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Gravedigger, by willneu97
This is the live version that they played during the 2010 tour.

D:     xx0232
Dsus2: xx0230
Bb:    113331
G:     320033
A:     002220

Dsus2-D (x3) (listen to the song to see how this is strummed)

Dsus-D
The pumpkins grew in neat rows 
                                          G  Bb
We waltzed toward the center of the field 

Steady as she goes 
    Dsus2-D
And blue heavens built wishing wells, brightening the patch
                                                      G  Bb
Fattening the pumpkins in their perfect orange shells 
          D                          A
We turned right by the smooth orange big one 
            Dsus2-D
The wrong way

Dsus2-D

We tapped the pumpkins with our thumbs 
And you know how you wait a year or so for something, nothing comes 
It was like that 
Empty bottles washed clean by rain 
Nothing to lose here 
No reason to complain 
We turned right by the smooth orange fat one 
The wrong way  

Tell me a secret 
What does it matter 
Override the red clouds 
Hanging on the otherwise clear sky 
And then little raindrops like tiny knives 
And I turned to you and the field came alive 
We took a smooth turn around the fattest pumpkin they had 
The wrong way

From http://roomtobreathe.pagesperso-orange.fr/xggd.html

Capo on 2nd fret
Chords relative to Capo
Chords:
A5:    002200
A:     002220
Dsus2: xx0230
C5:    x355xx
E:     022100


A5        A  A5      A    A5      A       A5   A     A5      A     Dsus2         C5            A5    A 
the pumpkins grew in neat rows he waltzed toward the center of the field        steady as show goes 
and blue heavens built wishing wells brightening the patch fattening the pumpkins in their perfect orange shells
A5                                    E                 A5 
we turned right by the smooth orange big one the wrong way

we tapped on the pumpkins with our thumbs and now how ya wait a year's over something nothing comes 
it was like that empty bottles washed green by rain having to lose here no reason to complain 
we turned right by the smooth orange fat one the wrong way 

tell me a secret what does it matter override the red clouds hanging on the otherwise grave sky 
and then little raindrops like tiny knives and i turned to you and the field came alive 
we took a smooth turn around the fattest pumpkin they had the wrong way