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tabs:standard_bitter_love_song_no._8 [2014/01/12 11:22]
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tabs:standard_bitter_love_song_no._8 [2018/05/23 12:46]
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-The below tab has a mistake: The "mouth full of anger" line should go B-D#m-E-B, not B-F#-E-B. I am also very unsure of the correct octaves to put things in...  --- //[[joshuah@mit.edu|Josh H.]] 2009/05/03 03:04//+=====Standard Bitter Love Song #8=====
  
 <code> <code>
-Standard Bitter Love Song #8 +Here's an easier-to-play version --Rosa
-from the Mountain Goats album: Taking The Dative (or Ghana) +
-written by John Darnielle +
-tab by Russ Sweetser (yarzrevenge@yahoo.com)+
  
-EDIT:  The guy who originally posted this made few mistakes+Capo on 2, downtune a little to play along with the recording.  
-Here's the corrected version somerandomguy+Play with barre chords to better approximate the sound on the record. 
 + 
 +A                    G                A 
 +I went down to Lloyd Center looking for you. 
 +A                   C# D           A 
 +but mouth full of anger blocked my view
 +A            E    A                    D 
 +he took your hand there in the skating rink. 
 +A        E        D        A 
 +god will give him blood to drink. 
 + 
 +saw the two of you leaving, I didn't want to follow behind. 
 +but I could see the rest of your evening, burning in my mind. 
 +the sky'black. the moon's pink. 
 +god will give him blood to drink. 
 + 
 +I looked over the railing. ice was white 
 +on the northeast side where I saw you and your boyfriend, on a friday night. 
 +I went mining for gold. I struck pure, fresh zinc. 
 +god, god will give him blood to drink. 
 + 
 +A G E A 
 +hey, hey, hey. 
 +</code> 
 + 
 +<code> 
 +tab by Russ Sweetser, corrected by somerandomguy and Rosa
  
 B:      7 9 9 8 7 7 B:      7 9 9 8 7 7
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 B                    A     F#         B B                    A     F#         B
 I went down to Lloyd Center looking for you. I went down to Lloyd Center looking for you.
-B                   F#           B+B                   D#           B
 but a mouth full of anger blocked my view. but a mouth full of anger blocked my view.
 B            F#2  B                    E B            F#2  B                    E
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