Biography:
Kristian Matsson (born 30 April 1983) is a singer-songwriter from Dalarna, Sweden, who performs under the stage name of The Tallest Man on Earth. Matsson grew up in Leksand, and began his solo career in 2006, having previously been the lead singer of the indie band Montezumas. His music has often drawn comparisons to the music of Bob Dylan.
Since 2006, Matsson has released four full-length albums and two EPs. He records and produces these in his home, and usually records his voice and guitar together on one track.
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Other songs:
- A Lions Heart
- Kids On The Run
- King Of Spain
- King Of Spain (open F Tuning)
- The Dreamer
- The Gardener
- The Gardner
- Where Do My Bluebird Fly
- 1904
- An Ocean
- Before The Morning
- Beginners
- Bright Lanterns
- Burden Of Tomorrow
- Criminals
- Cycles
- Dark Bird Is Home
- Darkness Of The Dream
- Drying Of The Lawns
- East Virginia
- Fields Of Our Home
- Forever Is A Very Long Time
- Graceland
- Heart Is Like A River
- Honey Wont You Let Me In
- I Wont Be Found
- Ill Be Glad
- Into The Stream
- It Will Follow The Rain
- Like The Wheel
- Little Brother
- Little Nowhere Towns
- Lost My Shape
- Love Is All
- On Every Page
- Over The Hills
- Pistol Dreams
- Revelation Blues
- Rivers
- Sagres
- Same Ghosts
- Seventeen
- Shallow Grave
- Slow Dance
- Somewhere In The Mountains Somewhere In New York
- Steal Tomorrow
- Talk Pyramids
- Tangle In This Trampled Wheat
- The Blizzards Never Seen The Desert Sands
- The Sparrow And The Medicine
- The Wild Hunt
- Theres No Leaving Now
- This Wind
- Thousand Ways
- Thrown Right At Me
- Time Of The Blue
- Timothy
- To Just Grow Away
- Troubles Will Be Gone
- Weather Of A Killing Kind
- Where I Thought I Met The Angels
- Wind And Walls
- Youre Going Back
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Darkness Of The Dream - The Tallest Man On Earth
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Tuning: EBC#F#BF# (DABEAE if you don't want to snap a string)
Capo: 10 (12 if using DABEAE)
Chords:
e|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------|
A|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------|
E|-----0-----2-----0-----2-----2------------------------------------|
B|-----2-----3-----0-----3-----2------------------------------------|
A|-----0-----0-----2-----2-----0------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----0-----2-----0-----4------------------------------------|
A D E Bm F#m
The strumming pattern is the real trick in this song, listen to it more
than a few times and eventually it will make sense.
(listen carefully for this timing)
[Intro]
A D E A
D E D E A D
E
[Verse 1]
D A
And so I'd stumble in the light
D
The night was always there
E
To end all repetition
D A
Insane? I bother with the blinds
D E
Carry on and love will be here
Bm
I met this girl from my old town
E
But sadly she could see
A
I'm still a bunch of memories
D
And shit that I believe
[Chorus]
Bm
And suddenly the rain
E (let it ring out)
Is the only part you feel
A D
And there's the darkness of the dream
D E
Oh Lord
E D A D
And there's the darkness of the dream
D E
Oh Lord
[Verse 2]
D A
But she was something of a flame
D
Just telling me to quiet
E
Excuses and the visions
D A
Just let yourself out of your sight
D E
Careless and some love will be here
Bm
And now you sleep and get some rest
E
From all the songs you make
A
They're all a bunch of mirrors,
D
And fuck it, I'm afraid
[Chorus]
Bm
That suddenly the rain
E
Is the only part you feel
A D
And there's the darkness of the dream
Bm E
She said, I ain't got no time for no broken believers
A D
And lie like the foolish one
Bm E
It's taking hours and days and I just want to hold you
A D
And end of a wait begun
Bm E
I said I think of hours in everyone...
[Verse 3]
D A
The letting go is here and now
D
The beauty is in your arms
E
No mind is out to wander
D A
Just let yourself out of your sight
D E
Careless and some love will be there
Bm
And now there's this dancer in the dream
E
Just rowing in the night
A
And I can't believe how pretty
D
And I can't believe the signs
[Chorus]
Bm
When suddenly the rain
E (let it ring out)
Is the only part you feel
A D
And there's a darkness of the dream
(strum once per chord)
F#m Bm E
A fear of heart and all of its turnings
A D
And it's never letting go
F#m Bm E
I'm sure I'll sleep when all this goes under
A D
But now, will I sleep alone?
(start strumming slowly)
E (let it ring out)
It only starts with a river
A D
But I know it's only waiting for the golden ground
[Break]
E D A D
E D A D
E D A D
E D A D
E
(this part is very hard to make out due to the drowned
out guitar)
A
It's wide and awake
D
But I'm showing up late
Bm
On the way there was something
E
That told me to stay
A
I feed on the sunlight
D Bm E
But sunlight just drives me away
A
In the loving game
A
The summer is deep
D
And the memories still
Bm
The garden is full
E
And I'm way over hills
A D
I see there's a line that I'm walking
Bm E
And I'm just the same
A
It's an endless game
Bm E D
In the darkness of the dream
end on A
Darkness Of The Dream - The Tallest Man On Earth
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Tuning: EBC#F#BF# (DABEAE if you don't want to snap a string)
Capo: 10 (12 if using DABEAE)
Chords:
e|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------|
A|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------|
E|-----0-----2-----0-----2-----2------------------------------------|
B|-----2-----3-----0-----3-----2------------------------------------|
A|-----0-----0-----2-----2-----0------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----0-----2-----0-----4------------------------------------|
A D E Bm F#m
The strumming pattern is the real trick in this song, listen to it more
than a few times and eventually it will make sense.
(listen carefully for this timing)
[Intro]
A D E A
D E D E A D
E
[Verse 1]
D A
And so I'd stumble in the light
D
The night was always there
E
To end all repetition
D A
Insane? I bother with the blinds
D E
Carry on and love will be here
Bm
I met this girl from my old town
E
But sadly she could see
A
I'm still a bunch of memories
D
And shit that I believe
[Chorus]
Bm
And suddenly the rain
E (let it ring out)
Is the only part you feel
A D
And there's the darkness of the dream
D E
Oh Lord
E D A D
And there's the darkness of the dream
D E
Oh Lord
[Verse 2]
D A
But she was something of a flame
D
Just telling me to quiet
E
Excuses and the visions
D A
Just let yourself out of your sight
D E
Careless and some love will be here
Bm
And now you sleep and get some rest
E
From all the songs you make
A
They're all a bunch of mirrors,
D
And fuck it, I'm afraid
[Chorus]
Bm
That suddenly the rain
E
Is the only part you feel
A D
And there's the darkness of the dream
Bm E
She said, I ain't got no time for no broken believers
A D
And lie like the foolish one
Bm E
It's taking hours and days and I just want to hold you
A D
And end of a wait begun
Bm E
I said I think of hours in everyone...
[Verse 3]
D A
The letting go is here and now
D
The beauty is in your arms
E
No mind is out to wander
D A
Just let yourself out of your sight
D E
Careless and some love will be there
Bm
And now there's this dancer in the dream
E
Just rowing in the night
A
And I can't believe how pretty
D
And I can't believe the signs
[Chorus]
Bm
When suddenly the rain
E (let it ring out)
Is the only part you feel
A D
And there's a darkness of the dream
(strum once per chord)
F#m Bm E
A fear of heart and all of its turnings
A D
And it's never letting go
F#m Bm E
I'm sure I'll sleep when all this goes under
A D
But now, will I sleep alone?
(start strumming slowly)
E (let it ring out)
It only starts with a river
A D
But I know it's only waiting for the golden ground
[Break]
E D A D
E D A D
E D A D
E D A D
E
(this part is very hard to make out due to the drowned
out guitar)
A
It's wide and awake
D
But I'm showing up late
Bm
On the way there was something
E
That told me to stay
A
I feed on the sunlight
D Bm E
But sunlight just drives me away
A
In the loving game
A
The summer is deep
D
And the memories still
Bm
The garden is full
E
And I'm way over hills
A D
I see there's a line that I'm walking
Bm E
And I'm just the same
A
It's an endless game
Bm E D
In the darkness of the dream
end on A
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