Tabbed by: Jake Denmark

"Why Should the Fire Die?" album. It's not exactly how they play it, 
but it sounds close and it's easy to play on a single guitar.


Tuning: Standard - Capo III

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INTRO:
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      G                C             (x3) G
e|| --------------------------------- ||-------------------
B|| -------0---------1==-------3====- ||--------0----------
G||.-2h4-------0-----------0---------.||--2h4-------0------
D||.-----0-------0==-----2-------2==-.||------0-------0==--
A|| -----------------3==-----3------- ||-------------------
E|| -3==-----3----------------------- ||--3==-----3--------

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VERSE:
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   C                 G               C                 G                                    
e|-----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-1==-------3====-|-------0---------1==-------3====-|---------------------------------|
G|-------0---------|-2h4-------0-----------0---------|-2h4-------2-----2h4-------4====-|
D|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0==-----2-------2==-|-------0-------0-------0---------|
A|-3==-----3-------|-----------------3==-----3-------|-----2-------2-------2-------2==-|
E|-----------------|-3==-----3-----------------------|-3==-----3-------3==-----3-------|

           If  to-  -day      was    not an endless    highway       
           If  to-  -night    was    not a  crooked    trail                       

   C                D                 G                                 
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-1==-------3====------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------0----------2==-------2====-|-2h4-------2-----2h4-------4-----|
D|-----2-------2==--------4---------|-------0-------0-------0---------|
A|-3==-----3--------5==-----5-------|-----2-------2-------2-------2==-|
E|----------------------5-------5==-|-3==-----3-------3==-----3-------|
 
If tomorrow         wasn't such a     long time                                   

   C                 C                D                 G
e|-----------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-1==-------1====-|-1==-------1====------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------0---------|-------0----------2==-------2====-|-0==-------2-----2h4-------4-----|
D|-----2-------2==-|-----2-------2==--------4---------|-------0-------0-------0---------|
A|-3==-----3-------|-3==-----3--------5==-----5-------|-----2-------2-------2-------2==-|
E|-----------------|----------------------5-------5==-|-3==-----3-------3==-----3-------|  

             Then lonesome would mean nothing to me at all                        


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CHORUS:
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     C                D                 G                               (x3)
e|| ----------------------------------|--------------------------------- ||
B|| -1==-------3====------------------|--------------------------------- ||
G||.-------0----------2==-------2====-|-2h4-------2-----2h4-------4-----.||
D||.-----2-------2==--------4---------|-------0-------0-------0---------.||
A|| -3==-----3--------5==-----5-------|-----2-------2-------2-------2==- ||
E|| ----------------------5-------5==-|-3==-----3-------3==-----3------- || 
Yes, only if   my     own true love was waiting
  If I could hear     his heart softly  pounding
And  on - ly   if     he  was lying     by me

   C               C                 D
e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-1==-------3====-1==-------3====-|----------------------------------|
G|-------0---------------0---------|-2==-------2====--2==-------2====-|
D|-----2-------2==-----2-------2==-|-------4----------------4---------|
A|-3==-----3-------3==-----3-------|-5==-----5--------5==-----5-------|
E|---------------------------------|-----5-------5==------5-------5==-|

 Would I lie              in my      bed                      once

        G                C              (x3) G
   e|| --------------------------------- ||-------------------
   B|| -------0---------1==-------3====- ||--------0----------
   G||.-2h4-------0-----------0---------.||--2h4-------0------
   D||.-----0-------0==-----2-------2==-.||------0-------0==--
   A|| -----------------3==-----3------- ||-------------------
   E|| -3==-----3----------------------- ||--3==-----3--------
   
        again

(Then into the next verse.)

End on G.



INTRO:
G C (x4)

VERSE 1:

G                   C       G        C
If today was not an endless highway
G                    C       G
If tonight was not a crooked trail
   C        D             G          C
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
     C                   D             G
Then lonesome would mean nothing me at all

CHORUS:
         C          D                 G
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin'
         C                   D              G
And if I could hear his heart softly poundin'
         C       D             G
Yes and only if  he was lyin' by me
         C         D          G C G C G C G C
Would I lie in my bed once again.

VERSE 2:

I can't see my reflection in the water
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps
Or can't remember the sound of my own name

CHORUS

(solos)

VERSE 3:

There's beauty in that silver, singing river
There's beauty in that sunrise in the sky
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes

CHORUS

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Notation Key:
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| h  hammer-on
| =  let note ring

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