Artist: Martha Tilston
Song: Artificial (of Milkmaids and Architects)
Album: 'Til I reach the sea
Tabbed by: DJ
27th Aug 2014
CAPO: 4th fret (Sounds in the key of E)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
C = x32010 Am = x02210 G = 320003 Em = 022000
The hammer-on notes in the intro are also used in the verses,
and on the Am's in the second half of the choruses too.
Video of Martha playing this song at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q02tAciikm4
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[Intro x2]
C Am
e |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |--1--1------------1--1-----------|--1--------1------------------|
G |--0--0--------0---0--0--------0--|--0---h2---0---h2---2---------|
D |--------0--h2-----------0--h2----|------h2-------h2------2------|
A |--3--3------------3--3-----------|--0--------0------------------|
E |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
G Am
e |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |---0-----0-----------------------|--1--------1------------------|
G |---0--0--------------------0-----|--0---h2---0---h2---2---------|
D |--------------------0--h2-----0--|------h2-------h2------2------|
A |--------------0--h2--------------|--0--------0------------------|
E |---3-------3---------------------|------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
C
I turn awake, I'm just sleep rising,
Am
I put on my clothes, sleep gliding,
G Am
Onto the bus, sleep riding to work again, to work again!
C
I swipe-in the door, sleep lifting,
Am
Up to my floor, sleep drifting,
G Am
A number twenty-four, white coffee with a sweetener, a sweetener!
[Chorus]
C G Em Am
This artificial ...me, I'd like to show you what I really could be,
C G
I'd like to run across the office tables,
Am G Am G
Singing, "No, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
Am G Am G
No, no, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
Am G C
And I'll ...keep a -running 'til I reach the sea------!"
[Bridge]
C Am G Am
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[Verse 2]
C
I switch on my machine, sleep typing,
Am
I answer the phone, sleep hyping,
G Am
Am I alone? I don't really know what I'm selling, I'm selling!
C
And the boss wants a word, I've been daydreaming,
Am
The boss wants a word, clockwatching,
G Am
I wish I was a bird, I'd fly right out of the window, the window!
[Chorus]
C G Em Am
This artificial ...me, I'd like to show you what I really could be,
C G
I'd like to run across the office tables,
Am G Am G
Singing, "No, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
Am G Am G
No, no, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
Am G C
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea------!"
[Verse 3]
C Am G Am
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C Am G Am
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
C
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 4]
C
But I turn awake, I'm just sleep rising,
Am
I put on my clothes, sleep gliding,
G Am
Onto the bus, sleep riding to work---- again!
C
I swipe-in the door, sleep lifting,
Am
Up to my floor, sleep drifting,
G Am
A number twenty-four, white coffee with a sweetener, a sweetener!
[Chorus]
C G Em Am
This artificial ...me, one day I'll show you what I really can be,
C G
And I'll run across the office tables,
Am G Am G
Singing, "No, you didn't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
Am G Am G
No, no, you won't have me, and not your company ...policy,
Am G
A little more hu--- ...manity, please,
Am G
And not the company ...policy,
Am G
A little more hu--- ...manity!
[Coda]
Am G
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
Am G
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
Am G
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
Am G
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
Am G C
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea--------!
C Am G Am
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C Am Am
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