Tiger Mountain Peasant Song Lyrics

by Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes Tiger Mountain Peasant Song Lyrics

"TIGER MOUNTAIN PEASANT SONG" off album "Fleet Foxes" (2008)
GUITAR 2: Standard tuning: E A D G B E
Chords are given as chords shapes, not the actual chords heard
without different tuning. Therefore, Am=Abm , G=Gb etc.
--Intro: acoustic fingerpicking. Two guitars.
Bb|--1----1-----0h1---1---|--1----1-----0h1---1---|
Gb|--2----2-----2-----2---|--2----2-----2-----2---|Guitar 1 (down 1/2 step)
--Verse 1 (0:17):
Wanderers this morning came by
Where did they go Graceful in the morning
light to banner fair to follow you
softly in the cold mountain air
--VERSE 2: same guitar parts as verse 1. (0:38)
--Fill after verse 2 (1:01) (...more...): same parts as in verse.
--CHORUS: picked chords in straight rhythm (1:22):
Dear shadow alive and well
How can the body die
You tell me everything
Anything true.
--VERSE 3: same as before (1:44). Strummed chords same as verse 1
--CHORUS: as before (2:06).
--CHORUS 2: strummed chords (2:28):
Jesse
I don't know what I have done
I'm turning myself to a demon
I don't know what I have done
I'm turning myself to a demon
--Fade-out picking same chords as in chorus 2.
I've done this as best as I can. I'm aware that some of the chords may not be
spot on, so please comment/correct if necessary.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note

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