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FLICKER AND FAIL - LAURA MARLING
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Tuning: DGDGBD
Capo on 2nd
INTRO x2
D|--0----0----0----0--0----0-----0----0----0-------|
B|--0----1----3----5--5----12---10----8----7-------|
G|--0----2----4----5--5----12---11----9----7-------|
D|--0----0----0----0--0----0-----0----0----0-------|
G|--0----0----0----0--0----0-----0----0----0-------|
D|--0----0----0----0--0----0-----0----0----0-------|
(All the verses are played in the same way)
VERSE 1
He took a bus to meet me in a bar in a Tuscan hill
Oh a sight I'd never seen I believe in God still but you
BRIDGE
D|--0-0--0--0-0--0-------------------0-0--0--0-0--0-|
B|--1/3--3--3/1--1-------------------1/3--3--3/1--1-|
G|--0-0--0--0-0--0-------------------0-0--0--0-0--0-|
D|--2/4--4--4/2--2-------------------2/4--4--4/2--2-|
G|--2/4--4--4/2--2-------------------2/4--4--4/2--2-|
D|--0-0--0--0-0--0-------------------0-0--0--0-0--0-|
wouldn't be able to stop me if I feel like running away
*(ending chord)
D|--0-0--0--0-0--0-------------------0------------------|
B|--1/3--3--3/1--1-------------------2------------------|
G|--0-0--0--0-0--0-------------------0------------------|
D|--2/4--4--4/2--2-------------------2------------------|
G|--2/4--4--4/2--2-------------------2------------------|
D|--0-0--0--0-0--0-------------------0------------------|
wouldn't be able to stop me if I didn't want to stay
INTRO x2
CHORUS
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B|------0--------------1-------------------3-------------1--------------|
G|------0--------------2-------------------4-------------2--------------|
D|------0--------------0-------------------0-------------0--------------|
G|------0--------------0-------------------0-------------0--------------|
D|------0--------------0-------------------0-------------0--------------|
And the rain fell on the houses and on the great swaying trees
D|------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------0---------------|
B|------3-----------------1-----------------3-----------1---------------|
G|------4-----------------2-----------------4-----------2---------------|
D|------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------0---------------|
G|------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------0---------------|
D|------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------0---------------|
It fell it's fiercest on the skulls of the willingly deceived
BRIDGE
They put money in their hearts and God where their mouth is
They put money in their hearts and God
INTRO x2
VERSE 2
Said he'd been sleeping lonely spending nights under the stars
Little darling, we're all lonely, we don't all show our scars
BRIDGE
It's my heart and my burden and I would never bring you down like that
My heart, my burden, I would never bring you down with me
CHORUS
And the rain fell on the towers and on the great swaying trees
And it hammered and it raged on us unwillingly
D|--------0--0--0--0-----------------------------0--0--0--0-----------|
B|--------0--1--3--5-----------------------------0--1--3--5-----------|
G|--------0--2--4--5-----------------------------0--2--4--5-----------|
D|--------0--0--0--0-----------------------------0--0--0--0-----------|
G|--------0--0--0--0-----------------------------0--0--0--0-----------|
D|--------0--0--0--0-----------------------------0--0--0--0-----------|
And the believers were forewarned and they ran into the storm and
BRIDGE (without the ending chord*)
Watched the earth's light flicker and fail
Watched the earth's light flicker and fail
Flicker and
Flicker and fail
INTRO x2
BRIDGE
They put money in their hearts
And God where their mouth is
They put money in their hearts
And God where their mouth is
They put money in their hearts
And God where their mouth is
They put money in their hearts and God ( <--- the ending chord)
INTRO x2 +
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B|--7--5--3--1--3--1--0---------|
G|--7--5--4--2--4--2--0---------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------|
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