The Fiery Furnaces - Benton Harbor Blues Tabs

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Tuning:    Standard

Notes:     Fantastic song, sounds great on solo guitar if you skip or just
           don't stress about the bridge. And, of course, skip the weird bits
           if you play the 7-minute version with the extra verse.

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Intro:
[C]    [F]    [C]    [F]

Section A:
           [C]           [F]
As I try to fill all of my empty days,
          [C]                 [F]
I stumble 'round on through my memory's maze.
         [Am]           [G]
Of all my past, only the sadness stays.

[C]    [F]    [C]    [F]

Section B:
[C]                              [F]
        I went moping down by the bridge.
[C]                                 [F]
    I rode a bike in the snow to the mini-mart.
                [Am]            [G]
I thought of the ways that I had broke my own heart.

[C]    [F]    [C]    [F]

Section A:
Well it's not for me to fill the blue sea with tears,
but when I think back on all the wasted years,
all the good cheer and all of the charm disappears.

Instrumental bridge:
[C]    [F]    [C]    [F]
[C]    [F]    [C]    [F]
[C]    [F]    [C]    [F]
[Am]   [G]

Section B:
I wore the exact same clothes for five days.
The bailbondsman gave me a smile.
I was just thinking of only my sins all the while.

Section A:
As I try to fill all of my empty days,
I stumble 'round on through my memory's maze.
Of all my past, only the sadness stays.
[F]    [G]

Outro:
[C]    [F]    [C]    [F]

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Melody over instrumental bridge:

    repeat 4 times
   [C]
E |----------------0-----------------------0-------|
B |----1--------1-----1--------1--------1-----1----|
G |----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
D |-------2-----------------------2----------------|
A |-3-----------------------3----------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------|


   [F]
E |-------------------0-----------------------0---------|
B |----------------1-----------------------1----------o-|
G |-------------2-----------------------2--------3------|
D |----3-----3-----------------3-----3------------------|
A |-------3-----------------------3-------------------o-|
E |-1-----------------------1---------------------------|


    [C]                    [F]         [C]                     [F]
E |-------------------------0-----------------------------------0-|
B |-------------------0--1--------------------------------0--1----|
G |-------------0--2--------------------------------0--2----------|
D |----0--2--3-----------------------------0--2--3----------------|
A |-3-----------------------------------3-------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------------|


   [Am]                    [G]
E |-12-10---------------------------------------------|
B |-------13-12-10-12---------------------------------|
G |-------------------12------------------------------|
D |----------------------14-15-14-12------------------|
A |----------------------------------15-14-15-12------|
E |----------------------------------------------15---|

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