Biography:
Blackbird Raum formed out of the nucleus of a squatter community living in abandoned buildings and greenbelt treehouses in Santa Cruz, CA, in 2004. Finding themselves living without electricity, they began to learn to play folk instruments from each other and other members of the train hopping, squat culture. The band had played in anarcho-punk, indie, metal, and ska bands and then, learning traditional music from jams, contradances and festivals, made based somewhere right in the middle of punk, metal and folk.
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This tab is for guitar with a capo in the 3rd fret. If you want to play it on another instrument and/or
without using a capo and therefore read the chords as they are, simply click on the arrow showing up at
"transpose" three times.
intro:
e--------------|
b--------------|
g--------------|
d----3--5-5-2-2|
a-0-0--0---3-2-|
e--------------| x8
you can also play variations like
d-2--3-35-52222
a-0-00--0--3-2-
or the chords Am Dm F E
Am F
cracked a whisper from within the spine
G E
to give a signal to the other side
Am F
this house of god holds a traitor
G E
whose missing hands are left untied
Am F E
cross the keyhole cross the latches
Am F E
cross every line that divides the factions
Am Dm
unstrap the bomb from your chest
F C
we're smart enough to get away from them
Am Dm F C
we'll find fight to struggle for another day
Am Dm F C
when the fall of the gate seems a lifetime away
E Am F C G/B E7 E Am F C G/B E7 E Am F G E
(G/B and E7 are only played half as long as the other chords)
Am F G E
body by the judge will get sent out to riverhead
Am F
is the blame still not lay when the bail has been set
G E
and the judges at home just asleep in their beds
Am F E
cross the keyhole cross the latches
Am F E
cross every line that divides the factions
Am Dm
unstrap the bomb from your chest
F C
we're smart enough to get away from them
Am Dm F C
we'll find fight to struggle for another day
Am Dm F C
when the fall of the gate seems a lifetime away
E Am F C G/B E7 E Am F C G/B E7 E
(G/B and E7 are only played half as long as the other chords)
Am
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
F Dm
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
Am
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
F Dm
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
Am
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
F Dm
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
Am
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
F Dm (strum once, end here)
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
without using a capo and therefore read the chords as they are, simply click on the arrow showing up at
"transpose" three times.
intro:
e--------------|
b--------------|
g--------------|
d----3--5-5-2-2|
a-0-0--0---3-2-|
e--------------| x8
you can also play variations like
d-2--3-35-52222
a-0-00--0--3-2-
or the chords Am Dm F E
Am F
cracked a whisper from within the spine
G E
to give a signal to the other side
Am F
this house of god holds a traitor
G E
whose missing hands are left untied
Am F E
cross the keyhole cross the latches
Am F E
cross every line that divides the factions
Am Dm
unstrap the bomb from your chest
F C
we're smart enough to get away from them
Am Dm F C
we'll find fight to struggle for another day
Am Dm F C
when the fall of the gate seems a lifetime away
E Am F C G/B E7 E Am F C G/B E7 E Am F G E
(G/B and E7 are only played half as long as the other chords)
Am F G E
body by the judge will get sent out to riverhead
Am F
is the blame still not lay when the bail has been set
G E
and the judges at home just asleep in their beds
Am F E
cross the keyhole cross the latches
Am F E
cross every line that divides the factions
Am Dm
unstrap the bomb from your chest
F C
we're smart enough to get away from them
Am Dm F C
we'll find fight to struggle for another day
Am Dm F C
when the fall of the gate seems a lifetime away
E Am F C G/B E7 E Am F C G/B E7 E
(G/B and E7 are only played half as long as the other chords)
Am
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
F Dm
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
Am
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
F Dm
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
Am
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
F Dm
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
Am
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
F Dm (strum once, end here)
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
the convict race now still resides in lucasville
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