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The New Pornographers are a Canadian indie rock group formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their sound is influenced by that of such power pop bands as The Cars and Cheap Trick, but they use much more sophisticated rhythms and chord changes. Although it was widely reported that the New Pornographers got their name from a pamphlet put out by televangelist Jimmy Swaggart condemning rock ‘n’ roll as “the new pornography,” Carl Newman
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Artist: The New Pornographers
Album: Twin Cinema
Song: These are the Fables
tabber: John Baer ([email protected])
Intro: E F#m D C x2
Verse 1:
E F#m D C E F#m D C
In coral and gray, in submarine chambers, one day, it swam for the light
E F#m D C Bm E
To those that live, the cities that float there, cities and circles drawn
D Bm D E (E G D)-hold
Perfect, complete, holding the secrets on my street, my street, my street
Verse 2:
E F#m D C E F#m D
So come in and play, the song of the siren, its commonplace, you hear the
C E F#m D C Bm E
Voice rise, in one wave, and crash on your doorstep, making the circle here
D Bm D E A D A D
Perfect, complete, these are the fables on my street
Bridge (play each chord once):
D C#m F#m D A
Ten thousand dancing girls kicking cans cross the sky, no reason why
D C#m F#m D A
Why ask prepare yourself for the call of the wild, you found this child
D E
So raise him
Verse 3:
E F#m D C E F#m
And wind your way back, come back to the river, the currents be by, in
D C E F#m D C Bm
Hope and then fear, hammer comes down so hard on the evening, packing
E D Bm D E (E
The dawn of your days on repeat, these are the fables on my street
G D)-hold
My street, my street
Verse 4:
E F#m D C E F#m
Heaven shown hell, and down from its pockets, and ringing your bell it
D C E F#m D C
Fell through your hands; hang at your feet, the doors that won't open
Bm E D Bm D E
Mocking the journey of our friend, complete, these are the fables on
Chorus/ outro
Am D G C C Bm C D Am D G C C Bm C D
My street, my street
Am D G C C Bm C D
(My street, my street Layla don't worry, you're not alone) x2
end on G
-Cheers and buy Twin Cinema!!! (John Baer)
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Artist: The New Pornographers
Album: Twin Cinema
Song: These are the Fables
tabber: John Baer ([email protected])
Intro: E F#m D C x2
Verse 1:
E F#m D C E F#m D C
In coral and gray, in submarine chambers, one day, it swam for the light
E F#m D C Bm E
To those that live, the cities that float there, cities and circles drawn
D Bm D E (E G D)-hold
Perfect, complete, holding the secrets on my street, my street, my street
Verse 2:
E F#m D C E F#m D
So come in and play, the song of the siren, its commonplace, you hear the
C E F#m D C Bm E
Voice rise, in one wave, and crash on your doorstep, making the circle here
D Bm D E A D A D
Perfect, complete, these are the fables on my street
Bridge (play each chord once):
D C#m F#m D A
Ten thousand dancing girls kicking cans cross the sky, no reason why
D C#m F#m D A
Why ask prepare yourself for the call of the wild, you found this child
D E
So raise him
Verse 3:
E F#m D C E F#m
And wind your way back, come back to the river, the currents be by, in
D C E F#m D C Bm
Hope and then fear, hammer comes down so hard on the evening, packing
E D Bm D E (E
The dawn of your days on repeat, these are the fables on my street
G D)-hold
My street, my street
Verse 4:
E F#m D C E F#m
Heaven shown hell, and down from its pockets, and ringing your bell it
D C E F#m D C
Fell through your hands; hang at your feet, the doors that won't open
Bm E D Bm D E
Mocking the journey of our friend, complete, these are the fables on
Chorus/ outro
Am D G C C Bm C D Am D G C C Bm C D
My street, my street
Am D G C C Bm C D
(My street, my street Layla don't worry, you're not alone) x2
end on G
-Cheers and buy Twin Cinema!!! (John Baer)
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