Tablature a campfire song - 10000 MANIACS

          



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  From: "Ben Weiss" <weis0010@gold.tc.umn.edu>

  

  The Maniacs apparently play this in D, which I find impossible to sing.  

  This is how I play it (same changes, just transposed).

     Ben

  

  A CAMPFIRE SONG (10,000 Maniacs)

  Words & music: Natalie Merchant

  

  INTRO: G D/F# Em D C ... D G

  

  (G)            D                   Em                     C

   A lie to say "Oh, my mountain has coal veins and beds to dig

  G             D                 C                D

   Five hundred men with axes and they all dig for me"

  (same chords)

  A lie to say "Oh, my river where many fish do swim

  Half of your catch is mine when you haul your nets in"

  

                 C               G              C          G        D

  CHORUS: Oh no, never will he believe that his greed is a blinding ray

             C          G           C

          No devil or redeemer will cheat him

                         G                  Em    D    (First ending: C  D G)

          He'll take his gold to where he's lying cold

  

  A lie to say "Oh, my mine gave a diamond big as a fist"

  But for every gem in his pocket, the jewels he has missed

  A lie to say "Oh, my garden is growing taller by the day"

  He only eats the best and tosses the rest away

  

  CHORUS: end with

          C    D           G

           Six deep in the grave

  

  SOLO: Dsus4 D Cmaj9 Dsus4

  

              C                    Gmaj9   G/B  C             D    

  BRIDGE: His oldest pain      and fear in life      There'll not be time

                     (Something is out of reach, something he wanted)

              C                    Gmaj9   G/B  C           D   

          His oldest pain      and fear in life    There'll not be time

                     (Something is out of reach, he's being taunted)

             C               Gmaj9  G/B       C        G               C

          Oh no,                          hey hey,

               (Something is out of reach,        that he can't beg or steal)

          D          G (go right into verse)

          Nor can he buy

  

  A lie to say "Oh, my forest has trees that block the sun

  And when I cut them down I don't answer to anyone"

  

  CHORUS, then repeat chorus chords with "La la la..."

  

          Em      D       C       D      G

  ENDING: Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely man

  

  

   


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 A campfire song, de 10000 maniacs 

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