Biography:
mewithoutYou is an American band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that formed in 2001. They are known for their warbling vocal style and introspective lyrics of lead vocalist Aaron Weiss, as well as their prominent bass riffs and atmospheric guitar.
The band was originally conceived as a side project. The Weiss brothers and Kleinberg were playing together in another band called The Operation (who released one album, 2001's There Is Hope for a Tree Cut Down
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- Brownish Spider
- Bullet To Binary
- Cardiff Giant
- Cattail Down
- Fiji Mermaid
- In A Sweater Poorly Knit
- Messes Of Men
- Nine Stories
- Orange Spider
- Paper Hanger
- The Angel Of Death To David's Room
- The Fox The Crow And The Cookie
- The King Beetle On A Coconut Estate
- Timothy Hay
- Yellow Spider
- Allah Allah Allah
- August 6Th
- Bears Vision Of St Agnes
- Bethlehem Wv
- Blue Hen
- Break On Through To The Other Side Pt Two
- Bullet To Binary Part 2
- Chapelcross Towns
- Cleos Ferry Cemetery
- Disaster Tourism
- Dorothy
- Elephant In The Dock
- Every Thought A Thought Of You
- Four Fires
- Goodbye I
- In A Sweater Poorely Knit
- In Bloom
- Julian The Onion
- Kristy W The Sparkling Teeth
- Lilac Queen
- Magic Lantern Days
- Mexican War Streets
- More Grist For The Malady Mill
- New Wine New Skins
- Pale Horses
- Rainbow Signs
- Son Of A Widow
- Spider Trilogy
- The Angel Of Death Came To Davids Room
- Watermelon Ascot
- Winter Solstice
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Elephant in the Dock
Ten Stories
meWithoutYou
Tabbed by Matt Giesmann
================================================================================
Notes:
-Tough vocal phrasing
-For playing acoustically, I fingerpick between the recording and a full strum
-For precise picking, which doesn't exactly follow these chords, see the 'tab' for this song
-In the chorus, slide is optional. I slide 3 half steps up to Dm instead of the octave slide
Verses Choruses
F#m A E... Bm A F#m Bm
|---2---/5---0---|---2---0---2---2-/-14---|
|---2---/5---0---|---3---2---2---3-/-15---|
|---2---/6---1---|---4---2---2---4-/-16---|
|---4---/7---2---|---4---2---4---4-/-16---|
|---4---/7---2---|---2---0---4---2-/-14---|
|---2---/5---0---|-----------2------------|
================================================================================
[Intro]
F#m A E F#m
F#m A E E
[Narrator:]
F#m A E F#m
Pillary stocks at the gallows tree dock
F#m A E E
the crowd grew impatient as the clouds threatened rain
F#m A E F#m
Elephant arrived at the Constable's side,
F#m A E E
with her trunk locked in shackles, and her ankles in chains
[Bailiff:]
F#m A E F#m
"All rise, all rise, his Honor presides,"
F#m A E E
the Judge took the bench to the village brass cavalcade,
F#m A E
Elephant refused to swear the oath, said
[Elephant:]
F#m F#m
"I don't know anything about truth,
A E
but I know falsehood when I see it,
E F#m A E F#m F#m A E E
and it looks like this whole world you've made"
F#m A E F#m
Good of our chaplain to sail Kalispell Bay
F#m A E E
And now down on his marrows for this old fool to pray,
F#m A E F#m
"Lord, for sixty-some years I've surrendered my love,
F#m A E E
to emblems of kindness, and not the kindness they were emblems of,
F#m A E F#m
Trammels and rings, with the strength of old strings,
F#m A E E
and some hobble skirt spring, by the old problem caught,
F#m A E F#m
Children, sometimes I think all our thoughts are just things,
F#m A E
and then sometimes think things are just thoughts,"
E
and the rabble rang
[Crowd:]
Bm A F#m Bm
"Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!
Bm A F#m Bm
Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!"
[Elephant:]
F#m A E F#m
"A thirteen coil knot for the samovar pot!
F#m A E E
Scottish Oatcakes in haversacks each to its grave
F#m A E F#m
This mock trial can no more determine my lot,
F#m A E
than can driftwood determine the ocean's waves,
E F#m A E F#m
Brandish your ropes and your boards, and your basket-hilt swords,
F#m A E E
but what is there can punish like a conscience ignored?
F#m A E
Yes, my body did just as you implied,
F#m F#m A E
while some ghost we'll call 'I' idly watched through its eyes,"
E
and the jury sang,
Bm A F#m Bm
"Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!
Bm A F#m Bm
Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!
Bm A F#m Bm
Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!
Bm A F#m Bm
Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!"
[Elephant:]
Bm F#m
I feel it stealing now
Bm F#m
I feel it stealing now
Bm F#m
I feel it stealing now
Bm
All adrift fathoms down
Ten Stories
meWithoutYou
Tabbed by Matt Giesmann
================================================================================
Notes:
-Tough vocal phrasing
-For playing acoustically, I fingerpick between the recording and a full strum
-For precise picking, which doesn't exactly follow these chords, see the 'tab' for this song
-In the chorus, slide is optional. I slide 3 half steps up to Dm instead of the octave slide
Verses Choruses
F#m A E... Bm A F#m Bm
|---2---/5---0---|---2---0---2---2-/-14---|
|---2---/5---0---|---3---2---2---3-/-15---|
|---2---/6---1---|---4---2---2---4-/-16---|
|---4---/7---2---|---4---2---4---4-/-16---|
|---4---/7---2---|---2---0---4---2-/-14---|
|---2---/5---0---|-----------2------------|
================================================================================
[Intro]
F#m A E F#m
F#m A E E
[Narrator:]
F#m A E F#m
Pillary stocks at the gallows tree dock
F#m A E E
the crowd grew impatient as the clouds threatened rain
F#m A E F#m
Elephant arrived at the Constable's side,
F#m A E E
with her trunk locked in shackles, and her ankles in chains
[Bailiff:]
F#m A E F#m
"All rise, all rise, his Honor presides,"
F#m A E E
the Judge took the bench to the village brass cavalcade,
F#m A E
Elephant refused to swear the oath, said
[Elephant:]
F#m F#m
"I don't know anything about truth,
A E
but I know falsehood when I see it,
E F#m A E F#m F#m A E E
and it looks like this whole world you've made"
F#m A E F#m
Good of our chaplain to sail Kalispell Bay
F#m A E E
And now down on his marrows for this old fool to pray,
F#m A E F#m
"Lord, for sixty-some years I've surrendered my love,
F#m A E E
to emblems of kindness, and not the kindness they were emblems of,
F#m A E F#m
Trammels and rings, with the strength of old strings,
F#m A E E
and some hobble skirt spring, by the old problem caught,
F#m A E F#m
Children, sometimes I think all our thoughts are just things,
F#m A E
and then sometimes think things are just thoughts,"
E
and the rabble rang
[Crowd:]
Bm A F#m Bm
"Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!
Bm A F#m Bm
Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!"
[Elephant:]
F#m A E F#m
"A thirteen coil knot for the samovar pot!
F#m A E E
Scottish Oatcakes in haversacks each to its grave
F#m A E F#m
This mock trial can no more determine my lot,
F#m A E
than can driftwood determine the ocean's waves,
E F#m A E F#m
Brandish your ropes and your boards, and your basket-hilt swords,
F#m A E E
but what is there can punish like a conscience ignored?
F#m A E
Yes, my body did just as you implied,
F#m F#m A E
while some ghost we'll call 'I' idly watched through its eyes,"
E
and the jury sang,
Bm A F#m Bm
"Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!
Bm A F#m Bm
Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!
Bm A F#m Bm
Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!
Bm A F#m Bm
Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!"
[Elephant:]
Bm F#m
I feel it stealing now
Bm F#m
I feel it stealing now
Bm F#m
I feel it stealing now
Bm
All adrift fathoms down
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