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Marriage Tree

Throwing Muses
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro: A

(first part) (second part)

 e-------------------------|---------------------|
 b-------------------------|---------------------|
 g-----------0-------------|---------------------|
 d-----3---3---3-0h3---3---|---------------------|
 a---3---0-----------3-----|---2---2h3---2h3-----|
 e-------------------------|-----0-----0-----0---|

Intro: B

 e-------------------------|---------------------|
 b-------------------------|---------------------|
 g-----------0-------------|---------------------|
 d-----3---3---3-0h3---3---|-------2---------2---|
 a---3---0-----------3-----|---2-------2-2-------|
 e-------------------------|-----0---------0-----|

[fret position #3 ] [fret position #5 ]

 e---------------------|-------------------------|
 b---------------------|-------------------------|
 g-------0---------0---|-------0------0----------| :) ..see the chord pattern?
 d-----3---------2-----|-----5------4------------|
 a---3---------3-------|---5------5--------------| :) ..easy huh?
 e---------------------|-------------------------|

[fret position #10 ] [fret position #8 ]

 e---------------------|-------------------------|
 b---------------------|-------------------------|
 g---------0-------0---|-------0------0----------| :) ..see the chord pattern?
 d------10-------9-----|-----8------7------------|
 a---10-------10-------|---8------8--------------| :) ..easy huh?
 e---------------------|-------------------------|

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pattern breakdown - for you 'picky' types

the numbers represent the fret position for the chord pattern

.intro: A

.intro: B

.fret: 3 - 5 - 3 - 5--|

.fret: 10 - 8 - 10 - 8-|

.fret: 5 - 3 - 5 - 3 - 5 - 3

.intro: A

.intro: B

.fret: 3 - 5 - 3 - 5-|

.fret: 10 - 8 - 5 - 3-|

.fret: 10 - 8 - 5 - 3-|

.fret: 10 - 8 - 5 - 3-|

.fret: 10 - 8 - 5 - 3-|

.intro: A -> (first part)

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---start---

...fingerpicking guitar part defined above...

like an old man in a dress

treat me like a twelve year old man

no more hearts

don't know what twenty is

don't know where the tree stands

only follow these hands

...start strumming...

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Em

F Em

F Em

F - G Em

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Em

at midnight I reach for the blind

A open B D Em

toward your head but don't touch it

I'll wish I had but when I'm dead

A open B D Em

at midnight I hit your song - it sings again

don't know what age is

don't know where the tree stands

A open B D Em

I only follow these hands

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F Em

F Em

F - G Em

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Em

I couldn't make you crazy if I tried

A open B D Em

we've been swinging around the tree - for how long now?

maybe she wants to be cared for

stay home a month here a month there

maybe take to their open roads

maybe take to their open roads

maybe take to their open roads

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A open B D Em

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at the marriage tree

at the marriage tree

at the marriage tree

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