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--- tabs:quetzalcoatl_eats_plums [2008/10/22 10:41]
lincolnic Transcribed in the same tuning as the album, and also the key John plays it in live.
+++ tabs:quetzalcoatl_eats_plums [2021/08/24 21:42]
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-<code>
-"Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums"
-The Mountain Goats
-Zopilote Machine
-Transcribed by Jon A.
-Tune down a whole step (low to high: D/G/C/F/A/D)
-Main riff:
-D-2-----2-2---2-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0---|-3-----3-3---3-3-----------------
-A-3-----3-3---3-3-----------------|-3-----3-3---3-3-3-2---------2---
-F-2-----2-2---2-2-----------------|-0-----0-0---0-0-----4-2-4-------
-C-0-----0-0---0-0-----------------|-0-----0-0---0-0-----------------
-G---------------------------------|-2-----2-2---2-2-----------------
-D---------------------------------|-3-----3-3---3-3-----------------
-e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
-D                                 G
-  I meant to leave the house this morning
-           D                G
-  And begin making my way toward where you are
-D                                 G
-  I meant to leave the house this morning
-          D                 G
-I made it halfway across the front yard
-D                        G
-  But the plum tree hung heavy in my head
-D                        Bb         A
-  And the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
-D                        G     A
-  And the plum tree hung heavy over me
-So I tore off to the phone
-To call you and tell you something, but I couldn't remember what
-Because through the clean, clean windows
-I saw the plum tree's leaves, as red as fresh blood
-And the plum tree hung heavy in my head
-And the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
-And the plum tree hung heavy over me
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-Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums
-by The Mountain Goats
-tabbed by Jonathan Bliss
-      and Andy Moskowitz
-  C chord diddly     F chord diddly
- e---------------   e--------------
- B-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-   B--1-0-------0-
- G-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-   G------2-0-2---
- D-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-   D--------------
- A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-   A--------------
- E---------------   E--------------
- C F (x hella)
- C G
- i meant to leave the house this morning
- C F
- and begin making my way toward where you are
- C G
- i meant to leave the house this morning
- C F
- i made it halfway across the front yard
- C F
- but the plum tree hung heavy in my head
- C G# G
- and the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
- C F G C
- and the plum tree hung heavy over me
- C G
- so i tore off to the phone
- C F
- to call you and tell you something, but i couldn't remember what
- C G
- because through the clean, clean windows
- C F
- saw the plum tree's leaves, as red as fresh blood
- C F
- and the plum tree hung heavy in my head
- C G# (G? i assume without listening)
- and the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
- C F G C
- and the plum tree hung heavy over me
-</code>

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