The Tailor Lyrics

CHORD REFERENCE:
I'm a long way from my home
I was borne on the raging sea
And when I first struck land, with my head in hand
I built a house out of an old oak tree
And raised a family out of earth and electricity
And I was king of my domain
But my fortitude approved in vain
And when the locust came like a summer rain
Devouring everything that I held dear
And all I'd worked for simply disappeared
So I crept away, for I had debts to pay
And joined the army as a privateer
Yeah, it was then, the wind had whispered, but I would not hear
Acoustic guitar solo (chords written above the bar):
B -------------5-7s 10-7s5----------- -----------6-8s10- ---10s8-6---------
G -----0---4-7----- -------7-4p0----- -----0---5-------- ----------7p0-----
D -0h5---5--------- -------------4--- -0h5---5---------- --------------7---
e --------------8-10s 13-10s8------------
B -------6-8s10------ --------10-8-6-----
D -5h7--------------- -------------------
E ------------------- ------------------- --> repeat solo twice.
So we sailed out across the land
Through an ocean made of sinking sand
And though I lost my men, I was born again
As a tailor in an unknown land
With a needle and some thread in hand
Mending suits and slacks, stitching up the cracks
In the backs of my neighbour's heads
And soon the word, yeah, of my work had spread through the town
SYNTH:
B -3s10-8----8---------- ------------10-8---
ACOUSTIC GUITAR:
So before the king I stood
I said, I come from the raging sea
And let the truth be told, I am not so old
As you might first have taken me to be
For numbers never could apply to me
For I'm as old as time, and maybe half as blind
What some of you might call infinity
Yeah, I'm the tailor of the earth and electricity
**Repeat acoustic guitar solo
End with this solo (time signature changes to 7/8)
B -------------5- -7s10-7s5-------
G -----0---4-7--- ----------7-4p0-
D -0h5---5------- ----------------
E --------------- ---------------- --> fade out
NOTATION LEGEND:
s slide
h hammer-on
p pull-off