Bottomland - Wrinkle Neck Mules
Track 7 - The Wicks Have Met (2007)
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Standard tuning
I've used the B chord in the tab as a timing placeholder - it's really a grace note that
transitions between chords, and follows the bass line. Don't play the whole chord, just the
root B note, and maybe the open D string, like this (first line of intro):
C B Am G Am
e|--0--------2-----|
B|--1-----1--2--1--|
G|--0-----2--0--2--|
D|--2--0--2--0--2--|
A|--3--2-----2-----|
E|-----------3-----|
[Intro]
C B Am G Am
C B Am G Am
Am B C C B Am
Am B G C B Am
Am B C C B Am
Am B G
C B Am
F Dm F
C B Am
C B Am G Am
[Verse]
Am B C Am
I toasted you when we first met
Am B G C B Am
The name I gave you, now I forget
F Dm
But you told me the things I needed to know
F C B Am
You’d never seen the ocean and you had no rings to show
[Chorus]
Dm F G F G F
Swallow me now, bottomland
C G Am
Swallow me right now, bottomland
[Instrumental]
C B Am G Am
C B Am G Am
Am B C C B Am
Am B G C B Am
[Verse]
Am B C Am
We left a green Virginia in my car
Am B G C B Am
You said, “how far we going?”, and I said, “not far”
F Dm
I pointed out the landmarks along the way
F C B Am
Battlefields and places that dead men lay
[Chorus]
Dm F G F G F
Swallow me now, bottomland
C G Am
Swallow me right now, bottomland
[Instrumental]
C B Am G Am
C B Am G Am
Am B C C B Am
Am B G C B Am
[Bridge]
Am C
The things I once dreamed now I know
Am G C B Am
The facts as reported, I don’t remember them so
F Dm
But the truth sleeps out here amongst the waves
F C B Am
While the gulls scream and forage above our sandy graves
[Chorus]
Dm F G F G F
Swallow me now, bottomland
C G Am
Swallow me right now, bottomland
Dm F G F G F
Swallow me now, bottomland
C G Am
Swallow me right now, bottomland