Heard Them Stirring
- Helplessness Blues
- Lorelai
- Lorelai (intro Riff)
- Lorelei
- Meadowlarks
- Montezuma
- Mykonos
- Ragged Wood
- Sim Sala Bim
- Sun Giant
- Textbook Love
- The Shrine/an Agrument
- Third Of May / Odaigahara
- Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
- White Winter Hymnal
- Your Protector
- He Doesn’t Know Why
- Oliver james
- Battery Kinzie
- Bedouin Dress
- Cant Help Falling In Love With You
- Cassius Naiads Cassadies
- Crack
- False Knight On The Road
- Fools Errand
- Grown Ocean
- He Doesnt Know Why
- He Dosnt Know Why
- I Am All That I Need
- I Should See Memphis
- If You Need To Keep Time On Me
- Im Losing Myself
- In The Morning
- Innocent Son
- Kept Woman
- On Another Ocean January June
- Quiet Houses
- Silver Dagger
- So Long To The Headstrong
- Someone Youd Admire
- The Plains Bitter Dancer
- Third Of May
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
the plains/ bitter dancer by fleet foxes
tab by alexander rex
dropped D tuning
DADGBe
capo on 2nd fret
E* 2x2100 F#* 444xxx
G* 5x54xx F# 4x43xx
A* 7x75xx G** 5x503x
Dsus2 x00230 F* 3x32xx
Fm x44222 G x20003
G6 x20030
the plains
F#|-0----------0---------------------0----------0----------0---------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4----------4----------4---------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|-7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0----9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7--|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4-----------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------0----------0--------------------------------------|
C#|-7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0----------0----------0--------------------------------------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0----------0----------0----------0---------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4----------4---------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------|
bitter dancer
Em riff 1 (picking) (you can also play this riff in fast triplets)
F#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
C#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |-----0---------------0-------0-------0--------------0-------0---|
E |-------------2---0-------4-------2------0-----------------------|
B |-2-------4----------------------------------4---2-------2-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em riff 1
F#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
C#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |-----0---------------0-------0-------0--------------0-------0---|
E |-------------2---0-------4-------2------0-----------------------|
B |-2-------4----------------------------------4---2-------2-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em riff 1
Just as the sand made everything round
Em riff 1
Just as the tar seeps up from the ground
E* F#* G*
bitter dancer, ever turning
Em riff 1
so was the day that you came to town
Em riff 2 (play this melody while strumming softly the Em chord)
F#|------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |-------2-0---4---2---0--------|
B |-2---4-----------------4-2----|
E |------------------------------|
Em riff 2
F#|------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |-------2-0---4---2---0--------|
B |-2---4-----------------4-2----|
E |------------------------------|
Em riff 2
you took a room and you settled in
Em riff 2
washed off the chalk from your weathered skin
E* F#* G*
daylight sleeper, bloody reaper
Em riff 2
you took a room and you settled in
Em riff 2 (2x)
(flute solo)
Em riff 2
i should have known one day you would come
Em riff 2
all of us walk so blind in the sun
E* F#* G*
midnight feeder, beggar, pleader
Em riff 2
i should had known one day you would come
Em riff 2
(flute solo)
E* F# G* A* G*F# G**
tell me again my only son
Dsus2 F* G* F* Em riff 2
tell me again what have you done
Em riff 2
(flute solo)
F#m G F#m
at arm's lengths
G* Dsus2 G6
i will hold you there
Dsus2 G6
there
Dsus2 G6
Dsus2 G6
Dsus2 G6
Dsus2 G6
F#m G F#m
at arm's lengths
G* Dsus2 G6
i will hold you there
Dsus2 G6
there
Dsus2 G6 (repeat till fade out)
tabbed from live performances (kcrw, austin city limits) and the album version
february 2014
tab by alexander rex
dropped D tuning
DADGBe
capo on 2nd fret
E* 2x2100 F#* 444xxx
G* 5x54xx F# 4x43xx
A* 7x75xx G** 5x503x
Dsus2 x00230 F* 3x32xx
Fm x44222 G x20003
G6 x20030
the plains
F#|-0----------0---------------------0----------0----------0---------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4----------4----------4---------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|-7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0----9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7--|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4-----------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------0----------0--------------------------------------|
C#|-7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0----------0----------0--------------------------------------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4--------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0----------0----------0----------0----------0---------|
C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0-|
A |-4----------4----------4----------4----------4---------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------|
bitter dancer
Em riff 1 (picking) (you can also play this riff in fast triplets)
F#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
C#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |-----0---------------0-------0-------0--------------0-------0---|
E |-------------2---0-------4-------2------0-----------------------|
B |-2-------4----------------------------------4---2-------2-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em riff 1
F#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
C#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |-----0---------------0-------0-------0--------------0-------0---|
E |-------------2---0-------4-------2------0-----------------------|
B |-2-------4----------------------------------4---2-------2-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em riff 1
Just as the sand made everything round
Em riff 1
Just as the tar seeps up from the ground
E* F#* G*
bitter dancer, ever turning
Em riff 1
so was the day that you came to town
Em riff 2 (play this melody while strumming softly the Em chord)
F#|------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |-------2-0---4---2---0--------|
B |-2---4-----------------4-2----|
E |------------------------------|
Em riff 2
F#|------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |-------2-0---4---2---0--------|
B |-2---4-----------------4-2----|
E |------------------------------|
Em riff 2
you took a room and you settled in
Em riff 2
washed off the chalk from your weathered skin
E* F#* G*
daylight sleeper, bloody reaper
Em riff 2
you took a room and you settled in
Em riff 2 (2x)
(flute solo)
Em riff 2
i should have known one day you would come
Em riff 2
all of us walk so blind in the sun
E* F#* G*
midnight feeder, beggar, pleader
Em riff 2
i should had known one day you would come
Em riff 2
(flute solo)
E* F# G* A* G*F# G**
tell me again my only son
Dsus2 F* G* F* Em riff 2
tell me again what have you done
Em riff 2
(flute solo)
F#m G F#m
at arm's lengths
G* Dsus2 G6
i will hold you there
Dsus2 G6
there
Dsus2 G6
Dsus2 G6
Dsus2 G6
Dsus2 G6
F#m G F#m
at arm's lengths
G* Dsus2 G6
i will hold you there
Dsus2 G6
there
Dsus2 G6 (repeat till fade out)
tabbed from live performances (kcrw, austin city limits) and the album version
february 2014
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