The Plains / Bitter Dancer Lyrics

the plains/ bitter dancer by fleet foxes
tab by alexander rex
dropped D tuning
DADGBe
E* 2x2100 F#* 444xxx
G* 5x54xx F# 4x43xx
the plains
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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-|
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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-|
bitter dancer
Em riff 1 (picking) (you can also play this riff in fast triplets)
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Em riff 1
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Em riff 1
Just as the sand made everything round
Em riff 1
Just as the tar seeps up from the ground
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#|------------------------------|
Em riff 2
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C#|------------------------------|
Em riff 2
you took a room and you settled in
Em riff 2
washed off the chalk from your weathered skin
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
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)
at arm's lengths
i will hold you there
s
there
s2
s2
s2
s2
at arm's lengths
i will hold you there
s2
there
Dsus2 G6 (repeat till fade out)
tabbed from live performances (kcrw, austin city limits) and the album version
february 2014