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-All verses the same I think:+=====Sign of the Crow=====
  
-D A Bm G+<code> 
 +John has played this slightly differently from show to show. There is no "right" way. That said in the recorded 
 +version the is played as x0023x (with emphasis on the string) and the other chords in the main progression are 
 +also played as power chords more or less (to play along, tune your guitar down a half step).
  
-These roses are the pleasures of the flesh +Riff (for the D to G instrumentals):
  
-These ones here they are the pleasures of the spirit +-22222222xx222222 
 +-33333333xx333333 ...into the G chord 
 +-2222222242222222 
 +-0000000000000000 
 +----------------- 
 +-----------------
  
-Tucked behind a pornographic picture in a frame+Intro: 
 +D A Bm G (can be played once, twice, or not at all)
  
 +      D                              A
 +These roses are the pleasures of the flesh
 +      Bm                                      G
 +These ones here they are the pleasures of the spirit
 +    D                            A
 +And tucked behind a pornographic picture in a frame
 +    Bm                                      G
 The troops found the pierced heart and they all gathered near it The troops found the pierced heart and they all gathered near it
  
-Inbetween verses, play:+D Asus4 D D
  
-D G D G+                                 A 
 +And the dust clouds bloomed in the dark 
 +        Bm                          G 
 +And the face gazed up from the frame 
 +                            A 
 +Roomful of French troops in a Franciscan abbey 
 +Bm                            G 
 +History does not recall their names
  
-Chorus:+                                          D 
 +Of the several things that you have to do today 
 +               G 
 +You're gonna regret one 
 +                A               
 +This generation asks for a sign 
 +D                 G 
 + It isn't gonna get one
  
-D G +G D G
  
-Of the several things you have to do today+D                                    A 
 +Berthe then took the pictures to the priest 
 +        Bm                                    G 
 +And the priest fell on his face and pawed the floor 
 +        D                    A 
 +And the story lived on for a decade or two 
 +    Bm                        G 
 +But no one really knows it anymore
  
-You're gonna regret one+D Asus4 D D
  
-This generation asks for a sign +        D                            A 
 +But the blessed heart is seen in the airbrush 
 +        Bm                              G 
 +And the blessed heart is beating on the wind 
 +        D                                 A 
 +And the bodies of the faithful stacked by dozens by the roadsides 
 +Bm                        G 
 +Stripped and scourged and skinned
  
-It isn't gonna get one  +                                          D 
- +Of the several things that you have to do today 
-Then back to that D, and repeat.+               G 
 +You're gonna regret one 
 +                A               
 +This generation asks for a sign 
 +D                 G 
 + It isn't gonna get one
  
-This is how John played it in the Ships and Dips YouTube video anyway... I'll be the annoying guy and say this is my first tab so I think it won't be perfect, John seems to be doing some kind of hammering on that I haven't got to grips with at the start, but other than I think it's fairly close. Thanks to Mike (green_vii) for helping out!+D Asus4 D D
  
 +</code>
 +Thanks to Mike (green_vii) for helping out!
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