Blood
The Middle EastVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
(Main Riff x2)
Older brother, restless soul, lie down.
Lie for a while with your ear against the earth.
You can hear your sister sleep talking,
Say youre hair is long but not long enough to reach
Home to me, But your beard, Someday might be.
And shell wake up in a cold sweat on the floor
Next to a family portrait drawn when you were four
And beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more
Shell lay it aside
(Main Riff x2)
Older father, weary soul, youll drive
Back to the home you made on the mountainside
With that ugly, terrible thing
Those papers for divorce
And a lonely ring,
A lonely ring
Sit on your porch
And pluck your strings
Oh, and youll find somebody you can blame
And youll follow the creek that runs out into the sea
And youll find the peace of the Lord.
(Main Riff x2)
(Main riff)
Grandfather, weary soul, youll fly
Over your life once more before you die
Since our grandma passed away
Youve waited for forever and a day
(Strum)
Just to die,
And someday soon
You will die
(Strum bass note then rest of chord)
It was the only woman you ever loved
That got burnt by the sun too often when she was young
G
And the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood
Em7 Cadd9 G-------
And theres nothing you can do about it now
(Same as verse - strumming)
x4
x2 (same as chorus)
x3 (One strum)
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Readable chord sheet for Blood by The Middle East
(Main Riff x2)
[C]Older bro[G/C]ther, rest[Am]less soul, [Em]lie dow[C]n.
[C]Lie for a [G/C]while with yo[Am]ur ear [Em]against [C]the earth.
[C]You can [G/C]hear your [Am]sister [Em]sleep [C]talking,
Say youre hair is [G/C]long but n[Am]ot long [Em]enough to r[C]each
[C] Home to me, [G] But your beard,[C] Someday might be. [G]
And shell wake up [Em7]in a cold swe[Cadd9]at on the floo[G]r
Next to a [Em7]family portrait [Cadd9]drawn when you were [G]four
And [Em7]beside a jar of [Cadd9]two cent coins that are [G]no good no more [Em7]
[Cadd9]Shell lay it [G]aside
(Main Riff x2)
[C] Older [G/C]father, w[Am]eary sou[Em]l, youl[C]l drive
Back to the h[G/C]ome you m[Am]ade on th[Em]e mou[C]ntainside
With that[G/C] ugly,[Am] terri[Em]ble th[C]ing
Those papers [G/C]for di[Am]vorce
And a [Em]lonely r[C]ing,
A lonely ring [G]
Sit on your porch [C]
And pluck your strings [G]
Oh, and youll [Em7]find som[Cadd9]ebody you can [G]blame
And youll [Em7]follow the creek that[Cadd9] runs out into the[G] sea
[Em7] And youll [Cadd9]find the peace of the[G] Lord.
(Main Riff x2)
(Main riff)
[C] Grandf[G/C]ather, w[Am]eary so[Em]ul, you[C]ll fly
Over yo[G/C]ur life on[Am]ce mor[Em]e before [C]you die
Since our [G/C]grandma [Am]passed away[Em]
Y[C]ouve [G/C]waited for [Am]forever [Em]and a da[C]y
(Strum)
Just to die, [G]
And someday soon [C]
You will die [G]
(Strum bass note then rest of chord)
[Em7]It was the only [Cadd9]woman you ever [G]loved
That got [Em7]burnt by the sun t[Cadd9]oo often when she was[G] young
[Em7] [Cadd9] [G]
And the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood
Em7 Cadd9 G-------
And theres nothing you can do about it now
(Same as verse - strumming)
[C] [G/C] [Am] [Em] [C] x4
[G] [C] [G] x2 (same as chorus)
[G] [C] [G] x3 (One strum)
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