Artist: Admiral Fallow
Song: These Barren Years
Album: Boots Met My Face
Tabbed by Stud_Muffin
Capo 2
Key: E major
EADGBe tuning
Introduction
Lead/Melody (not relative to capo/actual frets you play it on)
E|12-11-12--------|-------------------|
B|------------12--|-14--10--12--9-----|
G|----------------|-------------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|
Harmony Line (played by flute, not relative to the capo again)
E|16-14-16-12-----|-14--11--12--9-----|
B|----------------|-------------------|
G|----------------|-------------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|
Verse 1
D G
Pepper your paper with spelling mistakes
D G
Befriend the popular and piss-rip the geeks
A G
Catwalk your blue shoes for attention's sake
A G
Sniff up the glue pots and put on the shakes
Introduction x2
Verse 2
D G
Line up the punch lines till the class cracks up
D G
You keep your head low, till the pressure's stopped
A G
Pull all the stops out for future 'Wife of the Month'
A G
Promise to hold her through blindness and health (and we’ll sing)
Chorus
D
Grow old with me (we'll share the pitfalls)
G
We'll fill the sea (answer the cat calls)
D
We'll watch the world (fall from the inside)
G
We'll watch the world (fall from the inside)
Introduction x2
Flute Solo
Bridge
D G
How long will this last?
D G
How long will this last?
D G
How long will this last; these, the barren years?
A G
Promise to hold her through these barren years
(NC)
Grow old with me (we'll share the pitfalls)
G
We'll fill the sea (answer the cat calls)
D
We'll watch the world (fall from the inside)
G
We'll watch the world (fall from the inside)
D
Grow old with me (we'll share the pitfalls)
G
We'll fill the sea (answer the cat calls)
D
We'll watch the world (fall from the inside)
G
We'll watch the world (fall from the inside)
D
Grow old with me (we'll share the pitfalls)
G
We'll fill the sea (answer the cat calls)
D
We'll watch the world (fall from the inside)
G
We'll watch the world (fall from the inside)