The Funeral – Band of Horses
Capo 3rd fret:
The Intro plays in the background throughout the whole song. If you are just playing by
yourself, you can just play during the parts in parentheses.
Intro:
e |------11-------6------------/-----3--------3----|
B |---13--13----8--8-----3-6-3-/---4---4----4---4--|
G |-13--------8--------3-------/-5--------5--------|
D |--------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
(I’m coming up only
to hold you under.
I’m coming up only
to show you wrong,
and to know you
is hard.
We wonder to know you all wrong,
we warn.
Ooooohh oooohh
Ooooohhhoohhhhooh)
Verse 2:
F C
Really too late to
G Am
Call, so we wait for
F C
Morning. To wake you
G Am
is all we got.
F C
To know me as
G Am
hardly golden
F C
is to know me all wrong,
G Am
(they warn.)*
G
And every occasion
C F
I’ll be ready for the funeral.
G
Every occasion once more
C F
it’s called the funeral.
G
Every occasion,
C F
Oh, I’m ready for the funeral
G
And every occasion,
C F
Oh, one billion day funeral.
(I’m coming up only
To show you down fled.
I’m coming up only
to show you wrong.)
F C
To the outside the dead leaves
G Am
lay on the lawn.
F C
For they don’t have
G Am
trees to hang upon.
F C G Am
Oooohhhohhhhhh
F C G Am
Oooooohooooooh
(*Play the last part of the intro, as a transition to the verse.)
G
And every occasion
C F
I’ll be ready for the funeral.
G
Every occasion once more
C F
it’s called the funeral.
G
Every occasion,
C F
oh, I’m ready for the funeral
G
And every occasion,
C F
oh, one billion day funeral
F C G Am x5