Riddle Chords

RIDDLE
As recorded by Dispatch
(From the 2004 Album ALL POINTS BULLETIN)
 
 
Tune down 1/2 step (Eb Tuning)
 
[Intro]
Em
 
[Verse 1]
Em                      G
Heard of a land held by untroubled hand
Em               G     D
Where the whisky runs cold
Em                G           D                C
Don't you dare go ask the newsman ‘cause he'll tell you everything
         Em
He don't know
 
[Verse 2]
Em                     G      D            Em
She was a child of the second American Revolution
            G         D           Em
Strong girl with a stones constitution
              G                     D
When she fell into the hands of the enemy
    C                           Em
She touch her hand and sank her ankles deep
 
[Chorus]
   G
So go riddle me over
      Bm
I'm a man got nothing to show for
               Em
My work in the ground
                    D
In this here London town
   G
So go riddle me over
      Bm
I'm a man got nothing to show for
               E
My work in the ground
            Bm                           C                B       Em    G Em
Got my back to the fire but it ain't the bridges that are burnin' down
 
[Verse 3]
                G           D
Ophelia used to swim in the rain
Em                         D
Ain't nothing she'd rather do
      Em                      G        D
I was besides myself when the news had came
           C                      N.C.
And it had nothing to do with you
 
[Verse 4]
Em                         G     D
They said they would never fight no more
Em                      G  D
After the day she went away
Em                           G      D
What in the world are we all askin' for?
      C
If we don't give they're gonna take
 
[Chorus]
   G
So go n' riddle me over
      Bm
I'm a man got nothing to show for
               Em
My work in the ground
                    G
In this here London town
   G
So go n' riddle me over
      Bm
I'm a man got nothing to show for
               E
My work in the ground
       D
Got my back to the fire and my feet on the ground
                 C                B      Em
But it ain't the bridges that are falling
 
[Chorus]
Em              A
Go n' riddle me over
      C                  D
I'm a man got nothing to show for
   B           Em
My work in the ground
             A                C
Go ahead and go and riddle me over
                 B                          Em
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down
Em        Am
Riddle me over
      C                  D
I'm a man got nothing to show for
   B           Em
My work in the ground
             A                C
Go ahead and go and riddle me over
                 B N.C.
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down
Em    D         A
Go n' riddle me over
      G                  D
I'm a man got nothing to show for
   B           Em
My work in the ground
             G#               Am
Go ahead and go and riddle me over
                 B                        Em
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down
Em        Am
Riddle me over
      F       D
I'm a man got nothing to show for
   B           Em
My work in the ground
             A      D         C
Go ahead and go and riddle me over
                 B                        Em
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down
 
[Outro]
Em  Am  C  D  Em  Am  C  D  Bm  Em
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