This is an excellent song from the Manics new album send away the tigers. I would like
dedicate this tab to Emyr Jones who introduced me to the song...
Standard tuning: EADGBe
Open chords for acousitc guitar
BM x24432
A x02220
E 022100
G 320033
D xx0232
EM 022000
Intro: BM A E G Pick the bass note and bottom 3 strings for intro x 2
Verse 1
D A
if god persists, persists in saying yes
E G
i guess we'll have, we'll have to test ourselves
D A
maybe the summer, will come and clear our minds
E G
and find the impulse, to love the sunshine
Bridge
EM D G
i guess we'll have to test,
BM EM G
until there's nothing left
EM D G
we said the truth was fixed,
BM EM G
it's lost without a trace
Chorus
BM
this crime is eternity
A
when time lost its certainty
E G
the indian summer
(The verses, bridge, and chorus chord pattern stays the same)
Verse 2
D A
maybe this time we'll kiss and we'll not shake hands
E G
indian summer, still hurt and broken
D A
and leave all this material belief
E G
remember the reasons the reasons that made us be
Bridge 2
EM D G
i guess we'll have to test,
BM EM G
until there's nothing left
EM D G
we said the truth was fixed,
BM EM G
it's lost without a trace
Chorus 2
BM
this crime is eternity
A
when time lost its certainty
E G
the indian summer
Bridge 3
EM D G
i guess we'll have to test,
BM EM G
until there's nothing left
EM D G
we said the truth was fixed,
BM EM G
it's lost without a trace
Chorus 3
BM
this crime is eternity
A
when time lost its certainty
E G
the indian summer
BM A E G
the indian summer (x3)