Letter to Bowie Knife Tabs & Lyrics by Calexico

Letter to Bowie Knife

guitar tabs lyrics

Calexico

--------------------------------------
|Letter to bowie knife - Calexico |
--------------------------------------

Intro

e -------3-------3-------3-------3-------4-------4-------4-------0-----|
b -1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|
g ---------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
d ---------------------------------------------------------------------|

a ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------|

C E F C
e -------3-------3-------3--------------0----------1----------3|
b -1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1------0----------1----------1--|
g ----------------------------------1----------2----------0----| x2
d -------------------------------------------------------------|
a ------------------------------------------------------3------|
E --------------------------------0----------1-----------------|

"Every day....
"On my way home....



C E F C
e -------3-------3-------3--------------0----------1--------3------3-----3-----3-|
b -1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1------0----------1--------1------1-----1-----1---|
g ----------------------------------1----------2--------0------------------------|
d -------------------------------------------------------------3-----2-----0-----|
a ----------------------------------------------------3--------------------------|
E --------------------------------0----------1-----------------------------------|

"The.......break....would........................



X4 E F
e -||-0--x--0--0--0||-0----1--|
b -||-1--x--0--1--0||-0----1--|
g -||-0--x--0--0--0||-1----2--|then Riff 1 (during all verse) finish verse on a G
d -||-2--x--0--2--0||-2----3--|
a -||-3--x--0--3--0||-2----3--|
E -||-0--x--0--0--0||-0----1--|
Riff 1
....refrain"


During Riff 1, disto guitar plays:

e|----12----12----12----12-|
B|-13----13----13----13----|
G|-------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|


Chorus

C F Bb D# G C F Bb
8---8---8----6--6--6----3--3--3----1--1--1-- Chorus end : G Am C
8---8---10---6--6--8----3--3--5----1--1--3--
9---9---10---7--7--8----4--4--5----2--2--3--
10--10--10---8--8--8----5--5--5----3--3--3--
10--10--8----8--8--6----5--5--3----3--3--1--
8---8---8----6--6--6----3--3--3----1--1--1--


INTRO

E F C E F C
Everyday on my way home

E F C
The clouds would break and the angels
C(riff1)
Would sing their refrain
E F C(riff1)
This world's an ungodly place
E F C(riff1)
Strangled by vines unchaste
E F G (let ring)
So with my shining blade of steel
C(riff1)
I would cut a path wide


Dipped in the ink of the fight
Written clean through the night
Mark my words upon the front page
To set my world straight

CHORUS
First guitar alone : C F Bb D# G C F Bb

C F Bb D# |
It's too late, it's too late | x3
G C F Bb |
It's too late, it's too late |

G Am C
Just like I found it, my world is split
C C C C
Right down the spine

(Then something easy like the intro)

Years bled dry now ripe for a reckoning
My blade's back slash beckoning
Slice my wounds and I make the sign one more time

Come on. come on. come home. come home
Yeah it's too late, it's too late
It's too late, to refrain...refrain...refrain...

Did those angels ever sing?