Biography:
The Barr Brothers is a Canadian folk quartet founded in Montreal, Quebec, consisting of Andrew and Brad Barr (of The Slip), Sarah Page and Andres Vial. Their first (and eponymous-titled) album was released in 2011.
Best known as founding members of the spirited and unpredictable rock trio The Slip, brothers Andrew and Brad Barr had spent most of the 90s criss-crossing North America. In the spring of 2004, the band was playing a small club in Montreal, QC when a fire broke out in the venue.
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Before I get started I want to give credit where credit is due. This tablature was figured out by Big Bob
over on the SlipLive forums. I'm just putting it together with the lyrics to make it a little easier to
follow. His original post can be seen here (http://www.area216.net/sliplive/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3529). This
is based on this video of Brad Barr playing this song solo (http://vimeo.com/76729726). Enjoy.
Capo II
Tuning EADGBbE (second string a half step down)
chords used:
Gm: 3x000x or 3x0003
Gm/F: 1x000x
Gm/E: 0x000x
D6/Gb:2x020x
Cm7: x3100x or x31003
Eb: x6500x
Gm/D: x5500x
Eb/Bb:x1100x
Eb/A "x0100x
C7: x3200x or x32003 or x32000
Em: xx2013
These chords are used during the instrumental:
D7: xx0222
D7b9(no3): xx0555
Ab/D: xx0898
Gm*: xx0006 or xx0796
D7/A(no3): 5x054x
Gm/Bb:x1000x
Intro: (Gm Gm/F Gm/E D6/Gb) x 2
Gm Gm/F
I tuned the devils harp
Gm/E D6/Gb
It was the last thing that I heard
Gm Gm/F
Before I walked the stretch of road
Gm/E D6/Gb
between Nagoya and absurd
Cm7
I meant to find my lover there
Gm Gm/F Gm/E
But I found a little bird
Eb Gm/D Cm7 Eb/Bb
She sang me how the world was made
Eb/A D6/Gb Gm
I hung on every word
Gm Gm/F
She told me why the rabbit cries
Gm/E D6/Gb
and why some stars were red
Gm Gm/F
She told me where the doper goes
Gm/E D6/Gb
to lay his weary head
Cm7
And that the world was incomplete
Gm Gm/F Gm/E
And the king would soon be dead
Eb Gm/D Cm7 Eb/Bb
She offered me her wing that night
Eb/A D6/Gb Gm
I took the road instead
Gm (3x0003)
C7 Gm
Maybe im back, baby
C7 Gm
Maybe im falling from the poplar tree
C7 Em C7 Gm
Carry me back, baby
Gm Gm/F
With borrowed pride I could not hide
Gm/E D6/Gb
I grew a sailors beard
Gm Gm/F
And as I walked to my innocence
Gm/E D6/Gb
My leaves disappeared
Cm7
Rented a room upon the hill
Gm Gm/F Gm/E
Where a marble cat appeared
Eb Gm/D Cm7 Eb/Bb
Showed me where the fire was
Eb/A D6/Gb Gm
And I had nothing to fear
Gm Gm/F
For all gods good and brotherhood
Gm/E D6/Gb
We drank til I was crowned
Gm Gm/F
Then a lady from the Everglades
Gm/E D6/Gb
pulled my ass up off the ground
Cm7
She kissed me four times on the cheek
Gm Gm/F Gm/E
And once upon the brow
Eb Gm/D Cm7 Eb/Bb
For a moment I believed that I
Eb/A D6/Gb Gm
had come for what I found
Instrumental:
|Gm |D7 |D7b9(no3)|Gm |
|Ab/D |Gm* |D7b9(no3)| |
|Gm |D6/Gb |D7/A(no3)|Gm |
|Cm7 |Gm/Bb |Eb/A D6/Gb|Gm |
|Gm* | |D6/Gb D7/A|Gm |
|Cm7 |Gm/Bb |Eb/A D6/Gb|Gm |
Gm Gm/F
Now I sit alone
Gm/E D6/Gb
with all the cracks in my guitar
Gm Gm/F
For all the miles Ive put behind
Gm/E D6/Gb
I havent come that far
Cm7
But we are all compelled to look
Gm Gm/F Gm/E
For the wind inside a jar
Gm (3x0003)
C7 Gm
Maybe im back, baby
C7 Gm
Maybe im falling from the poplar tree
C7 Em C7 Gm
Carry me back, baby
over on the SlipLive forums. I'm just putting it together with the lyrics to make it a little easier to
follow. His original post can be seen here (http://www.area216.net/sliplive/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3529). This
is based on this video of Brad Barr playing this song solo (http://vimeo.com/76729726). Enjoy.
Capo II
Tuning EADGBbE (second string a half step down)
chords used:
Gm: 3x000x or 3x0003
Gm/F: 1x000x
Gm/E: 0x000x
D6/Gb:2x020x
Cm7: x3100x or x31003
Eb: x6500x
Gm/D: x5500x
Eb/Bb:x1100x
Eb/A "x0100x
C7: x3200x or x32003 or x32000
Em: xx2013
These chords are used during the instrumental:
D7: xx0222
D7b9(no3): xx0555
Ab/D: xx0898
Gm*: xx0006 or xx0796
D7/A(no3): 5x054x
Gm/Bb:x1000x
Intro: (Gm Gm/F Gm/E D6/Gb) x 2
Gm Gm/F
I tuned the devils harp
Gm/E D6/Gb
It was the last thing that I heard
Gm Gm/F
Before I walked the stretch of road
Gm/E D6/Gb
between Nagoya and absurd
Cm7
I meant to find my lover there
Gm Gm/F Gm/E
But I found a little bird
Eb Gm/D Cm7 Eb/Bb
She sang me how the world was made
Eb/A D6/Gb Gm
I hung on every word
Gm Gm/F
She told me why the rabbit cries
Gm/E D6/Gb
and why some stars were red
Gm Gm/F
She told me where the doper goes
Gm/E D6/Gb
to lay his weary head
Cm7
And that the world was incomplete
Gm Gm/F Gm/E
And the king would soon be dead
Eb Gm/D Cm7 Eb/Bb
She offered me her wing that night
Eb/A D6/Gb Gm
I took the road instead
Gm (3x0003)
C7 Gm
Maybe im back, baby
C7 Gm
Maybe im falling from the poplar tree
C7 Em C7 Gm
Carry me back, baby
Gm Gm/F
With borrowed pride I could not hide
Gm/E D6/Gb
I grew a sailors beard
Gm Gm/F
And as I walked to my innocence
Gm/E D6/Gb
My leaves disappeared
Cm7
Rented a room upon the hill
Gm Gm/F Gm/E
Where a marble cat appeared
Eb Gm/D Cm7 Eb/Bb
Showed me where the fire was
Eb/A D6/Gb Gm
And I had nothing to fear
Gm Gm/F
For all gods good and brotherhood
Gm/E D6/Gb
We drank til I was crowned
Gm Gm/F
Then a lady from the Everglades
Gm/E D6/Gb
pulled my ass up off the ground
Cm7
She kissed me four times on the cheek
Gm Gm/F Gm/E
And once upon the brow
Eb Gm/D Cm7 Eb/Bb
For a moment I believed that I
Eb/A D6/Gb Gm
had come for what I found
Instrumental:
|Gm |D7 |D7b9(no3)|Gm |
|Ab/D |Gm* |D7b9(no3)| |
|Gm |D6/Gb |D7/A(no3)|Gm |
|Cm7 |Gm/Bb |Eb/A D6/Gb|Gm |
|Gm* | |D6/Gb D7/A|Gm |
|Cm7 |Gm/Bb |Eb/A D6/Gb|Gm |
Gm Gm/F
Now I sit alone
Gm/E D6/Gb
with all the cracks in my guitar
Gm Gm/F
For all the miles Ive put behind
Gm/E D6/Gb
I havent come that far
Cm7
But we are all compelled to look
Gm Gm/F Gm/E
For the wind inside a jar
Gm (3x0003)
C7 Gm
Maybe im back, baby
C7 Gm
Maybe im falling from the poplar tree
C7 Em C7 Gm
Carry me back, baby
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