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-<code>
-edited by Mike/carnac44@gmail.com
-Taboo VI: The Homecoming - Going To Alaska
-For live versions, in standard tuning either go with above or:
-A D A E
-or
-E A E B
-for the main pattern
-Album Version:
--1/2 step
-G C G D  G C G D
-G                C
-The jacaranda are wet with color,
-        G                            D
-and the heat is a great paint brush, lending color to our lives,
-     G                                C
-to the air, and to out faces; but I'm going to Alaska
-              G                         D
-where there's snow to suck the sound out from the air.
-C G
-G       C
-Up, yes, in the branches,
-G                       D
-the purple blossoms, go pale at the edges;
-         G                              C
-there is moaning in the shifting of the sap, and I see in them traces
-G                           D
-of last year, but then they hadn't grown so strong,
-G                                    C
-and their limbs were more like wires. Now they are cables.
-G                           D                    G
-thick and alive with alien electricity, and I am going to Alaska,
-     C                         G
-where you can go blind just by looking at the ground,
-D
-where fat is eaten by itself
-C                         G
-just to keep your body warm.
-G                         C
-Because from where we are now, it seems, really,
-    G                           D
-that everything is growing in a thousand different ways;
-G                                        C
-that the soil is soaked through with old blood and with relatives
-G                                           D
-who were buried here, or close to here, and they are giving rise
-G                                C
-to what is happening. Or can you tell me otherwise?
-     G                          D
-I am going to Alaska, where the animals can kill you,
-        G                     C
-but they do so in silence, as though if no-one hears them,
-        G                         D
-then it really won't matter. I am going to Alaska.
-C                                     G
-They tell me that it's perfect for my purposes.
-G C G D
-G C G D G
-</code>
-<code>
-Taboo VI: The Homecoming - Going To Alaska
-This version is tabbed from the WFMU set.
-D A G D A  D G D A  D A D
-D                G
-The jacaranda are wet with color,
-        D                            A
-and the heat is a great paint brush, lending color to our lives,
-     D                                G
-to the air, and to out faces; but I'm going to Alaska
-              D                         A
-where there's snow to suck the sound out from the air.
-Dsus D
-D       G
-Up, yes, in the branches,
-D                       A
-the purple blossoms, go pale at the edges;
-         D                              G
-there is moaning in the shifting of the sap, and I see in them traces
-D                           A
-of last year, but then they hadn't grown so strong,
-D                                    G
-and their limbs were more like wires. Now they are cables.
-D                           A                    D
-thick and alive with alien electricity, and I am going to Alaska,
-     G                         D
-where you can go blind just by looking at the ground,
-A
-where fat is eaten by itself
-Dsus                         D
-just to keep your body warm.
-D                         G
-Because from where we are now, it seems, really,
-    D                           A
-that everything is growing in a thousand different ways;
-D                                        G
-that the soil is soaked through with old blood and with relatives
-D                                           A
-who were buried here, or close to here, and they are giving rise
-D                                G
-to what is happening. Or can you tell me otherwise?
-     D                          A
-I am going to Alaska, where the animals can kill you,
-        D                     G
-but they do so in silence, as though if no-one hears them,
-        D                         A
-then it really won't matter. I am going to Alaska.
-Dsus                                D
-They tell me that it's perfect for my purposes.
-D G D A
-D G D A... D... D down D up!
-</code>

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