She Stayed As Steam by Kevin Devine, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

She Stayed As Steam

Biography:

Kevin Devine is an American songwriter and musician from Brooklyn, New York, who is known for alternately introspective and political lyrics and melodic acoustic guitar tunes. He cites his influences as Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Guns N' Roses, Brother Paramo and Nirvana, among others. He grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island, and has spent significant time in Manhattan and Queens as well. Devine graduated Fordham University at Lincoln Center in 2001, majoring in journalism.

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This song is in standard tuning in the demo, and tuned a half step down when
played live. (pretty accurate, definitely not perfect)

(All the chords in this section are palm muted power chords)

F C
all that music in your mouth
G Am
rivers rushing at your teeth
Bb F
cresting waves through wading valleys
Bb F
flooded language tributaries
Bb F C/G
connect and cover over me
F C
tensing jaw & cork screw eyelids
G Am
as if you couldn't bare to see
Bb F
all that water pouring from you
Bb F
collecting clouds inside the ballroom
Bb F C/G Bb
over people who don't know you

but darling i do

On 'do', begin this riff:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----2-0-2---2---2------0-2---2---2-----0-2---2---2--------3-3333333--|
|----3----------------3-------3---3---3---------------3--3-3-3333333--|
|--11-1-1-111-111-1/55-5-5-555-533-011-1-1-111-111-155-5555--1111111--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

(Return to palm-muted power chords)
F C
you trance yourself back towards the city
G Am
blood not moving to your feet
Bb F
your foot falls tentative and muffled
Bb F
automatic listless shuffle
Bb F C/G
your sidewalk scatter brain, cry uncle
F C
you paint yourself back in your corner
G Am
and look for her on your t.v.
Bb F
it's friday night and i am hungry
Bb F
for a hand, a mouth, a body
Bb F C/G Bb
a love i wouldn't have to carry

(For the next section, either play the riff or the chords below)

..Mouth ..now ..canal ..town
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----2-0-2---2---2------0-2---2---2-----0-2---2---2--------3-3333333--|
|----3----------------3-------3---3---3---------------3--3-3-3333333--|
|--11-1-1-111-111-1/55-5-5-555-533-011-1-1-111-111-155-5555--1111111--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

F/Bb
a stitch in my mouth
Dm
and i'm untying now
F/Bb
a concrete canal
Dm G A
in a bomb border town

(return to palm muted power chords again)

Bb Am
an echo in the rafters
Dm G
reminding you there was a sound
(D)|-7-----5---3-| Dm
but you killed her in waves
C F C
she stayed a steam to hiss at you now

(Stop palm muting here)
G Gadd9 Am Bb F Am Bb F Am Bb F C/G C7
|-33335555555555556666-----111110001111----111110001111111100000000-|
|-33333333555555556666-----111111113333----111111113333111111111111-|
|-44444444555555557777-----222222223333----222222223333222200003333-|
|-555533337777777788888----333332223333----333332223333333322222222-|
|-5555555577777777888883---33333000111110--333330001111333333333333-|
|-333333335555555566666--3-11111---------3111111-------11113333-----|

Bb F
he killed her in waves
Am Dm
but that's not today

(back to palm muting again)

Dm
so you breathe through your mouth
Bb
try to calm yourself down
F
and keep what you found
A
and shout it out loud

(And stop palm muting again)

Dm
she can hover and hurt
Bb
or dissolve to dirt
F A
some prayer in you mouth
G
and she might stay a steam
C
so get to the beams
F A
let you figure her out

G, Dm, Bb, F, Bb, F, Bb, C/G, C7, F