Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 00:50:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Edmond Hum <ehum@inforamp.net>
Subject: TAB: "Marriage Tree" by Throwing Muses

marriage tree

by kristin hersh
from 'house tornado'
performed by throwing muses
transcribed by edmond hum (ehum@inforamp.net) - .oct.29.95.

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<define that tricky fingerpicking part in the beginning...>


     [ Intro: A ]
     (first part)              (second part)
 e-------------------------|---------------------|
 b-------------------------|---------------------|
 g-----------0-------------|---------------------|
 d-----3---3---3-0h3---3---|---------------------|
 a---3---0-----------3-----|---2---2h3---2h3-----|
 e-------------------------|-----0-----0-----0---|


     [ Intro: B ]
 e-------------------------|---------------------|
 b-------------------------|---------------------|
 g-----------0-------------|---------------------|
 d-----3---3---3-0h3---3---|-------2---------2---|
 a---3---0-----------3-----|---2-------2-2-------|
 e-------------------------|-----0---------0-----|


   [fret position #3 ]    [fret position #5 ]
 e---------------------|-------------------------|
 b---------------------|-------------------------|
 g-------0---------0---|-------0------0----------| :) ..see the chord pattern?
 d-----3---------2-----|-----5------4------------|
 a---3---------3-------|---5------5--------------| :) ..easy huh?
 e---------------------|-------------------------|


   [fret position #10 ]   [fret position #8 ]
 e---------------------|-------------------------|
 b---------------------|-------------------------|
 g---------0-------0---|-------0------0----------| :) ..see the chord pattern?
 d------10-------9-----|-----8------7------------|
 a---10-------10-------|---8------8--------------| :) ..easy huh?
 e---------------------|-------------------------|


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<pattern break-down - for you 'picky' types>
<the numbers represent the fret position for the chord pattern>

.intro:  A
.intro:  B

.fret:   3 - 5 - 3 - 5
.fret:  10 - 8 - 10 - 8
.fret:   5 - 3 - 5 - 3 - 5 - 3

.intro:  A
.intro:  B

.fret:   3 - 5 - 3 - 5
.fret:  10 - 8 - 5 - 3
.fret:  10 - 8 - 5 - 3
.fret:  10 - 8 - 5 - 3
.fret:  10 - 8 - 5 - 3

.intro: A  -> (first part)

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---start---

<...fingerpicking guitar part defined above...>

like an old man in a dress
treat me like a twelve year old man
no more hearts

don't know what twenty is
don't know where the tree stands
only follow these hands

<...start strumming...>

--------
Em
F Em
F Em
F - G Em
--------

Em
at midnight i reach for the blind
            A              <open>    B D Em
toward your head but don't touch it

i'll wish i had but when i'm dead
   A          <open>        B    D      Em
at midnight i hit your song - it sings again

don't know what age is

don't know where the tree stands
A        <open>       B     D Em     
  i only follow these hands

--------
F Em
F Em
F - G Em
--------

Em
i couldn't make you crazy if i tried
           A        <open>          B     D   Em     
we've been swinging around the tree - for how long now?
maybe she wants to be cared for
stay home a month here a month there
maybe take to their open roads
maybe take to their open roads
maybe take to their open roads

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A <open> B D Em
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at the marriage tree
at the marriage tree
at the marriage tree

---end---