Thistle And Weeds Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	D A D G B E
Capo:	no capo
Author kurt peniket [a] 101.
1 contributor total, last edit on Oct 22, 2016
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                             Thistle & Weeds - Mumford & Sons
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Nobody seems to have tabbed this yet so I thought I'd give it try. Tried to be
as accurate as possible. Please rate/comment.
 
Gtr1 (Acoustic)
Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B e)
 
 
[Intro/Verse]
 
[0:10]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15-----15---10-----10---8-----8---10-----10---15-----15---10-----10---8---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12--12------7--7--------5--5------7--7--------12--12------7--7--------5---|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----8---10-----10---8-----8---8-----8---8-----8---8-----8---3-----3---3----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5------7--7--------5--5------5--5------5--5------5--5------0--0------0--0-|
 
e|-----------------------|
B|-3---3-----3---3-----3-|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
D|-----0--0------0--0----|(x3)
 
 
[Bridge]
 
[1:04]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-------15---13-------10---12-------12---11-------11---10-------10---8--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--12--12--------10--10--------9--9----------8--8----------7--7----------5--|
 
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----8---6-------3---5-------5---3-|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
D|5--------3--3--------2--2--------0-|(X2)
 
 
[1:25]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15-----15---10-----10---8-----8---10-----10---15-----15---10-----10---8---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12--12------7--7--------5--5------7--7--------12--12------7--7--------5---|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----8---10-----10---8-----8---8-----8---8-----8---8-----8---3-----3---3----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5------7--7--------5--5------5--5------5--5------5--5------0--0------0--0-|
 
e|-----------------------|
B|-3---3-----3---3-----3-|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
D|-----0--0------0--0----|(x3)
 
 
[2:16]
 
   d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d
e|-1-1-1--0-0-0--3-3-3--1-1-1--1-1-1--0-0-0--3-3-3--1-1-1--3-3-3--3-3-3--5-5-|
B|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
G|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  u  d d u
e|5--5-5-5-|
B|3--3-3-3-|
G|2--2-2-2-|
D|0--0-0-0-|
A|---------|
D|---------|(x6)
 
 
[3:29]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------(tacet)-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[3:37]
 
   d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d
e|-3-3-3--3-3-3--5-5-5--5-5-5--1-1-1--0-0-0--3-3-3--1-1-1--1-1-1--0-0-0--3-3-|
B|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
G|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u  d d u
e|3--1-1-1--3-3-3--3-3-3--5-5-5--5-5-5-|
B|3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|
G|2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
D|0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|
A|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|(x2)
 
   d
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0----------------------------------(let ring)-----------------------------|
D|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[4:13]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15-----15---10-----10---8-----8---10-----10---15-----15---10-----10---8---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12--12------7--7--------5--5------7--7--------12--12------7--7--------5---|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----8---10-----10---8-----8---8-----8---8-----8---8-----8---3-----3---3----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5------7--7--------5--5------5--5------5--5------5--5------0--0------0--0-|
 
e|-----------------------|
B|-3---3-----3---3-----3-|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
D|-----0--0------0--0----|(x2)
 
 
Spare me your judgements and spare me your dreams
Cause recently mine have been tearing my seams
I sit alone in this winter clarity which clouds my mind
Alone in the wind and the rain you left me
It's getting dark darling, too dark to see
And I'm on my knees, and your faith in shreds, it seems
 
Corrupted by the simple sniff of riches blown
I know you have felt much more love than you've shown
And I'm on my knees and the water creeps to my chest
 
But plant your hope with good seeds
Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds
Rain down, rain down on me
Look over your hills and be still
The sky above us shoots to kill
Rain down, rain down on me
 
But I will hold on
I will hold on hope
 
I begged you to hear me, there's more than flesh and bones
Let the dead bury the dead, they will come out in droves
But take the spade from my hands and fill in the holes you've made
 
But plant your hope with good seeds
Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds
Rain down, rain down on me
 
 
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| d  downstroke
| u  upstroke
 
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4 comments
This is good, but the song is actually played in Open D (D A D F# A D). You can clearly tell in this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yicazmZnhaI But as far as sound, this one is accurate, but much more difficult in my opinion. I just haven't figured out how to play the chorus yet in this tuning, but the verse is super easy.
Great tab man ****ing great thanks
really good thanks