This Old Dark Machine
James Vincent McmorrowVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
0-0-2-2-1-0
0-0-2-0-1-0
0-2-2-0-0-0
0-0-0-2-3-2
3-3-2-0-1-0
3-2-0-0-1-0
Fill
e|--------|
B|-1------|
G|-0--00--|
D|-0--00--|
A|-0--00--|
E|-0h333--|
Fill
Spring it came upon us, every insect filled the air
Fill
Dropped their wings upon my brother, cast their shadows on his hair
If we follow where they're leading, We will surely come before
some unseen and wondrous magic, made of visions to explore
Near the town where we were living, was an old abandoned farm
Every year we'd plant an orchid, in the shelter of it's arm
To protect us from the madness, of the future still to come
It will be like this forever, I will keep you safe from harm
Fill
Then they caught us in the summer, dressed in fathers finest clothes
Fill
You the hat he wore to market, I the jacket filled with holes
I've been searching all these hours, for a hand as pale as bone
That would keep the strongest sunlight, and reflect the brightest stone
Near the town where we were living, was a warm and fragrant smell
Of the orchid we had planted, now a forest tall and well
What a statue to our greatness, what a story all will tell
They'll remember us forever, they'll remember where we fell
Fill
This old dark machine, it shakes and it shudders
Pulls to the left, then dies near the gutter
But still in the road, the traffic is silent
The people they stare, and then they turn violent
If they should touch, the hem of your dress
I would rise like a lion, strike out again
The faithful they wait, the faithful they wait
By the sign
Near the town where we were living, came a loud and joyous sound
As the earth and all her beauty, picked us up from off the ground
Carried far across the mountain, to a kingdom never bound
We will live like this forever, I will love you, I will love you
Bridge x 2
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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Readable chord sheet for This Old Dark Machine by James Vincent Mcmorrow
[E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E] [Am] 0-0-2-2-1-0 [Am7] 0-0-2-0-1-0 [Em] 0-2-2-0-0-0 [D] 0-0-0-2-3-2 [C] 3-3-2-0-1-0 [G/C] 3-2-0-0-1-0 Fill e|--------| B|-1------| G|-0--00--| D|-0--00--| A|-0--00--| E|-0h333--| [Am] Fill [Am]Spring it came upon us, [Em]every insect filled the air [D] [Am] Fill Dropped their wings upon my brother, cast their shadows on his hair [Am]If we follow where they're leading, [Em]We will surely come before [D]some unseen and wondrous magic, [Am]made of visions to explor[Am7]e [D]Near the town where we were living, [Am]was an old abandoned far[Am7]m [D]Every year we'd plant an orchid, [Am]in the shelter of it's arm[Am7] [D]To protect us from the madness, [Am]of the future still to co[Am7]me [Em]It will be like this forever, [C]I will keep you safe from har[D]m [Am] [Em] [D] [Am] Fill [Am]Then they caught us in the summer, [Em]dressed in fathers finest clothes [D] [Am] Fill You the hat he wore to market, I the jacket filled with holes [Am]I've been searching all these hours, [Em]for a hand as pale as bone [D]That would keep the strongest sunlight, [Am]and reflect the brightest ston[Am7]e [D]Near the town where we were living, [Am]was a warm and fragrant smell[Am7] [D]Of the orchid we had planted, [Am]now a forest tall and wel[Am7]l [D]What a statue to our greatness, [Am]what a story all will tel[Am7]l [Em]They'll remember us forever, [C]they'll remember where we fe[D]ll [Am] [Em] [D] [Am] Fill [Am]This old dark machine, it shakes and it shudders [G/C]Pulls to the left, then dies near the gutter [D]But still in the road, the traffic is silent [Am]The people they stare, and then they turn violent [C]If they should touch, the hem of your dress [Am]I would rise like a lion, strike out again [C]The faithful they wait, the faithful they wait [G/C]By the sign [D]Near the town where we were living, [Am]came a loud and joyous soun[Am7]d [D]As the earth and all her beauty, [Am]picked us up from off the groun[Am7]d [D]Carried far across the mountain, [Am]to a kingdom never boun[Am7]d [Em]We will live like this forever, [C]I will love you, [D]I will love you Bridge x 2 [Am] [Em] [D] [Am] | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend