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On every page – Tallest Man on Earth
Standard Tuning – Capo 7
Alex Parker
This is an abbreviated version, for more details on licks and timing you should consult
Rob Wisner's excellent PDF tab at impossibletrees.com.
All chords are relative to capo. I probably don't have the correct names of each chord,
especially these weird B chords, but I've detailed the chords below, so pay attention.
Am x-0-2-2-1-0
B1* x-2-3-2-3-x
Gm* 3-x-3-0-3-0
C x-3-2-0-1-0
B2* x-2-0-2-x-x
B3* x-2-0-1-x-x
F 1-x-x-2-1-0
E 0-2-2-1-0-0
G 3-x-2-0-1-0
Intro
(Am, B1*, Gm, C quickly to B2*, then B3*) x2
Am B1*
When you just tell them what I cannot say
Gm* C B2* B3*
when you just shine upon the ghosts along my way
Am B1*
I drop the game of throwing knives alone
Gm* C
there must be marks on every tree
B2* B3* F E
from the past to our home
Am B1*
Only the mayfly used to tell me so
Gm* C B2* B3*
now here is august, drop your weight, just let go
Am B1*
now midnight sun takes turns with northern lights
Gm* C B2* B3*
F E
will I ever have to feel what those blades were about?
CORUS
F G
And in that sound of sighing, that empty howl
E Am G
and all the everloving bends in the line of your tries
F G
some ends forgotten and some others believed
E Am G
whatever happened to the boy is now a tale for the...
F G
sea. when you know you’re already...
F G
young. like the grass wither to be...
F E
come again and free,
E
it’s all we’ll ever...
(Am, B1*, Gm, C quickly to B2*, then B3*)
Verse progression.
be. (humming)
Am B1*
I don’t remember where i learned to dive
Gm* C B2* B3*
but I am humble for the rocks when I try
Am B1*
and somehow I am lowered onto the waves
Gm* C B2* B3*
F E
now with you I feel the sun and the salt on my face
CORUS
F G
And in that sound of sighing, that empty howl
E Am G
and all the everloving bends in the line of your tries
F G
some ends forgotten and some others believed
E Am G
whatever happened to the boy is now a tale for the...
F G
sea. when you know you’re already...
F G
young. like the grass wither to be...
F E
come again and free,
E
it’s all we’ll ever...
(Am, B1*, Gm, C quickly to B2*, then B3*)
Verse progression.
be. (humming)
Am B1*
The tired motion of the rusty bell
Gm* C B2* B3*
just humming, visitor I quit, go to hell
Am B1*
I’ve been the tower but now walk along
Gm* C
there must be marks on every page
B2* B3* F E
from the past to these songs.
CORUS
F G
And in that sound of sighing, that empty howl
E Am G
and all the everloving bends in the line of your tries
F G
some ends forgotten and some others believed
E Am G
whatever happened to the boy is now a tale for the...
F G
sea. when you know you’re already...
F G
young. like the grass wither to be...
F E
come again and free,
E
it’s all we’ll ever...
(Am, B1*, Gm, C quickly to B2*, then B3*)
Verse progression.
be.
I love this tab more than I love my mother.