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Bone Of Song

Josh Ritter
Version1
90

Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------|
D----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|
A------------------3-------------------------------3-------------------|
E--3-------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
 Just where it know lies I can no longer say
 I found it on a cold and November day
 In the roots of a sycamore tree where it had hid so long
 In a box made out of myrtle lay the bone of song
 The bone of song was a jawbone old and bruised
 and worn out in the service of the muse
 and along its sides and teeth were written words
 I ran my palm along them and I heard
C
E----------------------------------------|
B------0--------3--------1--------1------|
G----0---0----2---2----0---0----0---0----|
D-----------0----------------------------|
A--------------------3--------3----------|
E--3-------------------------------------|
 Lucky  are you  who finds  me in the wilderness
   back
 main riff
 I am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest
 the words on the bone of song were close and small
 and though their tongues dead I found I knew them all
 in the hieroglyphs of quills and quatrain lines
 Osiris--the fall of Troy--Auld Land Syne
 Kathleen Mauvoreen--Magnificat--Your Cheatin' Heart
 the chords of a covenant king singing for the Ark
E----------------------------------------3---2-------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------3---1---0-------0-----|
G------0---2---0---2/4---4---2---0-------------------------------------|
D----0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--3---------------------------------3-----------------------3---------|
E------3---2--------------------------------------|
B--------------3---1---0--------1p0---1p0---------|
G----------------------------0------0-----0---0---|
D----0---0---0---0---0---0------------------------|
A--------------------------3----------------0-----|
E--3----------------------------------------------|
E------3---2---------------------------3---2-----------------|
B--------------3---1---0-------0---------------3---1---0-----|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E--3-----------------------3-------3-------------------------|
E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G------0---2---0-------0---2---0---| etc...
D----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A------------------3---------------|
E--3-------------------------------|
 then I saw on a white space that was left
 a blessing written older than the rest
 it said leave me here I care not for wealth of fame
 I'll remember your song--but I'll forget your name
 the words that I sang blew off like the leaves in the wind
 and perched like birds in the branches before landing on the bone again
 then the bone was quiet it said no more to me
 so I wrapped it in the ribbons of a sycamore tree
 and as night had come I turned around and headed home
 with a lightness in my step and a song in my bones
 lucky are you who finds me in the wilderness
 I am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest
E-----------------------------------------------0-----0-------|
B------------------------------------------0--3---3-----3-----|
G------0---0---4---2---0---2---4--2--0---0----------0-----0---|
D----0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E--3-----------------------------------3----------------------|
E--0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------3---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------0---2---0---0h2----4--2--0---------------------------|
D----0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----0--------------2---2----0------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------3----|
 There you go! This is a great song and it's way fun to play.
 please rate this tabe

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Readable chord sheet for Bone Of Song by Josh Ritter

E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------|
D----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|
A------------------3-------------------------------3-------------------|
E--3-------------------------------3-----------------------------------|

Just where it know lies I can no longer say
I found it on a cold and November day
In the roots of a sycamore tree where it had hid so long
In a box made out of myrtle lay the bone of song

The bone of song was a jawbone old and bruised
and worn out in the service of the muse
and along its sides and teeth were written words
I ran my palm along them and I heard

   [G]        [D]        [C]        [C]
E----------------------------------------|
B------0--------3--------1--------1------|
G----0---0----2---2----0---0----0---0----|
D-----------0----------------------------|
A--------------------3--------3----------|
E--3-------------------------------------|

L[G]ucky are y[D]ou who f[C]inds me in the [C]wilderness   [G]     [D]       [C]         [C]
 [C]            [G]         [D]             [C]        back
main riff
I am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest

the words on the bone of song were close and small
and though their tongues dead I found I knew them all
in the hieroglyphs of quills and quatrain lines
Osiris--the fall of Troy--Auld Land Syne

Kathleen Mauvoreen--Magnificat--Your Cheatin' Heart
the chords of a covenant king singing for the Ark

E----------------------------------------3---2-------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------3---1---0-------0-----|
G------0---2---0---2/4---4---2---0-------------------------------------|
D----0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--3---------------------------------3-----------------------3---------|

E------3---2--------------------------------------|
B--------------3---1---0--------1p0---1p0---------|
G----------------------------0------0-----0---0---|
D----0---0---0---0---0---0------------------------|
A--------------------------3----------------0-----|
E--3----------------------------------------------|

E------3---2---------------------------3---2-----------------|
B--------------3---1---0-------0---------------3---1---0-----|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E--3-----------------------3-------3-------------------------|

E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G------0---2---0-------0---2---0---|   etc...
D----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A------------------3---------------|
E--3-------------------------------|

then I saw on a white space that was left
a blessing written older than the rest
it said leave me here I care not for wealth of fame
I'll remember your song--but I'll forget your name

the words that I sang blew off like the leaves in the wind
and perched like birds in the branches before landing on the bone again

then the bone was quiet it said no more to me
so I wrapped it in the ribbons of a sycamore tree
and as night had come I turned around and headed home
with a lightness in my step and a song in my bones

lucky are you who finds me in the wilderness
I am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest

[Ending]

E-----------------------------------------------0-----0-------|
B------------------------------------------0--3---3-----3-----|
G------0---0---4---2---0---2---4--2--0---0----------0-----0---|
D----0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E--3-----------------------------------3----------------------|

E--0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------3---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------0---2---0---0h2----4--2--0---------------------------|
D----0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----0--------------2---2----0------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------3----|

There you go! This is a great song and it's way fun to play.
please rate this tabe

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